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TRANSIT ZONING CODE : (c) All building types are subject to the following: (1) Lot width and Depth: a. The width and depth shall be determined as described below: All buildings shall be designed to an individual lot as required in Table BT-1. The lot is for design purposes and may be made permanent through the regular process for parcel or tract maps. Lot width and depth shall be determined as described below. 1- Front (Lot Width): Primary (Principal) Frontage 2-Side (Lot Depth) 3- Rear (Lot Width) 2 2..... n 0 Ir ' t _..�.._.._. ._4_'� a a w it3 J Ie-2 1 1 2 1— ll ¢ IT TS STREET b. On corner lots fronting two streets, either street frontage may be used to comply with the lot width/frontage required per building type. c. Lots that have resulted from a legal subdivision but are less than 40 feet in width may be developed with standards that apply to lots 40 feet in width. (2) Access Standards: a. Where an alley is present parking and services shall be accessed through the alley. b. Where an alley is not present parking and services shall be accessed from the street through or alongside the building as permitted in the zone and this division. c. For corner lots without alley access, parking and services shall be accessed from the side street through or alongside the building. (3) Parking Standards: a. Entrances to garages, subterranean structured garages or driveways shall be looted as dose as possible to the side or rear of each lot b. Surface parking lots shall not encroach into any required yards. (4) Service Standards: a. Services, including all utility access, above ground equipment and trash enclosures shall be looted on alleys b. Where alleys do not exist services,induding utility access, above ground equipment and trash enclosures shall be looted in compliance with the building location standards for the zone and this division. c. No trash enclosure shall be looted in required landscape areas, within direct view of streets or in traffic or pedestrian aisles. d. Services and their appurtenances shall be screened from and shall not be looted in required setback or landscaped areas. e. Each residential unit shall have access to on -site laundry facilities. f. Each development shall provide a trash area. g. Multiple family, commercial and industrial developments with common parking areas shall provide trash enclosures per41623. F. Residential development providing individual trash containers shall provide an area that measures a minimum of 3.5'x 7; outside of required setbacks and yards, to store and place out for pick up. I. Individual trash bins looted in a garage shall not encroach into the required parking area (5) Open Space Standards: a. Balconies are permitted in any setback yard as provided in the encroach- ment requirements of the applicable zone. b. Private patios may be provided atthe side and rear yards. c. The area of any patio covers, gazebos and other roofed shade structures with at least sides fully opened to the outside may be counted towards the required open space. d. Corridors, walkways, paseos,driveways, parking courts, lobbies and other such spaces shall not be included in the required open space cal- culations. (6) Landscape Standards: a. All setbacks, yards and shared common open spaces shall be land- scaped. b. A landscape buffer of not less than 5 feet shall be provided to separate any parking lot from an adjacent property. c. Surface parking lots shall be landscape per the City's Commercial area landscape standards. (7) Frontage Standards: a. Frontage shall comply with the applicable standards set forth in Sections 41-2033 through 2039. (8) Building Size and Massing Standards: a. Buildings shall be constructed with a varied massing approach. Each building type contains an allowed massing by story table identifying the maximum ratio for each building story. Table BT-A identifies the infor- mation contain within each of these allowed massing by story tables. Allowed Massing by Story STORY Ground Floor 2 3 4 57Aory Percentage too Percentage numb ofground percentage o floor by floor footprintstory ing area that ir this particular b. The maximum permitted ground floor footprint shall be deter mined as described in Figure BT B c. Story heights 1. Astory means a habitable level within a building from finished floor to finished ceiling. Specific requirements for a story in various con- figurations are identified in Table BT-2 Permitted Height by Story Type: Type Location Minimum (ft) Maximum TO All building types excluding house, duplex, Upper Floors) 9 14 triplex, and quadplex All building types excluding house, duplex, Ground Floor 10 16 triplex, and quadplex House duplex, triplex, Upper Floor 8 14 and quadplex House duplex, triplex, Ground Floor 9 12 and quadplex Garage Upper Floors) 8 14 Ground Ground Floor Equal to adjacent Garage ground floor of building, 16 or 8 feet if detached 2. A basements shall not be considered a story for the purposes of determining building height where the finished surface of the floor above the basement is less than six feet above grade plane 3. Attics shall not be considered a story for the purposes of determining building height 4. Above ground garages occupying a level shall be considered a story for the purposes of determining building height. d. Dwelling Unit Types There are three basic dwelling unit types. 1. The flat is a single story unit. 2. The loft is a double -story heingt unit that may have a mezzanine. 3. A townhouse is a two or more story unit. These dwelling units types may be used in any combination through- out a building, as permitted by the various buildings types. (9) Accessory Dwellings: a. Second dwelling units shall comply with the requirements established in Section 41-194 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code. (10) Accessory Structures: a. The area occupied by accessory structures shall be included in the floor area ratio calculation. b. An accessory structure shall not encroach into any required open space or setback, except that a detached garage may be looted 3 feet from the rear and interior side property line. 43 TRANSIT ZONING CODE SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT 84 City of Santa Ana, California