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Home My WebLink AboutKAPSNER UDC CODE 20190520 Page | 1 KAPSNER RESIDENCE UDC CODE Sec. 38.300.020. ‐ Use Districts Designated, Zoning Map Adopted Sec. 38.320.030. ‐ Form and Intensity Standards—Residential Districts Sec. 38.350.050. ‐ Setback and height encroachments, limitations and exceptions. Sec. 38.350.060. ‐ Fences, walls and hedges. Sec. 38.350.070. ‐ Parking and Garages for Single Residential Uses Sec. 38.400.100. ‐ Street Vision Triangle Sec. 38.410.030. – Lot (Corner Lot) Sec. 38.510.030. ‐ Block Frontage Standards Sec. 38.540.010. ‐ Parking General Provisions Sec. 38.540.050. ‐ Number of Parking Spaces Required Sec. 36.04.150. ‐ Narrow Street Parking Restrictions Sec. 38.300.020. ‐ Use Districts Designated, Zoning Map Adopted Zoning: R‐2 Residential Moderate Density The intent of the R‐2 residential moderate density district is to provide for one‐ and two‐ household residential development at urban densities within the city in areas that present few or no development constraints. These purposes are accomplished by: 1. Providing for minimum lot sizes in developed areas consistent with the established development patterns while providing greater flexibility for clustering lots and housing types in newly developed areas. 2. Providing for community facilities to serve such development while respecting the residential quality and nature of the area. Use of this zone is appropriate for areas with moderate access to parks, community services and/or transit. Sec. 38.320.030. ‐ Form and Intensity Standards—Residential Districts Table 38.320.030.A Minimum Lot Area R‐2: 4,000 sqft 7,100 SQFT Page | 2 Table 38.320.030.B Minimum Lot Width R ‐ 2 : 5 0 ’ 50’ Table 38.320.030.C Density, Building Height, and Setbacks Density: 5 dwellings per net acre L o t C o v e r a g e : 4 0 % 7,100 X .40 = 2,840 FAR: 0.75:1 Roof Pitch / Height < 3:12 = 24’ >3:12 ‐ <6:12 = 28’ >6:12 ‐ <9:12 = 32’ = or > 9:12 = 36’ S e t b a c k s F r o n t = 1 5 ’ 15’ Side = 5’ (Corner lot side setback 15’) 5’ / 15’ R e a r = 2 0 ’ 20’ Garage (oriented to street) = 20’ 20’ Sec. 38.350.050. ‐ Setback and height encroachments, limitations and exceptions. A. Permitted encroachments into setbacks. The following are permitted encroachments into required setbacks, subject to any and all applicable International Building Code requirements and/or utility easements: 1. Architectural features which do not add usable area to a structure, such as chimneys, wing walls, sills, pilasters, lintels, cornices, eaves, gutters, awnings, window wells and steps, provided such architectural features do not extend more than five feet into any required front or rear setback. Application includes code compliant encroachment into setbacks. Sec. 38.350.060. ‐ Fences, walls and hedges. Location and height. Except as provided in section 38.400.100, fences, walls and hedges in any district may be located on lot lines, provided such fences, walls and hedges comply with the following height requirements: 1. Do not exceed six feet in height in any required rear or required side setback. Fences exceeding six feet in height must be subject to the minimum Page | 3 setback requirements of the district in which such fences are located. Decorative post caps may exceed the height limit by no more than one additional foot. Fences in excess of six feet in height require a building permit before installation may commence. Fences may not exceed eight feet in height. a. A gate may be provided which defines an entrance point. The gate may have a defining structure so long as the defining structure is not more than one foot wide on either side of the gate. Gate structure heights may not exceed twice the allowed fence height. 2. Do not exceed four feet in height in any required front lot line setback or any portion of a required wider front lot line that is forward of the rear edge of the building façade nearest the front lot line setback. Decorative post caps may exceed the height limit by no more than one additional foot. Application includes code compliant use of fences, walls and landscaping elements. Sec. 38.350.070. ‐ Parking and garages for single to four‐household residential uses A. Applicability. The following standards apply to all residential development, except multi‐ household developments featuring more than four attached dwelling units. B. General requirements. 1. Surface parking may be allowed within the front setback when located in front of a parking space that meets setback provisions of division 38.320. 2. Surface parking may be allowed in the rear setback. 3. See section 38.400.090 for drive access requirements. C. Residential garage setback standards. 1. Individual garages are subject to setback standards in Tables 38.320.030—38.320.040. 2. All garages facing the street must be at least four feet behind the front façade of the structure. Garage entrances may also be tucked under the second floor to help meet this requirement. Face of garage is four feet behind front façade of the structure. D. Residential garage width standards. 