§ A11-5 MINIMUM AREA REQUIREMENTS.
   (A)   The following minimum area standards and requirements shall be met. No improvements shall be placed on such lands unless the lands to be so used or improved shall meet the following area and dimensional requirements:
      (1)   Table of minimum area requirements and standards. The dimensions shall be measured in feet unless otherwise specified.
MINIMUM AREA REQUIREMENTS FOR DESIGNATION NO. 144
Requirements
Zone 1
Zone 2
Zone 3
Zone 4
Zone 5
One-Family
Multiple Residential
Multiple Residential**
Minimum Lot Dimensions
Lot area (square feet)
15,000
Interior
11,000
11,000
Corner
12,500
12,500
Lot width
100
Interior
80
80
Corner
90
90
Dwelling Unit Density
One-story building
10,8901(4)2
10,8901(4)2
7,2601(6)2
Two-story building
8,710(5)
7,260(6)
5,445(8)
Three-story building
4,355(10)
3,630(12)
Buried Garages
3
3
3
Buffer Zone
4
4
4
Minimum Building Setbacks
Along principal, arterial or collector streets
50
50
50
50
50
50
Along all other streets
30
30
30
30
30
30
Side lot line
25
25
25
30
Dwelling
10
10
Garage
5
5
Rear lot line
30
30
25
25
25
15
Between multiple dwellings
*
*
*
15
Abutting a one-family lot
60
One-story
60
60
Two-story
75
75
Three-story
100
100
Minimum Detached Garage and Accessory Building Setbacks
Along principal, arterial or collector streets
50
50
50
50
50
Along all other streets
305
305
30
30
30
Side lot line
5
5
10
10
10
Rear lot line
10
10
10
10
10
From one-family dwelling
10
10
From multiple dwelling
15
15
15
Abutting one-family lot
60
60
60
Minimum Parking Setback
Along all streets
20
20
20
20
Side or rear lot lines
5
5
5
5
From multiple dwelling
10
10
10
Abutting one-family lot
55
55
55
Maximum Building Coverage
Lot coverage (percentage)
20
20
20
15
15
30
 
Maximum Lot Coverage
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Building coverage (percentage)
 
 
20
15
15
 
30
impervious surface coverage
See §155.350
See §155.350
 
 
 
 
 
Maximum Building Height
Maximum height
35
35
25
40
40
45
NOTES TO TABLE
1 - Square feet of land per unit.
2 - Units per acre.
3 - Where garages are buried to the extent that the side area normally covered by garages can be occupied by other uses, each of the preceding square footage requirements shall be reduced by 600 square feet.
4 - Fifty feet of unaltered natural land adjacent to any single-family lot.
5 - Corner lot sideyard setbacks where abutting a street shall be 20 feet.
 
* - See § A11-5(A)(2).
** - Same requirements as Zone 4.
 
      (2)   Setbacks between multiple dwellings.
         (a)   The front and rear sides of a multiple dwelling shall have a minimum setback of 50 feet from any side of an adjacent multiple dwelling or a setback equal to the combined height of the adjacent multiple dwellings, whichever is greater, except that in no case shall a setback greater than 75 feet be required. This minimum setback shall be reduced to 40 feet where a horizontal extension of the lines created by the nearest exterior vertical surfaces of adjacent buildings would create an angle of not less than 45 degrees.
         (b)   Minimum setbacks between adjacent multiple dwellings on sides which are not a front or rear side of either building shall be 20 feet or a distance equal to one-half of the combined height of the adjacent buildings, whichever is greater, except that in no case shall a setback be greater than 50 feet be required. This minimum setback shall be reduced to 25 feet where a horizontal extension of the lines created by the nearest exterior vertical surfaces of adjacent buildings would create an angle of not less than 45 degrees.
      (3)   Maximum impervious surface, see § 155.350.
      (4)   Screening, see § 155.348.
      (5)   Landscaping, see § 155.349.
      (6)   Parking, see §§ 155.370 through 155.379.
      (7)   Architecture and building design, see § 155.346. In addition, all commercial buildings constructed in Subzone 5 shall be designed with a residential character and shall have pitched roofs.
   (B)   The following requirements are in addition to those in division (A). Where there may be a conflict, the requirements herein shall prevail:
      (1)   Front setbacks prevailing. Where adjoining structures existing at the time of adoption of this article have a greater setback than that required by this article, the front setback of a new structure shall conform to the prevailing setback in the immediate vicinity. The Building Official shall determine the necessary front yard setback in such cases. In no case shall a building be required to be set back more than 50 feet.
      (2)   Side and rear setbacks, party walls. Buildings may be excluded from side and rear setback requirements if party walls are used and if the adjacent buildings are constructed as an integral structure. This shall not permit structures closer to single-family detached lots, however, than required under subsection (1) above.
(‘81 Code, § A11-5) (Ord. 291, passed 4-21-83; Am. Ord. 613, passed 3-14-96 ; Am. Ord. 1050, passed 10-11-18)