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<br />Ordinance No. NS-XXX <br />Page 47 of 54 <br /> <br /> <br />(4) Demo Cap. The two-unit project may not involve the demolition of more than <br />twenty-five (25) percent of the existing exterior walls of an existing dwelling <br />unless the site has not been occupied by a tenant in the last three (3) years. <br /> <br />(5) Lot Coverage. The maximum building coverage of net lot area shall be <br />thirty-five (35) percent. If new structures are proposed to be one-story and <br />be deed restricted to be maintained as one-story structures in perpetuity, a <br />fifty (50) percent lot coverage is allowed. This lot coverage standard is only <br />enforced to the extent that it does not prevent two (2) primary dwelling units <br />on the lot at eight hundred (800) square feet each. <br /> <br />(6) Open Space. Private open space shall be provided for each unit at a <br />minimum of one hundred (100) square feet in the form of a private covered <br />patio or deck. The minimum dimensions of such space shall be eight (8) feet <br />in each direction. This open space standard is only enforced to the extent <br />that it does not prevent two (2) primary dwelling units on the lot at eight <br />hundred (800) square feet each. <br /> <br />(7) Setbacks. <br /> <br />(A) Generally. All setbacks must conform to those objective setbacks that <br />are imposed through the underlying zone. <br /> <br />(B) Exceptions. Notwithstanding subsection (f)(7)(A) above: <br /> <br />(i) Existing Structures. No setback is required for an existing <br />legally established structure or for a new structure that is <br />constructed in the same location and to the same dimensions <br />as an existing legally established structure. <br /> <br />(ii) Eight hundred (800) sf; four-foot side and rear. The setbacks <br />imposed by the underlying zone must yield to the degree <br />necessary to avoid physically precluding the construction of <br />up to two (2) units on the lot or either of the two (2) units from <br />being at least eight hundred (800) square feet in floor area; <br />but in no event may any structure be less than four (4) feet <br />from a side or rear property line. <br /> <br />(C) Front Setback Area. Notwithstanding any other part of this Code, <br />dwellings that are constructed under this section must be at least <br />twenty (20) feet from the front property lines. The front setback area <br />must: <br /> <br />(i) Be kept free from all structures greater than three (3) feet high; <br /> <br />(ii) Be at least fifty (50) percent landscaped with drought-tolerant <br />plants, with vegetation and irrigation plans approved by a <br />licensed landscape architect; and