Street and building setbacks shall be as required in the underlying zone, with the following exceptions:
.010 Parking Structures. If a parking structure has retail, office or similar uses on the street-level floor on the side of the structure facing the street, the minimum front setback may be modified as provided in this section. If a parking structure does not contain those uses, the minimum street setback shall be twenty (20) feet.
.020 Modifications. The setbacks prescribed in this section and in the underlying zone may be modified in connection with a conditional use permit, as set forth in Chapter 18.66 (Conditional Use Permit), in order to promote increased pedestrian activity, provide for a unified street frontage, ensure privacy and light for residential uses, provide for public spaces, and promote compatibility with existing development.
.030 Encroachments. In addition to the allowable setback encroachments in the underlying zone, the following encroachment provisions apply:
.0301 A patio cover or canopy may encroach into the required setback between buildings.
.0302 Cornices, eaves, belt courses, sills, buttresses and fireplaces may encroach into a required interior setback not more than four (4) inches for each one (1) foot of the width of the interior setback, and may encroach into a required street setback not more than thirty (30) inches.
.0303 Fixed awnings may encroach into a required interior setback no more than three (3) feet.
.0304 Open, unenclosed balconies may encroach into a required street setback not more than three (3) feet.
.0305 Private patios for ground-floor residential units may encroach not more than eight (8) feet into a required setback, along an interior property line or a setback between buildings, but not into required landscape setbacks.
.0306 Covered or uncovered porches or landings that do not extend above the level of the first floor of the building, and that include an open railing not more than thirty-six (36) inches in height, may encroach into any required setback not more than five (5) feet.
.0307 Decorative guard railings, for safety protection around hazardous areas, may encroach into any required setback.
.0308 The placement of outdoor recreational facilities may encroach into required setbacks between buildings on the same building site.
.0309 Trees, shrubs, flowers or plants shall be permitted in any required setback.
.0310 Fences and walls that comply with Section 18.46.110 of Chapter 18.46 (Landscaping and Screening) may encroach into required setbacks. (Ord. 5920 § 1 (part); June 8, 2004.)