1185.17 DWELLING GROUPS, REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS.
The Planning Commission shall be guided by the following requirements and standards.
(a) Permitted Uses. Except as modified in this chapter, each dwelling group in any R-1 One-Family Low Density Residence District shall consist of two or more detached or attached single-family dwellings or a combination of both, complying with all other requirements for the district in which it is to be located except as otherwise indicated herein, and including accessory uses permitted and as regulated in the R-S Residential Suburban District. "Attached dwellings" for purposes of this chapter shall be defined as no more than two contiguous single-family dwellings attached by a common garage firewall only.
(b) Standards. The use and area, frontage, depth, living area, height and yard regulations provided for in Chapter 1143 for R-1, One-Family Low-Density Residence Districts shall be applicable to this section of this chapter, except as modified below:
(1) Area, frontage, depth and living area requirements. The area, frontage and depth of the dwelling lots or locations within the cluster areas may vary, but the average area per dwelling unit shall be not less than 11,250 square feet excluding the dedicated public right of way which serves the development, but including the private roadway areas within the development. Each dwelling shall front either on a roadway or other permanent public open space at least fifty feet wide, or on a common yard or outer court. The minimum one-family dwelling area shall not be less than 1600 square feet per dwelling unit as stated for dwellings in R-1 One-Family Low-Density Residence Districts.
(2) Height requirements. The height regulations shall be the same as permitted in R-S Residential Suburban Districts.
(3) Yard requirements. The following minimum requirements shall apply:
A. Front yards. Front yard setbacks shall be not less than fifty feet from a public dedicated street line.
B. Yards and open spaces.
Building and Lot Relationship | Minimum Dimensions of Yards (ft.) |
Front, side or rear of structure to a dedicated road right of way | 45 |
Front of structure to a front of structure | 80 |
Front, side or rear of structure to the center line of a private roadway of the development | 35 |
Minimum length of driveway from center line of access road to garage door shall not be less than 40 ft. | 40 |
Front, side or rear of structure to a required walkway or sidewalk | 25 |
Front of structure to a side or rear of structure | 80 |
Side of structure to a side of structure or to a cluster development perimeter property line | 20 |
Rear of structure to a side of structure or to a cluster development perimeter property line | 30 |
Rear or side of structure to a property line within the cluster development but not closer to structures as stated | 8 |
(c) Access Road; Distance. Each dwelling in the dwelling group shall be within eighty feet of a paved private access roadway or drive, having a paved roadway width of at least twenty feet and a minimum pavement thickness of eight inch asphaltic concrete or seven inch reinforced Portland cement concrete pavement meeting the City Engineer's standards on which no parking shall be permitted and providing vehicular access from a public street, provided that such private access roadway or drive shall be within 600 feet, measured along the route of vehicular access from a public street and, provided further, that an adequate turnaround with a minimum outside radius of forty feet shall be constructed where applicable. The minimum length of access driveway to each dwelling shall not be less than forty feet, as measured from the center line of the public or private access roadway or drive to the face of the garage door. Each dwelling unit shall be accessible to service and emergency vehicles in a manner acceptable to the City Engineer and the Safety Director. The preservation and maintenance of all private drives and utilities on private land must be assured by firm commitment of the abutting or common owners through documents recorded in the office of the Cuyahoga County Recorder or in such other form as is approved by the Director of Law.
(Ord. 2007-076. Passed 5-21-07.)