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TRANSIT ZONING CODE <br />4:11 TRANSIT ZONING CODE <br />SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT 84 <br />City of Santa Ana, California <br />Illustrative Axonometric Diagram <br /> b <br />Illustrative Photo: Stacked Dwellings with stoops <br />Illustrative Photo: Stacked Dwellings with a stoop entry <br />Sec. 41-2024. Stacked Dwellings Building Type. <br />(a) A Stacked Dwelling is a structure of single-floor or multi-floor dwellings of similar configuration <br />either above or below that are stacked. <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) Entrance to the residential portions of the building shall be through a street level lobby, court- <br />yard access, or through a combination of street/podium lobby directly accessible from the <br />street. <br />(2) The main entrance to each ground floor unit shall be directly from the street. Secondary access <br />shall be through an elevator and corridor. <br />(3) Access to each unit above the second level, not accessed through a podium, is through an inte- <br />rior corridor of at least 6 feet in width with recessed doors or seating alcoves/offsets at least <br />every 100 feet. <br />(4) Each level of the building shall have access to the garage via an elevator. <br />(d) Parking Standards <br />(1) Required parking shall be accommodated in an underground garage, surface parking, tuck <br />under parking, or a combination thereof. <br />(2) Dwellings shall have indirect access to their parking stall(s). <br />(e) Service Standards <br />(1) Utility meters shall be screened from view from the street and shall not be located within any <br />required landscape or setback area. <br />(2) Mail boxes shall not be located in any required open space, landscape or setback areas or <br />detract from the primary entrance to the development. <br />(f) Open Space Standards <br />(1) The common open space shall be at the rear or side yard designed as a courtyard. This com- <br />mon open space shall be equal to 15 percent of the lot and open to the sky. Courtyards may <br />be located on the ground or on a podium. Side yards may be formed as common use gardens. <br />(2) Minimum courtyard dimension is 40 feet when the long axis of the courtyard is oriented EW <br />and 30 feet for a NS orientation. Courtyard proportions shall not be less than 1:1 between the <br />width of the courtyard and the height of the building for at least 2/3 of the court's perimeter. <br />Horizontal shifts in upper floors adjacent to a court shall not exceed 1/2 the height of each <br />upper floor. <br />(3) In 40 foot wide courtyards, frontages and architectural projections are permitted on two <br />opposing sides of the courtyard provided a minimum courtyard width of 40 feet is maintained. <br />Frontages and archtitectural projections are permitted on one side of a 30 foot wide courtyard <br />provided a minimum courtyard width of 30 feet is maintained. <br />(4) Private open space shall be provided for each residential unit and shall be no less than 50 square <br />feet with a minimum dimension of 6 feet in each direction. <br />(5) Private open space may be substituted for additional common open space or common interior <br />space, the size of which will be equivalent to the displaced private open space. The minimum <br />dimension of this space shall be 15 feet in each direction. <br />(g) Landscape Standards <br />(1) Front yard trees shall not exceed the height of the buildings at maturity, except at the margins <br />of the lot, where they may be used to frame and separate the building from its neighbors. The <br />trees shall be planted at the rate of one (1) 24-inch box tree per 25 lineal feet of front yard. The <br />trees may be placed in groups in order to achieve a particular design. <br />(2) In the reay yard, at least one (1) 36-inch box canopy tree per 30 lineal feet shall be planted <br />directly in the ground. <br />(3) Courtyards located over garages shall be designed to avoid the sensation of forced podium <br />hardscape. <br />(4) One 36-inch box specimen tree is required per courtyard that meets the minimum dimen- <br />sions. For courtyards that exceed the minimum dimensions, two or more 24-inch box smaller <br />size trees may be substituted for the 36-inch box tree. <br />(5) 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 />(6) Side yard trees shall be placed to create a particular sense of place at a rate of one 24-inch box <br />tree per 30 lineal feet. <br />(h) Frontage Standards <br />(1) Living rooms, dining rooms and bedrooms are oriented fronting toward the courtyard(s) or <br />street. Service rooms are oriented backing to corridors. <br />(b) Stoops up to 3 feet in height may be placed above subterranean parking, provided the area <br />(i) Building Size and Massing Standards <br />(1) Buildings may contain any of 3 types of dwellings: flats, townhouses and lofts. <br />(2) Units may be as repetitive or unique as deemed by individual designs. <br />(3) Buildings may be composed of one dominant volume, flanked by secondary ones. <br />(4) Each unit shall have at least one side exposed to the outdoors with direct access to common or <br />private open space. <br />(5) A Stacked Dwellings shall comply with the height ratios established in Table BT-6 entitled <br />Maximum Ratio for Each Stacked Dwellings Story. <br />Table BT-6 <br />Maximum Ratio of each Stacked Dwellings Story <br />STORY Ground Floor 2 3-5 6 <br />% of ground <br />floor by story 100%100%75 85%[1]50 85% <br /> [1] For any percentage less than 100%, the percentage refers to the percentage of the ground floor <br /> footprint of the building area that is permitted for this particular story. <br />(j) Accessory Dwellings. Accessory dwellings shall not be permitted. <br />(k) Accessory Structures. Accessory structures shall not be permitted. <br />Illustrative Photo: Stacked Dwellings <br />: Architectural Standards - Building Types