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TRANSIT ZONING CODE : Architectural Standards -Building Types <br />Illustrative Photo: Live -work type with office and retail front - <br />Sec. 41-2027. Live/Work Building Type. <br />(a) LIVeAa/ork Is an Integrated residence and work space flouted on the ground floor), occupied and <br />utilized by a single household in an array of at least 3 such structures, or a structure with at least <br />3 units arranged side by side along the primary frontage, that has been designed or structurally <br />(b) Lot Width and Depth. <br />feet. The mini mum and maximum lot <br />width and the minimum lot depth shall be as prescribed in Tablegl`-1 (Permitted Building T SI. <br />(1)The main entrance to the ground floor work space shall be accessed directly from and face the <br />street. <br />(2) The upstairs dwelling shall be accessed by a separate entrance, and by a stair or elevator. <br />(3) For lots without alleys, garages and services shall be accessed by a driveway 8 to 10 Are in <br />width with 24opt planters on each side when serving a private 2-car garage and 18 to 20 feet <br />in width with 2-foot planters on each side when serving more than one private 2-car garage. <br />(4) Accessibility should be accommodated between a pair of units and not in the front yard to the <br />degree possible. <br />(d) Parking Standards <br />(1) At least one required parking space shall be In a garage, attached to or detached from the <br />dwelling. <br />(2) Additional required parking spaces may be enclosed, covered or open. <br />(a) Service Standards <br />(1) Services (including all utility access, aboveground equipment and trash containers) shall be <br />located on an alley when present or in the rear of the lot for those lots without alley -access. <br />g) Open Space Standards <br />(1) For all buildings, except for those with a tuck -under garage, the private open space shall be <br />In the rear yard of each unit. The private open space shall be no less than 15%of the area of <br />the lot or portion of the lot allocated for the unit. The private open space shall be of a regular <br />geometry and open to the sky. The minimum dimension of each rear yard shall be 15 feet. <br />(2) For buildings with tuck -under garage, one primary common open space of a regular geom- <br />etry shall be provided. This common open space shall be equal to 15 percent of the lot and <br />shall be open to the sky. The minimum dimension for the common open space shall be 30 <br />feet in each direction. Additionally, private open space shall be provided for each unit. The <br />private open space shall be equal to 50 square feet per unit. Private open space may be sub- <br />stituted for additional common open space or common Interior space, the size of which will <br />be equivalent to the displaced private open space. The minimum dimension of the substb <br />toted common open space shall be 15 feet in each direction. <br />r ■ <br />■ ■ — — <br />— . <br />(9) landscape Standards <br />I— ■ <br />■� -- <br />'— <br />■� <br />■ <br />(ll landscape shall not obscum front yards on adjacent lots or the shopfront of ground floor flex <br />-- — <br />■ ■ — <br />: <br />space. Front yards trees shall not exceed 1.5 times the height of the porch at maturity, except <br />■ 111111,41 <br />at the margins of the lot wherethey maybe no more than 1.5 times the height of building <br />�^ . <br />■ — <br />— . <br />at maturity. Trees shall be planted at the rate of one (1) 36-Inch box tree per 2511neal feet of <br />® <br />Bit <br />— . <br />front yard. Trees may be placed in groups in order to achieve a particular design. <br />(21 In each unit's rear yard, at least one (1) 244nch canopy tree shall be provided for shade and <br />privacy. <br />�J <br />(3) Side yards trees shall or placed a rate of one (1)244nch box tree per 301ineal feet to protect <br />the privacy ofnelghborx <br />. <br />�� r7. <br />•� -- <br />(4)Six (6)55allon size shrobS, ten (10) one -gallon size herbaceous perennials/shrubs and turf or <br />I acceptable dry climate ground cover shall be planted for every required tree. <br />Illustrative Photo: Live -work type with shopfront frontage <br />IN Frontage Standards <br />(1) Each livetwork unit shall be designed so that social areas (e.g. Irving room, family room, din- <br />ing room, etc), rather than sleeping and service rooms, are oriented toward the fronting <br />street or to the courtyard. <br />(i) Building Size and Massing Standards <br />(1) Buildings shall be composed of 2 or 3-story volumes In compliance with the standards for the <br />applicable mac. <br />(2) Buildings on Conner lots shall be designed with two front facades. <br />(3) The minimum unit frontage shall be 21 feet. <br />(4) A live/work shall comply with the height rations established in Table ITT-9, entitled Maximum <br />Ratio for Each Live/Work Story. <br />Table BT-9 <br />Maximum Ratio of each UwVwmk Story ` <br />All Zones Except UN-1 Is UN-2 Zones <br />Story <br />Grountl Floor <br />2 <br />3 <br />%ofground <br />floor by dory <br />100% <br />Ioye <br />loon <br />UN -I aUN-2 Zones <br />lOp% 90%(q 50% <br />[0 For any percentage less than 1 W%, the percentage refers to the percentage of the ground <br />flc ,r footprint ofthe building area that is permittetl for this particular story. <br />(j) Accessory Dwellings. Accessory dwellings shall not be permitted. <br />(k) Accessory Structures. Accessory structures shall be permitted. <br />4.17 TRANSIT ZONING CODE <br />SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT 94 <br />City of Santa Ana, California <br />11 A-41 <br />