80A - TRANSIT CODE AND STATION DISTRICT - EXHIBIT D - SPECIFIC PLAN 84 - 6-7-2010 version

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TRANSIT ZONING CODE: Arehitectural Standards -Building Types Sec. 41-2022. Flex Block Building Type ~ (a) Flex Block is a building generally of a single massing element, designed for occupancy by retail, \ service, or office uses on the ground floor, with upper floors also configured for those uses or for residences. - (b) Lot Width and Depth. The minimum lot width shall be 75 feet and the maximum shall be 200 feet. The depth of the lot shal be a minimum of 130 feet. A flex block can be used in lots that ~ have resulted from a legal subdivision with a frontage of at least 40 feet. \ (c) Access Standards \ ~ (1) The main entrance to each ground floor unit shall be directly from the street. ~~-7~ (2) Entrance to the residential portions shall be through a dedicated street-level lobby, or through a dedicated podium lobby accessible from the street or through a side yard. _ _ ~ ~ (3) Access to each unit above the second level, not accessed through a podium, shall be through an interior corridor of at least 6 feet in width with recessed doors or seating alcoves/offsets at at least 100 feet. Illustrative Axonometric Diagram (4) Each level of the building shall have access to the garage via an elevator. (d) Parking Standards (1) Required parking shall be accommodated in an underground garage, surface parking, tuck under parking, or a combination thereof. (2) Dwellings shall have indirect access to their parking stall (s). t ~ ~ (e) Service Standards .r^. ~ t"y"~~ (1) Utility meters shall be screened from view from the street and shall not be located within any required landscape or setback area. / ~ ~ (2) Mail boxes shall not be located in any required open space, landscape or setback areas or i7 ~ ~ ~ detract from the primary entrance to the development. m Y~^~ ~ ~ I ~"j° (f) Open Space Standards f ~ ~ ~ ~-3 ~ ~ ~ I i ~ (1) The common open space shall be at the rear or side yard designed as a courtyard, or in the ~ i ""~0" front as a forecourt. This area shall be equal to 15 percent of the lot and shall be open to '1 , ~Ir- I i w I `-1 - ' e the sky. Courtyards may be located on the ground or on a podium. Side yards may also be y'r,3~k a a ~ formed to provide outdoor patios connected to ground floor commercial uses to serve as , - additional open space. ` = . ; (2) Minimum courtyard dimensions shall be 40 feet when the long axis ofthe courtyard is ori- Illustrative Photo: Multi-Story example wiEh shopfront frontage anted EW and 30 feet for a NS orientation. Courtyard proportions shall not be less than - 1:1 between the width ofthe courtyard and the height of the building for at least 2/3 of the ~r. court's perimeter. Horizontal shifts in upper floors adjacent to a court may not exceed 1 /2 the ,ran k height of each upper floor. r^: , t i / ~ ~ / ~ (3) In 40 foot wide courtyards, frontages and architectural projections are permitted on two ~ ~ T`~ r opposing sides ofthe courtyard provided that an overall minimum width of 40 feet is main- ' S t~." ~ ~ a tained. Frontages and architectural projections are permitted on one side of a 30 foot wide s~ ~ z _ ~ courtyard provided an overall minimum width of 30 feet is maintained. p ~ `P9 ~ ~ , ~ (4) Private open space shall be provided for each residential unit and shall be no less than 50 Ck F ~;li( square feet with a minimum dimension of 6 feet in each direction. d F,' (5) Private open space may be substituted for additional common open space or common inte- d ~ r 9 ' rior space the size of which will be equivalent to the displaced private open space. The mini- ' mum dimension of this space shall be 15 feet in each direction. 7_, (g) Landscape Standards - (1) Where rear yards are present, at least one (1) 36-inch box canopy tree per 301ineal feet shall -T' be planted directly in the ground. Illustrative Photo: Flex Block with shopfront frontage (2) Courtyards located over garages shall be designed to avoid the sensation of forced podium hardscape. (3) Sideyard trees shall be placed to create a particular sense of place at a rate of one (1) 24-inch { c box tree per 30 lineal feet. . ~ ~ (4) Where a front yard is present, at least one (1) 24-inch box tree per 25 lineal feet shall be u 4 ;,,,r ~r planted. The trees may be placed in groups in order to achieve a particular design. ~ re I~ ~ 4 (5) One 36-inch box specimen tree is required per courtyard that meets the minimum dimen- I I I ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ . sions. For courtyards that exceed the minimum dimensions, two or more 24-inch box smaller size trees may be substituted for the 36-inch box tree. m ' (6) Six (6) 5-gallon sized shrubs, ten (10) one-gallon size herbaceous perennials/shrubs and turf j~ AI~~~ K ~ ~ or acceptable dry climate ground covershall be planted for every required tree. ~R'( F fir- (7) Where rear yards are present, at least one (1) 36-inch box canopy tree per 301ineal feet shall '4- " - C;' be )anted direct) in the round. _ P Y~ g (h) Frontage Standards - _ _ (1) Entrance doors and social rooms, such as living rooms and dining rooms located on the ground floor, are oriented fronting toward the courtyard(s) or street when fronting to one. Illustrative Photo: Flex Block with arcade frontage Service rooms are oriented backing to corridors. (i) Building Size and Massing Standards (1) Each unit shall have at least one side exposed to the outdoors with direct access to common ~ or private open space. ~ (2) Buildings may contain any ofthree types of dwellings: flats, townhouses and lofts. s j a (3) Units may be as repetitive or unique as deemed by individual designs. e (4) Buildings are allowed to be composed of one dominant volume. - ~ . (5) The Flex Blocks shall comply witht the height ratios established in Table BT-4 entitled - Maximum Ratio for Each Flex Block Story. i .F ~ k ~ ~ ~ 'ts+ ~ ~ - Table BT-4 Maximum Ratio of Each Flex Block Story ` "f ~ - STORY Ground Floor 2 3-5 6-101 s ~ %of ground floor 100% 100% 80%[2} 40% ~`~7~;~9~~d'~s I bystory Rte'°" ~ g, -e, [1]~s areas a e set ac<at east 100 e~rom any rig t-o -way. tar [2} For any percentage less than 100%, the percentage refers to the percentage of the ground floor _ - ,~e=---- _ _ - footprint of the building area that is permitted for this particular story. Illustrative Photo: Flex Block with shopfront frontage G) Accessory Dwellings. Accessory dwellings shall not be permitted. (k) Accessory Structures. Accessory structures shall not be permitted. 4:7 TRANSIT ZONING CODE SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT 84 City of Santa Ana, California