The standards and specifications for townhouse projects shall be those prescribed under this chapter subject to the following exceptions:
(A) Access.
(1) All townhouse projects shall have direct access from one dedicated, improved and accessible access street having a right-of-way width of not less than 60 feet.
(2) All townhouses or condominium structures shall immediately abut and have direct access to an access street or an interior street, or an alley.
(3) Interior streets shall have a minimum right-of-way width of 55 feet and shall be developed with a minimum 35-foot wide concrete paving section constructed with concrete curbs and gutters in accordance with city standards.
(4) Alleys shall have a right-of-way width of at least 25 feet and shall have a minimum concrete paving section of 20 feet in width in accordance with city standards.
(B) Density. No townhouse project shall have a greater density than 15 lots or condominium apartments per gross acre.
(C) Area.
(1) Each lot shall have an area of not less than 1,600 square feet.
(2) Each lot shall have a minimum width of not less than 18 feet except that lots siding on an access street or upon a plat boundary of the project shall not be less than 28 feet wide.
(3) Each condominium site shall provide a minimum land area of 1,600 square feet per condominium apartment and in addition shall meet the required building set back lines set forth in division (D) below.
(D) Building Setback Lines.
(1) A front building setback line of 25 feet shall be required for all lots and condominium structures fronting on an access street.
(2) A front building setback line of ten feet shall be required for all lots and condominium structures fronting on an interior street. However, the city may approve reductions to an average five-foot setback if staggered front setbacks are used. Such average is to be determined across the frontage of a maximum of five adjoining lots or condominium apartments. The differential in front setbacks shall not exceed ten feet for adjoining lots.
(3) A rear building setback line of 20 feet shall be required for all lots and condominium structures backing on an access street and the lots or structures shall be denied direct driveway access to the access street.
(4) A rear building setback line of 20 feet shall be required for all lots and condominium structures abutting a recorded plat used or intended to be used for single-family detached dwelling units.
(5) A side building setback line of ten feet shall be required on the side for all lots and condominium structures siding on an access street or siding upon a plat boundary of the project.
(6) No building setback line shall be required on the sides of a blot or condominium structure abutting interior streets except where, in the opinion of the Commission, traffic safety necessitates the establishment of such setback.
(7) All lots and condominium structures without rear access will have a minimum rear setback of ten feet, or the width of any required easement, whichever is greater.
(E) Common Open Space.
(1) A minimum of 200 square feet of common open space per lot or condominium apartment shall be provided within the project.
(2) Where townhouse lots and dwelling units are designed to face or front each other across common open space rather than fronting upon a public street, the common open space shall be at least 40 feet wide. However, in no case shall common open space be less than 25 feet wide where any dwelling unit sides on same.
(3) In computing the required common open space, required front or side setbacks, streets, alleys or other public rights-of-way of any kind, vehicular drives or parking areas, drainage easements, and utility easements containing or permitting overhead pole carried service shall not be included.
(F) Screening Walls. Where townhouse lots or condominium structures are backing on a public street or backing or siding on lots in a recorded plat used or intended to be used for single-family detached dwelling units, or backing or siding on undeveloped property in residence district, a two-foot wide private easement shall be provided abutting the street or common lot lines and a screening wall as defined herein shall be constructed in conformance with city standards and permanently maintained by the Home Owners Association upon the easement to provide a visual screen. The construction of screening walls shall conform to specifica-tions and standards as established by the Department of Public Works.
(G) Parking. In general, there shall be three parking spaces per townhouse lot or condominium apartment.
(1) At least two off-street parking spaces for each townhouse lot or condominium apartment shall be provided within the project.
(2) One additional parking space per lot or condominium apartment shall be provided either off-street within the project or on an abutting public street with not less than a 35-foot wide paving section.
(H) Easements.
(1) The Department of Public Works shall determine the width of the public easements for utilities and other purposes on an individual basis for each project in accordance with requirements of the sewer and water regulations set forth in Chapters 52 and 53 of this code of ordinances and any other applicable ordinance of the city.
(2) Aerial easements, if any, may not be located along the frontage of lots or condominium structures.
(I) Height. No building or structure within a townhouse project shall have a height greater than 2½ stories or feet. However, no such building or condominium structure adjacent to a plat boundary that is coincident with the side lot line of a lot upon which a single-family detached dwelling unit exists shall not have a height greater than the adjoining single-family detached dwelling unit.
(J) Sidewalks. A sidewalk of concrete or other permanent material having a width of at least four feet shall be constructed along the front of each blot or condominium structure. If the required sidewalk is constructed within public street right-of-way, it shall be constructed to city standards.
(Ord. 505, passed 5-17-93)