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TRANSIT ZONING CODE: Arehitectural Standards -Building Types <br /> Sec. 41-2032. House Building Type. <br /> (a) House is a structure occupied by one primary residence that also accommodates commercial and <br /> _ office uses as permitted allowed. Such buildings may be used for residential, office, retail or in <br /> combination as permitted by the applicable zone. <br /> ~ I <br /> (b) Lot Width and Depth. The minimum lot width shall be 40 feet and the maximum lot width shall <br /> - be 60 feet. The depth of the lot shall be a minimum of 100 feet. <br /> \ (c) Access Standards <br /> ~ Q (1) The main entrance to the house shall be accessed directly from and face the street. <br /> (2) Where an alley is not present, parking and services shall be accessed by of a driveway 8 to 10 <br /> \ feet wide, and with 2-foot planters on each side. <br /> ~ (3) On a corner lot without access to an alley, parking and services shall be accessed from the <br /> Illustrative Axonometric Diagram side street. <br /> ~~`~r <br /> ~fi°~~ ~ ~ ~ (d) Parking Standards <br /> F, ~ (1) Required residential parking shall be within a garage. <br /> ' ~ ' ' (2) Street facing garage may accommodate no more than 2 cars side by side or 3 cars in a tan- <br /> c, , <br /> _ dem configuration. <br /> h.A, r: (3) An alley-accessed garage may accommodate up to three cars side by side. <br /> (4) Additional parking may be provided in the driveway. <br /> - (5) Astreet-facing garage shall have 1-car garage doors and driveways no more than 8 feet wide <br /> - = that are seperated by planters at least 2 feet wide. <br /> w <br /> 1 P~ (e) Service Standards <br /> " (1) Where an alley is not present, services including utility access, above ground equipment <br /> t' ~ P <br /> ~ and trash containers shall be located at least 10 feet behind the front ofthe house and be <br /> ~ - ~ screened from view from the street with a hedge or solid fence. <br /> ,1 ' ; <br /> e;: (f) Open Space Standards <br /> ~ ~r (1) Private open space shall be located in the rear or side yard and shall be no less than 15 per- <br /> . cent of the area of the lot, of a regular geometry and open to the sky. The minimum dimen- <br /> ~.;yy~„ Sion for this area shall be 15 feet in each direction. <br /> - - - (2) At least one side yard shall be designed to provide an open area no less than 10 feet by 10 <br /> Illustrative Photo: Single dwelling with front yard frontage feet. <br /> (3) Porches and stoops may encroach into a required yard, as specified by the zone requirement <br /> section. <br /> ~~~h (g) Landscape Standards <br /> (1) Landscape shall not obscure front yards on adjacent lots. Front yards trees shall not exceed <br /> - 1.5 times the height of the porch at maturity, except at the margins ofthe lot, where they may <br /> a - be no more than 1.5 times the height of building at maturity. Trees shall be planted at the <br /> _ I rate of one (1) 36-inch box tree per 25 lineal feet of front yard. Trees may be placed in groups <br /> f'~ in order to achieve a particular design. <br /> (2) In the rear yard, at least one (1) 24 inch canopy tree shall be provided for shade and privacy. <br /> _ 1 (3) Side yard trees shall be planted in required yards a rate of one (1) 24-inch box tree per 25 lin- <br /> eal feet to protect the privacy of neighbors. <br /> i ~ s ~ s~y~{h ~ (4) Six (6) 5-gallon shrubs, ten (10) one-gallon size herbaceous perennials/shrubs and turf or <br /> ~ ~ 7 ~ ~ ~ i0 ~ acceptable dry climate ground cover shall be planted for every required tree. <br /> rrr~~~ ~ ~ (h) Frontage Standards <br /> Y (1) A house's ground level shall be designed so that social areas such as the living room, family <br /> " n room, dining room rather than sleeping and service rooms, are oriented toward the fronting <br /> i ,~,r ''~x ~ ,y+ "r'3 street. <br /> i <br /> ~ ~ ~ <br /> (i) Building Size and Massing Standards <br /> Illustrative Photo: Single dwelling with frontyard frontage (1) Building elevations abutting side yards shall be designed to provide at least one horizontal <br /> plane break of at least three feet, and one vertical break of at least two feet. <br /> (2) Houses on corner lots shall be designed with two front facades. <br /> (3) Buildings shall be composed of one and/ or two story volumes, each designed to house <br /> scale. <br /> (4) A house shall comply with the height ratios established in Table BT-14, entitled Maximum <br /> Ratio for Each House Story. <br /> - Table BT-14 <br /> V <br /> Maximum Ratio of each House Story <br /> ,c: Ground Floor 2 <br /> of ground <br /> ~ 10096 8096[1 ] <br /> ® _ I ~ floor by story <br /> J t~ ~ k~ <br /> ip t I yp; [1] For any percentage less than 100%, the percentage refers to the percentage of the <br /> ~ ~ rr , ground floor footprint of the building area that is permitted for this particular story <br /> e <br /> ~ w„~~ me ~ <br /> ,j~ (j) Accessory Dwellings. Accessory dwellings are permited subject to the requirements of Sec. <br /> ~n 41-194 -second dwelling units. <br /> (k) Accessory Structures. Accessory structures are permitted. <br /> _,x : . <br /> Illustrative Photo: Singledwellings with frontyard frontage <br /> <br /> 4:27 TRANSIT ZONING CODE <br /> SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT 84 <br /> City of Santa Ana, California <br /> <br />