§ 45-1203. Area and dimensional regulations.

(a)

Minimum requirements:

(1)

For two-family dwellings:

a.

Minimum interior site area: Four thousand (4,000) square feet per unit.

b.

Minimum site width:

1.

Interior site: Seventy (70) feet per main building.

2.

Corner site: Ninety (90) feet for main building on corner.

c.

Minimum site frontage:

1.

On straight or curvilinear street: Seventy (70) feet per main building.

2.

On cul-de-sac street: Thirty-five (35) feet.

d.

Minimum site depth: One hundred (100) feet.

1.

On straight a curvilinear street: One hundred ten (110) feet.

2.

On a cul-de-sac: One hundred (100) feet.

e.

Minimum building separation: Fourteen (14) feet.

f.

A privacy yard, having a minimum area of two hundred (200) square feet, shall be provided each dwelling unit.

g.

Minimum building width: Sixteen (16) feet.

(2)

For multiple attached single-family dwellings excluding two-family dwellings:

a.

Minimum site area: Twelve thousand (12,000) square [feet].

b.

Minimum site width:

1.

Interior: One hundred (100) feet.

2.

Corner: One hundred twenty (120) feet.

c.

Minimum site frontage: One hundred (100) feet.

d.

Minimum site depth: One hundred twenty (120) feet.

e.

Minimum lot area: One thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet per unit.

f.

Minimum building separation: Twenty (20) feet.

g.

Minimum separation from the front of main buildings: Fifty (50) feet.

h.

Minimum separation from the rear of main building: Forty (40) feet.

i.

Minimum separation from the side of main buildings: Twenty (20) feet.

(3)

Minimum open space:

a.

Open lot area: One thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet per unit.

b.

Recreational/landscaped area: Eighty (80) percent of total dwelling unit floor area.

c.

Recreational open space: Twenty (20) percent of the recreational/landscaped area.

d.

Minimum size of active recreational open space areas:

1.

One to two hundred (200) units: Twenty-five-foot diameter.

2.

Two hundred (200) plus units: Fifty-foot diameter.

e.

All recreational/landscaped areas, recreational open space areas, and active recreational areas shall be shown on the site plan.

(b)

Requirements for main buildings:

(1)

Minimum setback yard requirements:

a.

Front yard: Thirty (30) feet.

b.

Rear yard: Twenty (20) feet.

c.

Side yard:

1.

Interior lot:

(i)

Ten (10) feet for two-family dwellings. No side yard is required at the interior lot lines where units are attached

(ii)

Twenty (20) feet for multiple-family dwellings

2.

Corner lot: Thirty (30) feet for the side yard along the street.

(2)

Maximum height:

a.

Two-family dwellings: Thirty-five (35) feet.

b.

Multiple-family dwellings: Forty-five (45) feet; however, buildings may be higher than forty-five (45) feet provided the building is set back from the required side and rear yard one (1) foot for each foot of height above forty-five (45) feet.

(3)

Minimum buffer area: Twenty (20) feet in width when abutting any single-family zoning district.

(4)

Maximum floor area: Fifty (50) percent of lot area.

(c)

Requirements for accessory buildings and structures:

(1)

Minimum setback requirements:

a.

Front yard:

1.

Two-family dwellings: Prohibited in front yard (See Article XXVIII).

2.

Multiple-family dwellings: Thirty (30) feet.

b.

Rear yard: Ten (10) feet.

c.

Side yard: Same as main building.

(2)

Maximum height: Height of main buildings.

(3)

Maximum floor area:

a.

Two-family dwellings: Ground floor of the dwelling unit when on the same individual lot or site.

b.

Multiple-family dwellings: None.

(4)

For special exception to height and floor area requirement. See Article XXXII.

(5)

For modifications and adjustments to regulations, see Article XXVIII, section 45-2806.

(Ord. No. 5028-97, § 1)

(Ord. No. 5028-97, § 1)