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TRANSIT ZONING CODE <br />4:17 TRANSIT ZONING CODE <br />SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT 84 <br />City of Santa Ana, California <br />Sec. 41-2027. Live/Work Building Type. <br />(a) Live/Work is an integrated residence and work space (located 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 />modified to accommodate joint residential occupancy and work activity. <br />(b) Lot Width and Depth. The minimum lot width shall be 200 feet and the maximum lot width shall <br />be 250 feet. The depth of the lot shall be a minimum of 200 feet. The minimum and maximum lot <br />width and the minimum lot depth shall be as prescribed in TableBT-1 (Permitted Building Types). <br />(c) Access Standards <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 feet in <br />width with 2-foot 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 />(e) 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 />(f) 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 substi- <br />tuted common open space shall be 15 feet in each direction. <br />(g) Landscape Standards <br />(1) Landscape shall not obscure front yards on adjacent lots or the shopfront of ground floor flex <br />space. Front yards trees shall not exceed 1.5 times the height of the porch at maturity, except <br />at the margins of the lot, where they may be no more than 1.5 times the height of building <br />at maturity. Trees shall be planted at the rate of one (1) 36-inch box tree per 25 lineal feet of <br />front yard. Trees may be placed in groups in order to achieve a particular design. <br />(2) In each unit's rear yard, at least one (1) 24-inch canopy tree shall be provided for shade and <br />privacy. <br />(3) Side yards trees shall be placed a rate of one (1) 24-inch box tree per 30 lineal feet to protect <br />the privacy of neighbors. <br />(4) Six (6) 5-gallon size shrubs, ten (10) one-gallon size herbaceous perennials/shrubs and turf or <br />acceptable dry climate ground cover shall be planted for every required tree. <br />(h) Frontage Standards <br />(1) Each live/work unit shall be designed so that social areas (e.g., living 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 zone. <br />(2) Buildings on corner 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 BT-9, entitled Maximum <br />Ratio for Each Live/Work Story. <br /> <br />(j) Accessory Dwellings. Accessory dwellings shall not be permitted. <br />(k) Accessory Structures. Accessory structures shall be permitted. <br />Illustrative Photo: Live-work type with shopfront frontage <br />Illustrative Axonometric Diagram <br />b <br />Illustrative Photo: Live-work type with office and retail front- <br />: Architectural Standards - Building Types <br />Table BT-9 <br />Maximum Ratio of each Live/Work Story <br />All Zones Except UN-1 & UN-2 Zones <br />Story Ground Floor 2 3 <br />% of ground <br />floor by story <br />100%100%100% <br />UN-1 & UN-2 Zones <br />100%80% [1]50% <br />[1] For any percentage less than 100%, the percentage refers to the percentage of the ground <br />floor footprint of the building area that is permitted for this particular story. <br />8-31