1. Where a garage door or doors facing the street occupy more than ten feet of the façade's width, the total width of the garage door or doors must comprise no more than 50 percent of the width of the ground level façade facing the street. Page | 4 2. There is no restriction on the number of individual garage doors facing the street, only the proportion of the façade associated with a garage door or doors exceeding ten feet in total width. E. Individual garages facing the street are not permitted in the B‐3 district when an alley is adjacent to the property. Sec. 38.400.100. ‐ Street Vision Triangle B. Collector and Local Streets On corner lots, on collector and local streets, in all districts, no fence, wall or planting in excess of 30 inches above the street centerline grades is permitted within a triangular area defined as follows: beginning at the intersection of the projected curblines of two intersecting streets, thence 40 feet along one curbline, thence diagonally to a point 40 feet from the point of beginning on the other curbline, then to the point of beginning. C. Drive aisles and alleys. At the intersection of each driveway or alley with a street, no fence, wall or planting in excess of 30 inches above the street centerline grade is permitted within a triangular area where corners are defined by two points on the right‐of‐way line, 15 feet on each side of the centerline of the driveway or alley and a point on centerline ten feet outside the right‐of‐way. Any driveway or alley wider than 30 feet curb to curb at the right‐of‐way line must use the vision triangle standard for local streets when intersecting local, collector, or arterial streets. D. Provision for trees in street vision triangle. 1. Single‐stem canopy trees are discouraged but may be permitted in street vision triangles as described in this section, provided that mature trees do not significantly affect safe driving conditions and are maintained such that no canopy foliage exists below a height of ten feet above centerline of intersecting streets. 2. Trees which are located in the street vision triangle and which preexisted the adoption of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived may be allowed to remain, provided the trees are trimmed such that no limbs or foliage exist below a height of ten feet above centerline grades of intersecting streets. Application is compliant with Street Vision Triangle. Page | 5 Sec. 38.410.030. ‐ Lot E. Corner lots. Corner lots must have sufficient width to permit appropriate building setbacks from both streets and provide acceptable visibility for traffic safety. 1. Homes on corner lots must have the same orientation as homes on lots on the interior of the block, unless otherwise approved through an overall development plan. Dominant façade maintains same orientation as homes on lots on the interior of the block. Sec. 38.510.030. ‐ Block Frontage Standards Ground Floor: Building Placement: 10' minimum front setback, except where greater setbacks are specified in the district. Building entrances: Building entrances must be visible and directly accessible from the street. Façade transparency: For residential uses, at least 15% of the entire façade (all vertical surfaces generally facing the street). Windows must be provided on all habitable floors of the façade. Weather protection: Provide weather protection at least 3' deep over primary business and residential entries. Entrance is visible and directly accessible from the street. Windows are provided on all habitable floors of the facade. Primary entrance is provided min. 3’ weather protection. DIVISION 38.540. ‐ PARKING Sec. 38.540.010. ‐ General Provisions b. Where applicable, the number of spaces required in section 38.540.050 will be the total of the spaces required for the component activities of certain uses, each calculated separately. 4. Stacking of off‐street parking spaces. Required parking spaces must be located so as to preclude stacking of off‐street parking spaces, with the exception of single‐household dwellings and individual townhouse, rowhouse, and multi‐household units, and two unit structures with physically separated individual drive aisles. Physical separation is provided when at least one of these options are employed: individual garage doors for Page | 6 each interior parking space; a vegetated planter not less than four feet in width between the parking spaces in the driveway area, or a wall not less than four feet in height and length, is provided between the parking area in the driveway and divides the garage entrance. Generally, not more than two cars may be stacked. When stacking is allowed, not more than two vehicles may be stacked within an enclosed parking area. 5. No parking permitted in required front or side setbacks. Required parking spaces may not be located in any required front or side setback, except that detached single‐household dwellings and townhouses, and two unit structures with physically separated individual drive aisles, may have one space located within a driveway area in the required front setback for each parking space located directly in front of the driveway area and outside of the required front setback. 6. Parking is permitted within required rear setbacks. Sec. 38.540.050. ‐ Number of Parking Spaces Required Residential O n e ‐ b e d r o o m 1 . 5 ( 1 . 2 5 i n R ‐ 5 ) T w o ‐ b e d r o o m 2 ( 1 . 7 5 i n R ‐ 5 ) T h r e e ‐ b e d r o o m 3 ( 2 . 5 i n R ‐ 5 ) Dwellings with more than three bedrooms 4 (3 in R‐5) Application contains (3) code compliant off‐street parking spaces. One parking space for each 24 uninterrupted linear feet of available street frontage usable for on‐street parking directly adjacent to a lot may be deducted from the total parking spaces required for a development. Application does NOT request on‐street parking. Sec. 36.04.150. ‐ Narrow Street Parking Restrictions A. The director of public works is authorized to erect signs indicating no parking upon any street when the width of the roadway does not exceed 20 feet, or upon one side of a street as indicated by such signs where, in the opinion of the director of public works, traffic conditions create a traffic hazard. Page | 7 B. When official signs prohibiting parking are erected upon narrow streets as authorized in this section, no person shall park a vehicle upon any such street in violation of any such sign. Applicant does NOT seek parking on Ida Ave.