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TRANSIT ZONING CODE : Architectural Standards -Building Types <br />Illustrative Axonometric Diagram: Lined Block <br />Nlus[ative Plato: Lined block with shopfron[ frontage <br />Sec. 41-2023. Until Block Building Type <br />(a) Lined block Is a building that conceals a public garage or other faceless buildings, designed for <br />occupancy by retail service, or office uses on the ground floor, wish upper fc ors also configured <br />s a <br />(b) Lot Width and Depth. <br />.The on m and maximum lot <br />- - b[ h Iv-L he �•+� lo Tab1eBT-I Ipe insid BCild' T I <br />k aAccess Sta»�r s <br />(1) The main entrance to each ground floor shad be directly from the street. <br />(2) Entrance to residential portions of the building shad be Through a dedicated street level lobby, <br />or through a dedicated podium lobby accessible from the street or through a side yard. <br />(3) Access to each unit above the second level, not accessed through a podium, shall b , through <br />an interior corridor of at least 6 feet in width with recessed floors or seating akoves/offsets at <br />least artery IN kart. <br />(4) Each level of the building shall have access to the garage via an elevator. <br />(d) parking Standards <br />(1) Required parking shall be accommodated in an underground or above ground garage, tuck <br />under parking, or a combination thereof <br />(2) Dwellings shall have indirect access to their parking stall(s). <br />(N Service Standards <br />(1) Utility meters shall be screened from view from the street and shall not be located within airy <br />required landscape or setback area. <br />(2) Mall boxes shall not be located in any required open space, landsope or setback areas or <br />detract from the primary entrance to the development. <br />IT e <br />(I a om oar s <e sir 11 e• d sig a as c u ar ri M <br />hunt as a forecourt. This area shall be equal to I S percent d the lot and shall be open to the <br />sky. Courtyards may be located on the ground or can a podium. Side yards may be famed to <br />p vie o p No c n ct d[ g ou d oo c 1 er ial <br />(2) Minimum cwrtyard imeas on she I be 10 feet when t e ong axis o Me courtya b oriented <br />EW and 15 feet for a NS orientation. Courtyard proportions shall not be less than 1:1 between <br />The width of Me courtyard and the height of the building for at least V3 of the court's perim- <br />eter. Horizontal shifts in upper floors adjacent to a court shall not exceed 1/2 the height of <br />each upper floor. <br />(3) In 20 foot wide courtyards, frontages and architectural projections are permitted on two <br />opposing sides of the courtyard provided Mat an overall minimum width Of 20 feet o main- <br />tained. Frontages and architectural projections are permitted on one side of a 15 foot wide <br />courtyard provided an overall minimum width of 15 feet is maintained. <br />(4) private open space shall be provided for each residential unit and shall be no less than 50 <br />square feet with a minimum dimension of 6 feet in each direction. <br />(5) private open space may be substituted for additional common open space or common inte- <br />rior space Me size of which will be equivalent to the displaced private open space. The mini- <br />mum dimension of this space shall be 15 feet in each direction. <br />(g) Landscape Standards <br />(1) Where a front yard is present, one (1) 24-box size tree per 25 lineal feet shall be provided. The <br />Likes may be placed in groups in order to achieve a particular design. <br />(2) Six (6) 5yallon size shrubs, ten (10) one -gallon six herbaceous Derennials/shrubs and turf or <br />acceptable dry climate ground cover shall be planted for every required tree. <br />(3) Courtyards located Over garages shall be designed to avoid the sensation offorced podium <br />handi. <br />(4) Trees in the front yard shall be of small scale that do not exceed 12-1 Sr height at maturity and <br />suitable for buih-In concrete planters or containers with a 36-Inches minimum width. <br />(5) One 36-inch box specimen tree is required per courtyard that mesa the minimum dimen- <br />sions. For courtyards that exceed the minimum dimensions, two or more 24-inch box smaller <br />size trees may be substiuted for the 36inch box heir <br />(6) Where rear yards are present, at least one (1) 36-inch box canopy tree per 30lineal feet shall <br />be planted directly in the ground. <br />(7) When side yards are present, at least one (1) 244nch box tree per 30lineal feet shall be plant- <br />ed to protect privacy of neighbors. The trees may be placed in groups in order to achieve a <br />particular design. <br />(h): Frontage Standards <br />(1) Entrance doors are Oriented fronting toward she courn ard(s) or the street when fronting to <br />0) Building Size and Massing Standards <br />(1) Each unit shall have at least one side exposed to the Outdoors with direct access to common <br />or private open space. <br />(2) Buildings may contain any of three types of dwellings: flats, townhouses and lofts. <br />(3) Units may be as repetitive or unique as deemed by individual designs. <br />(4) Buildings may be composed of one dominant vdume. <br />(5) A Lined Block shock comply with the height ratios established in Table Bi entitled Maximum <br />Patio for, Each Lined Block Story. <br />(11 foranypercentagelesslhan IW ,thepercentagemi rstothepercentagedthegrouts Boor <br />foolodnt of the bulking area that ispersonnel!far this particular story <br />Table <br />story <br />CT-5 <br />maw. R W p d aadl lased abdO <br />Q) Accessory Dwellings. Accessory dwellings shall not be permitted. <br />(k) Accessory Structures. Accessory structures shall not be permlaad. <br />19 TRANSIT ZONING CODE <br />SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT Ba <br />City of Santa Ana, California 7 5A-41 <br />