75G - PH AMEND TRANSIT ZONING CODE

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TRANSIT_ZONING CODE : Architectural Standards -Building Types Illustrative Photo: Rowhouse building with stoop frontages Illustrative Photo: Rowhouse Building with direct sidewalk .Cu. US TRANSIT ZONING CODE SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT 84 Ctty of Santa Ana, California Sec 41-2028. Rowhouse Building Type (a) Rowhouse Is an Individual structure on a parcel with a private rear yard and Individual garage accessed from an alley, occupied byone primary residence In an arcay of at least 3 such structures ora structure of3 multiple townhouse unit types arranged sideby sidealong theprimaryfrontage. (b) Lot Width and Depth. The minlmum and maxim �m lot width and the minimum lot death shall be as nescr'bed In TableRT-1 (P rmittedR ildi oTvIces), (c) Access Standards (1)The main entrance to each unit shall be accessed directly from and face the street (2) Garages and services shag be accessed from an alley. (3) AcCesslbNty should be accommodated between a pair of units and not In the front yard to the degree possible. (d) Parking Standards (1) Required residential unit parking shall be in a garage, which maybe attached to or detached from the dwelling. (2) Additional required parking spaces may be enclosed, covered or open. (a) Service Standards (1) Services, including all utility access, aboveground equipment and trash containers shall be located on an alley when present or on the rear of the lot for those without alley access. (0 Open Spam Standards (1) private open space shall be located in the rear yard of each unit The private open space shall be no less than 15%of the area of the lot or potion of the lot allocated for the unit The pd- vote open space shag be of regular geometry and open to the sky. The minimum dimension for the prlww open space shall be I feet in each direction. (g) Landscape Standards (1) Landscape shall not obscure from yards on adjacent lots Fount yards trees shag not exceed 15 tines the height of the porch at maturity, except at the margins of the lot, where they may be no more than IS times the height of building at maturity. The trees shall be planted at the rate of one (1) 361nch box tree per25 lineal feet of fmntyard. The trees may be placed in groups In order to achieve particular design (2) At least one (1) 244nch Canopy tree shall be provided in each private open space for shade and privacy. (3) Side yards trees shag be placed a rate alone (1) 244nch box tree per 30 great feetfor privacy cifnelghbors (4) Six (6) S-gallon she shrubs, ten (10) one -gallon size herbaceous perennlalsirshrubs and turf or acceptable dry climate ground cover shag be planted for every required tree. (h) Frontage Standards (1) Each so a house ground level shall be designed so that social areas such as the living room family room, dining room rather than sleeping and service norms, are oriented toward the fronting street or to the courtyard to the degree possible. B) Building She and Massing Standards (1) Buildings shall be composed of 2 or 3atoryvolumes in compliance with the standards for the applicablezone. (2) Buildings on comer lots shag be designed with two front facades (3) Each rowhouse bulking shall have direct access to yards (4) In a 3-story building a townhouse dwelling may be stacked over a ground Bon, gat In this use, the flat shag be arressed by its own front door at the frontage, and the townhouse dwelling shall be accessed by a separate front door and a stab. (5) The minimum unit frontage shall be 21 feet (6) A rowhouse shall ccmplywith the height ratios established In Table Bb10, entitled Maximum Ratio for Each Rowhouse Stop. TableBT-10 Maximum Ratio of each Rowhouse Story All Zones Except UN-18 1.1N-2 Zones Story Ground Flow 2 3 l W18 loa% 100% %cfgovrul hooray nory UN-18UN-2 Zones t00% soxUl I SO% III Forany percentage less than lW%the percentage raters to the percentage ofthe ground fact footprint of the hulks, area that Is pemutted for this particular story. 0) Accessory Dwellings: Accessory dwellings are not permitted except In compliance with SAMC section 41-194. Second Dwelling Units (k) Accessory SUucturet Accessory, structures are permitted 75G-64