75G - PH AMEND TRANSIT ZONING CODE

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TRANSIT ZONING CODE :Architectural Standards -Building Types Illustrative Axonometdc Diagram Illustrative Phot¢ Courtyard with fountain and individual Bar. -e i® Illustrative Photo: Courtyard with zaguan linking two court- 4:15 TRANSIT ZONING CODE SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT 64 City of Santa Ana, California Sec 41.2026. Courtyard Housing Building Type (a) Courtyard Housing N a bulding type consisting of residences that may be arranged in four pos. sible conOgurations: townhouse; townhouses over Flats. flab, and flats over flats The stnrctmes are arranged next to each other on one or more courts that are partly or wholly open to the street (b) Lot Width and Depth the minimum and maximum totwidth and the minimum lot death shall be as oresri bedin Tad BT-1 WermittedBuild ' T ) (c) Access Standards (1)The main entry to each ground floor unit shall be directly off common courtyard or from the street (2) Access to second story units not accessed directlyfmm a podium shall be through stairs, serving up to 3 units. (3) Elevator access, if any, shall be provided between the garage and courtyard/podium only. (d) Parking Standards (1) Required parking shall be accommodated In an underground or above -ground garage. surface parking tuck under parking, or a combination thereof. (2) Dweflings may have direct or indirect access to their parking stalgs), or direct access to stags enclosed within the garage. (a) Service Standards (1) Utility meters shall be screened from vim from the street and shall not be located within any required landscape or setback area. (f) Open Space Standards (1)The common open space shag be designed as a central Courtyard or partial, multiple, separated or Interconnected courtyards The common opne space shag be at least 15 percent of the lot and must be open to the sky. (2) Courtyard proportions shall not be less than 1:1 between the width of the courtyard and height of the building for at least 213 of the courts perimeter. Horizontal shifts In upper Floors adjacent to a court shall not exceed 1/2 the height of each upper floor. In a project with multiple court. yards, at least two of the courtyards shag conform to the patterns above. (3) In 40 foot wide courtyard ,frontages and architectural projections are permitted on two oppos- Ing sides of the courtyard provided that an overall minimum width of 40 feet is maintained Frontages and architectural projections are permitted on one side of a 30 foot wide courtyard provided an overall minimum width of 30 feet Is maintained, (4) Courtyards shag be connected to each other and to the public way by aaguam or Pareos (5) Private open space Is required for each residential unit and shall be no less than 90 square feet with a minimum dimension of 6 feet In each direction, (6) Private open space may be substituted for additional common open spars or common interior space, the size of which shall be equivalent to the displaced private open space The minimum dimension of this spare shag be 15 feet In each direction. (g) Landscape Standards (1) Landscape shall not obscure front yards on adjacent lots or the shopfront of ground floor flex space Front yard Nees shall not exceed IS times the height of the porch at maturity, except at the margins of the lot where they may be ma more than 15lanes the height of building at maturity. Trees shall be planted at the rate of one (1) 364nch box tree per 25lineal feet of front yard. Treat maybe placed in groups in order to achieve a particular design, (211n the rear yard, at least one (1) 244nch canopy bee per25 lineal feet shall be planted directly In the ground (3) One 364nch box specimen tree it required per courtyard that meets the minimum dimensions For courtyards that exceed the minimum dimensions, two or more 244nch box smaller size trees may be substituted for the 364nch box tree. (4) In courtyards over garages, one (1) 244nch box size tree of small scale (12-15'helght at maturity) or similar tag shrubs shag be used in planters with a 36' minimum dimension. (5) Side yard Nees shall be placed at a rate of one (1) 244nch box tree per 30 lineal feet for privacy of nelghbom (6) Six (6) 5-gallon sloe shrubs, ten (10) one -gallon size herbaceous perennials/shrubs and Wrfor acceptable dry climate ground cover shall be planted for every required Nee. (h) Frontage Standards (1) Entrance doors and soda) rooms such as living rooms and dining rooms ate oriented toward the courtyard(s) and the fronting street. Service rooms shag be oriented backing to side yards, ser. vice yards and mar yards to the degree possible (2) Frontages and architectural projections or features such as tower, loggias and entry stain shall not encroach Into the required minimum dimension of a Courtyard (3) Stoops up to 3 feet In height may be placed above subterranean parking provided the area adja- cent Is landscaped and the stoops are scaled to the street and building. (i) Building Size and Massing Standards (I) Buildings shall be composed of one two and three story masses, each designed to house scale, and not necessarily representing a single dwelling. (2) 3atory buildings shall be composed of single story and stacked units In this raze, the visibility of elevators and of exterior corridor at the third story shag be minimized by Incorporation Into the mass of the building. (3) Buildings may contain any three types of dwellings: flats, townhouse; and lofts (4) Units may to be as repetitive or unique as deemed by Individual designs (5) 4 and 5-story masses shag be minimized inside Courtyards and apparent on street frontages (6)The Intent of these standards Is to provide for courtyard housing projects with varying building helghts Courtyard housing shall comply with the height ratios established in Table BT-8, entitled Maximum Ratio for Each Courtyard Housing Story. Table ST-8 tAaxMum Paulo o/Each Courtyard Housing Story STORY und Floo 6mr 2 1 J 1 4 1 5 %ofgm" Boor by story l00% 1pWa 8S%(II 55% 40% (11 Fcranyper¢alagelesslhan 100%the percenrage rNen ro lne px¢ntagedtM gioantl Flom fsrotWint of Me WOding area Iha[ is permitted forthrs particular rtory. W AccessoryDwellings Accessory dwellings shag not bepermitted W Accessory Structures shall not be permitted. Detached garages shag be permitted 75G-62