A. A structure containing five or more dwellings that are accessed from a common entrance. Ground floor units may also be accessed directly from the sidewalk. An apartment building may be occupied by other than residential uses where allowed by the applicable TND designation. An apartment building shall be placed on a site as set forth in Table 6-17.
Building Placement. |  | |
Front build-to-line: The front facade of the building shall be placed 12 feet from the back of the sidewalk. | A | |
A stoop, dooryard or porch may encroach 5 feet into the resulting front setback. | B | |
Side setbacks: None required; 5 feet minimum where provided. | C | |
Rear setback: 15 feet minimum for the dwellings; 5 feet from the alley for parking and accessory structures. A building on a corner lot may have a 5 foot setback from the alley at the side street. | D | |
Building Size and Massing. | ||
Building height: two, three or four- stories. | E | |
Parking. | ||
Surface or ground level garage parking shall be located 28 feet behind the back of the sidewalk. | F | |
B. Frontage types shall be dooryard, porch and fence or stoop.
C. The main entrance to each ground floor dwelling is accessed directly from and faces the street, a courtyard, paseo or lobby and corridor. Access to upper floor dwellings is by stair and or elevator, which may be open or enclosed.
D. On-site parking shall be accessed from an alley and may be in an underground garage, surface lot, detached garage, or tuck-under parking, or a combination of any of the above.
(Ord. 2358 §22)