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TRANSIT ZONING CODE <br />4:21 TRANSIT ZONING CODE <br />SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT 84 <br />City of Santa Ana, California <br />Sec. 41-2029. Tuck-Under Housing Building Type. <br />(a) Tuck-under housign is an individual structure on a parcel with no private rear yard and where its <br /> garage is tucked under the rear of the house and accessed by an alley. The structure is occupied <br /> by one primary residence arranged with at least 4 such structures or at least 4 multiple townhouse <br /> units types arranged side by side along the primary frontage. <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 each unit adjacent to a street shall be directly from and face the street. <br />The main entrance to all other units shall be from a courtyard. <br />(2) Garages and services shall be accessed from an alley. <br />(3) A back entry from the alley, and beside each garage shall be required for each unit. These <br />entries are to be set back into the lot at a minimum distance of 5 feet so as not to be flush <br />with the alley-facing garage doors. <br />(4) Buildings at a street corner may span across the alley provided emergency access is main- <br />tained and all required clearances are maintained. <br />(5) 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) Required residential unit parking shall be in a garage that is attached to the dwelling. <br />(2) All garages shall be accessed from a parking court separate but adjacent to the alley right-of- <br />way. <br />(3) The garage for the dwellings at the end of the structure shall not be accessed directly from the <br />alley. They should be access from parking court. <br /> (4) Additional required parking spaces may be enclosed, covered, or open. <br />(e) Service Standards <br />(a) Services, including all utility access, aboveground equipment and trash containers shall be <br />located on an alley when present or on the rear of the lot for those without alley access. <br />(f) Open Space Standards <br />(1) One primary common open space of regular geometry is required. This area shall be equal to <br />15 percent of the lot and shall be open to the sky. The common open space may be located <br />on the ground or on a podium. The minimum dimension for this area shall be 30 feet in each <br />direction. <br />(2) Private open space shall be provided for each residential unit. The private open space shall be <br />no less than 90 square feet with a minimum dimension of 6 feet in each direction and shall be <br />open to the sky. <br />(3) Private patios are permitted in front yards, subject to encroachments permitted per zone, in <br />building interiors, and on upper floors <br />(4) Single loaded courtyards adjacent to alleys or interior lot lines shall be at least 20 feet in <br />width. The length of such courtyard shall equal to the length of the building frontage. <br />(5) Up to 50 percent of the private open space may be substituted for additional common open <br />space or common interior space, the size of which will be equivalent to the displaced private <br />open space. The minimum dimension of this space shall be 15 feet in each direction. <br />(g) Landscape Standards <br />(1) Landscape shall not obscure front yard on adjacent lots. Trees shall be planted at the rate of <br />one (1) 36-inch box tree per 25 lineal feet of front yard. The trees can be placed in groups in <br />order to achieve a particular design. <br />(2) Where rear yard setbacks are present, at least one (1) 24-inch canopy tree per unit shall be <br />provided for shade and privacy. <br />(3) Side yard trees shall be placed at a rate of one (1) 24-inch box tree per 30 lineal feet for privacy <br />of neighbors. <br />(4) Six (6) 5-gallon 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 dwelling's ground level shall be designed so that social areas such as the living room, <br />family room, dining room rather than sleeping and service rooms, are oriented toward the <br />fronting street to the degree possible. <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) Each building shall maintain setbacks from property lines and in compliance with the stan- <br />dards for the applicable zone, providing as much direct access to yards as possible. <br />(4) The minimum unit frontage shall be 21 feet. <br />(5) A tuck-under shall comply with the height ratios established in Table BT-11, entitled Maximum <br />Ratio for Each Tuck-under Story. <br />(j) Accessory Dwellings Accessory dwellings shall not be permitted. <br />(k) Accessory Structures Accessory structures shall not be permitted. <br />Illustrative Photo: Tuck-under with stoop frontage <br />Illustrative Photo: Alley providing service and garage access <br />Illustrative Photo: Architecture of two individual tuck-under build- <br />ings combined at the alley access that separates the two buildings <br />Illustrative Axonometric Diagram <br />b <br />Illustrative Photo: Tuck-under garage access <br />: Architectural Standards - Building Types <br />Table BT-11 <br />Maximum Ratio of each Tuck-undet Story <br />Story Ground Floor 2 3 <br />% of ground <br />floor by story 100%80%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 />8-33