Laserfiche WebLink
TRANSIT ZONING CODE : Architectural Standards -Building Types <br />Illustrative Axonometric Diagram <br />Illustrative Photo: Flex Block with shopfront frontage <br />Sec 41-2022. Flex Block Building Type <br />(a) Flex Block Is a building generally of a single massing element, designed for occupancy by recall, <br />service, cr office uses on the ground Ram with upper floors also configured for those uses or for <br />Id n S. <br />(b) Lot width and Depth. <br />feet.w of He The minimum and maximum lot <br />width and the minimum let depth shall be as prescribed in TableBT-1 Mercerized Buildino Twesl <br />W Access Stan ar s <br />(0 The main entrance to each ground floor unit shall be directly from the street <br />(2) Entrance to the residential portions shall be through a dedicated street-levd lobby, or through <br />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 be through <br />an Interior corridor of at least 6 feet in width with recessed doors or seating alcovesrofhets at <br />at least 100 feet <br />(4) Each level of the building shall have access to the garage via an elevator. <br />(it) Parking Standards <br />(1) Required parking shall be accommodated In an underground garage, surface parking, tuck <br />under parking, or a combination thereof. <br />(2) Dwellings shall have Indirect access to their parking stall(,). <br />(a) Service Standards <br />(1) Utility meters shall be screened from view from the street and shall not be located within any <br />required landscape or setback area. <br />(2) Mall boxes shall not be located In any required open space, landscape or setback areas or <br />detract from the primary entrance to the development. <br />If 0 e c m o o en sp ce hall Ig e as u at 'o In <br />front as a forecourt.This area shall be equal to 15 percent of the lot and shall be open to <br />the sky. Courtyards may be located on the ground or on a podium. Side yards may also be <br />formed to provide outdoor patios connected to ground floor commercial uses to serve as <br />tlo al n <br />mimum courrya dimensions a be etw enthe bngaxis t ecourtyar Isori- <br />ented EW and 30 feet fora INS orientation. Courtyard proportions shall not be less than 1:1 <br />between the width of the courtyard and the height of the building for at least 2/3 of the <br />court's perimeter. Horizontal shifts in upper floors adjacent to a court may not exceed 1/2 the <br />height of each upper floor. <br />(3) In 40 foot wide courtyards, frontages and architectural projections are permitted on two <br />opposing sides of the courtyard provided that an overall minimum width of40 feet is main- <br />tairsed. Frontages and architectural projections are permitted on one side of a 30 foot wide <br />courtyard provided an overall minimum width of 30 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 the 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 rear yards are present, at least one (1) 364nch box Canopy tree per 30 lineal feet shall <br />be planted directly in the ground. <br />(2) Courtyards located over garages shall be designed to avoid the sensation of forced podium <br />hadscape. <br />(3) Sideyard trees shall be placed to Create a particular sense of place at a rate of one (1) 24-Inch <br />box tree per 30 lineal feet. <br />(4) Where a front yard is present at least one (1) 24inch box tree per 25lineal feet shall be plant- <br />ed. The trees may be placed in groups in order to achieve a particular design. <br />(5) One 364nch box specimen tree is required per courtyard that meets the minimum i imen- <br />slons. For courtyards that exceed the minimum dimensions, two or more 24-Inch box smaller <br />size trees may be substituted for the 364nch box tree. <br />(6) Six (6) 5-gallon sized shrubs, ten 110) me -gallon size herbaceous perennials/shmbs and turf or <br />acceptable dry climate ground covershall be planted for every required tree. <br />(7) Where rear yards are present, at least one (1) 361nch box canopy tree per 30 lineal feet shall <br />be planted directly in the ground. <br />(N Frontage Standards <br />(1) Entrance doors and social moms, such as living rooms and dining rooms located on the <br />ground floor, are oriented fronting toward the courtyard(s) or street when fronting to one. <br />(I) 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 are allowed to be composed of one dominant volume. <br />(5)The Flex Blocks shall comply witht the height ratios established in Table BT4 entitled <br />_Maximum Ratio for Each Flex Block Story. <br />Ta y'd' aximum Ra to fE ch le s k j. <br />.?R1 <br />STORY Gm nd Floor <br />%ifbvund flocir 100% 100% BaUVERW <br />st. <br />dells% <br />ERW Forasry percenage less than lW%, the percentage refers to the percemage of Me ground <br />Floor footprint of Me building area that is permitted for this particubrstor, <br />(k) Accessory Structures. Accessory structures shall not be permitted. <br />47 TRANSIT ZONING CODE <br />SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT 04 <br />City of Santa Ana, California <br />11 A-31 <br />