75G - PH AMEND TRANSIT ZONING CODE

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TRANSIT ZONING CODE : Architectural Standards - Building Types Illustrative Axonometric Diagram SeC41-2030. Bungalow Court Building Type (a) Bungalow, court Is a configuration of single units arranged amund a common, shared courtyard that is wholly open to the street The individual buildings are arranged next to each other to form the bungalow court building type. (b) Lot Width and Depth.�Flre thin no , lot idd 91 tell be 269 feet or A t' te Aud, . i lot idth shall - be The minimum and maximum lot width and the minimum lot demb shall be as prescribed In T bl BT 1 (Permitted Building T 1 (c) Access Standards (1) Entrance to units shall be directly from the front yard or from the courtyard (2) Where an alley is not present parking and services shall be accessed by a driveway 8 to 10 feet wide, with 2-foot planters on each side when serving a private 2-car garage, and 18 to 20 feet In width with 24cot planters on each side when serving more than one private 2-car garage. (3) On a comer lot without access to an alley, parking and services shall be accessed from the side street (d) Parking Standards (1) Required residential unit parking shall be within individual garages. which shall contain up to four tors (2) Garages on comer lots without alleys shag front onto the side street and shall have I -car gamge dean and driveways no more than 8 feet wide that are separated by planters at least 2 feet wide. (3) Garages shall not front the primary street (4) Additional required parking spaces may be enclosed covered, or open (a) Service Standards (1) Servlces, Including all utility access, abovegmund equipment and trash containers shall be located an an alley when present (2) Where an aney Is not present utility access, above ground equipment and trash containenshall be located in a side or rear yard, at least 10 feet behind the front of the house, and be screened from view from the street with a hedge or solid fence. W Open Space Standards (1) The common open space shall be designated as a central courtyard. This area shall be at least 15 percent niche lot of a regular geometry and shag be open to the sky. (2) Minimum courtyard dimensions are 40 feet when the long axis of the courtyard Is oriented East/West and 30 feet when the courtyard is oriented North/south. (3) In 40 feet wide courtyards, frontages and architectural projections are permitted on two opposing sides of the courtyard provided that an overall minimum width of 40 feet Is main- tained 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) Each dwelling shall have a private open space of at least 150 square feet which may be locat- ed in a side yard, rear yard, or adjacent but separate from the courtyard (5) The private open space shall be at least 10 feet in each direction and enclosed by a fence, wall or hedge. (6) Up to 50 percent of the private open space may be substituted for additional Common open space or common interior space, the size of which will be equivalent to the displaced private open space. The minimum dhnemion of this space shall be 15 feet in each direction. (7) Each unit shall beseparated from the adjacent dwelling by at least 10 feet (8) Porches and stoops may encroach Into the required yard setbacks as permitted by the urban standards for the Zone. (9) Private patios are permitted in any yard. (g) Landscape Standards (1) Landscape shall not obscure front yards on adjacent lots Front yards trees shall not exceed 15 times the height of the porch at maturity, except at the margins of the lot where they may be no more than 15 times the height of building at maturity. The trees shall be planted at the rate of one (1) 354nch box tree per25 lineal feet of from yard The trees may be placed In groups In order to achieve a particular design. (2) At least one (1) 24-Inch canopy tree shall be provided in each unit rear yard for shade and pri- vacy. (3) Side yards bees shall be placed a rate of one (1) 24inch box tree per 30 lineal feet to protect the privacy of neighbors. (4) Six (6) S9agon size shrub%ten (10) one -gallon size herbaceous perenniaWshmbs and tud or acceptable dry climate ground cover shall be planted for every required tree (5) One 36inch box specimen tree N required per Courtyard that meets the minimum dimensions. Above and to the left Illustrative Photos: Individual louses fronting a court with the entry porch and/or stoop erwoadl- Ing into the Common space. 433 TRANSIT ZONING CODE SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT 84 City of Santa Ana, California 75G-66