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TRANSIT ZONING CODE :Architectural Standards -Building Types Illustrative Photo: Rowhouse building with stoop frontages �I Illustrative Photo: Rowhouse Building with direct sidewalk access 4:19 TRANSIT ZONING CODE SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT 94 City of Santa Ana, California Sec. 41-2028. Rowhouse Building Type (a) Rowhouse is an indivdual structure on a parcel with a pdwte rear yard and Individual garage accessed from an alley, occupied by one primary residence In an array trial least 3 such structures ore structure of 3 multipletownhouse unittypes arranged side by side along the primary frontage. (b) Lot width and Depth. feet. The minimum and maximum lot width and Lhe minimum lot depth shall be as prescribed in TableBT-1 (Permitted Building Tvces) (p Access Standards (1)The main entrance to each unit shall be accessed directly from and face the street. (2) Garages and services shall be accessed from an alley. (3) Accessibility should be accommodated between a pair of units and not In the front yard to the degree possible. (d) Parking Standards (I) Required residential unit parking shall be in a garage, which may be 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 tithe lot for those without alley access. (f) Open Space 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 portion of the lot allocated for the unit The pri- vate open space shall be of a regular geometry and open to the sky. The minimum dimension for the private open space shall be 15 feet In each direction. (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 1.5 times the height of building at maturity. The trees shall be planted at the rate of one (1) 3&Inch box tree per 25 lineal feet of front yard. The trees may be placed In groups in order to achieve a particular design. (2) At least one (1) 241nch Canopy tree shall be provided in each private open space for shade and privacy. (3) Side yards trees shall be placed a rate of one (1) 24inch box tree per 30lineal feet for privacy ofnelghbors. (4) Su (6) S-gallon size shrubs, ten (10) one -gallon size herbaceous perennials/shrubs and turf or acceptable dry climate ground cover shall be planted for every required tree. (h) Frontage Standards (1) Each rowhouse ground level shall be designed so that social areas such as the living room, family room, dining room, rather than sleeping and service rooms, are oriented toward the fronting street or to the courtyard to the degree possible. III Building Size and Massing Standards (1) Buildings shall be Composed of 2 or 3-story volumes in compliance with the standards for the applicablezone. (2) Buildings on ..at lots shall be designed with two front facades. (3) Each rowhouse building shall have direct access to yards. (4) In a 3-story building, a townhouse dwelling may be stacked over a ground floor flat In this case, the flat shall be accessed by Its own front door at the frontage, and the townhouse dwelling shall be accessed by a separate front door and a stair. (5) The minimum unit frontage shall be 21 feet. (6) A rowhouse shall comply with the height ratios established In Table BT-10, entitled Maximum Ratio for Each Rowhouse Story. Table BT-10 Maximum Ratio ofeach Rowhouse Story All Zones Except UN-1 & UN-2Zones Story Ground Floor 2 3 100% 1o0% 100% %obyundstory UN-1&UN-2 Zones floor by 1006 Bo%111 So% It) For any percentage less than lW(i, the Percentage refers to the Percentage of the ground floor footprint of the buiMing area that is permitted for this particular story. 0) Accessory Dwellings: Accessory dwellings are not permitted, except in compliance with SAMC section 41-194, Second Dwelling Units. (it) Accessory Structures: Accessory structures are permitted. 11 A-43