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4.6 PRIVATE/COMMON OPEN SPACE To support and enhance the publicly accessible open space, new development within the MEMU Overlay Zone will be required to include private and/or common open space for resident, tenant and visitor use. Private and/or common open space shall be provided in addition to the required publicly accessible open space in Section 4.5. Residential develapmenls: Private or cammon open space shall be provided on a per unil basis for residential projects and shall be a combination of the total required space divided between private oreas such as balconies or patios or common areas such as courtyards, recreation facilities, multi. purpose room or other areas designed for the common use of residents as specified below. Nonresidential or mixed-use developments: Private or common open space shall be provided as a percentage of the total lot area for nonresidential projects and may be used to provide sile amenities such as rooHap decks, courtyards, ar similar fealures. Mixed use developments shall combine the residential standards and the nonresidential standard to satisfy this provision. A. Privale or common open space shall be provided in the following amounts: 1. Neighbarhood Transitional District: 100 square feet per unil 2. Village Center Districl: 100 square feet per unit and 5 percent of Ihe Iotal development sile area far nonresidential uses. 3. Active Urban District: 100 square feet per unil and 5 percent of the total development site area for nonresidential uses. 4. Office Dislrict: 10 percent of the total development site area B. In addition 10 the above standards, all private and/ or common open space areas are also subject to the following provisions in their design, location, and selection of amenities: 1. Private and common open space areas shall be designed for the exclusive use of the residents or tenants of the property and their guests and shall not be publicly accessible except in the Neighborhooc Transitional District where the required private/common open space may be designed in combination with the required publicly accessible open space specified in Section 4.5. 2. In the Neighbarhood Transitional, Village Center, and Active Urban Districts, a combination of private and common open space shall be provided to satisfy the following requirements: a. Common open space amenities shall include, but are limited to, one or more of the following amenities: courtyards, plazas, tennis courts, swimming pools, spas, permanently equipped gym/exercise rooms, or other permanent amenity. Rooftop decks and terraces may be used to satisfy this requirement, however, these areas shall be easily accessible to 011 residents within the building, and face the public rights"Of-way where passible. b. Private open space areas may include balconies, patios, terraces, or rooftop decks. These areas shall be carefully integrated into the overall architectural design of the building. Architectural elements such as railings, trellises, short walls, or roof fop enclosures shall be consistent with the architectural style of the structure to which they are aHached. 3. Open space areas shall be constructed of permanent materials and be permanently integrated inlo the design of the building. 4. In order 10 achieve sunlight in ouldoar common open space areas, the following building height to open space width ralios are required: 1 to 1; and 2 to 1 if the space is open on one or more sides. Private raohap deck ,~ . II " 'I . II 11 Private bofcony Ordinance No. NS-2740 Page 28 of 86