A. The minimum planned TPD District area size shall be fifty (50) acres.
B. A perimeter transitional yard not less than sixty (60) feet in depth shall be maintained along all the project boundary lines defining the perimeter of the gross site area of the entire District. Only landscaping and access drives approved by the Planning Commission shall be permitted within the perimeter transitional yard.
C. The minimum District frontage shall be three hundred (300) feet, measured at the street right-of-way line. Any street that was a public street at the time of passage of this chapter on March 21, 1988, even though subsequently vacated and constructed as a private street, shall be a street for purposes of the measurement of the District frontage.
D. Not more than twenty percent (20%) of the District shall be buildings or structures (not including parking lots).
E. Building orientations and minimum separation for principal and accessory buildings shall be as follows:
1. Purposes.
The orientation and minimum separation of all buildings shall be as prescribed below in order to provide:
a. Adequate light and ventilation to protect the health of the occupants and users thereof;
b. Necessary access and maneuvering area for fire-fighting equipment and other emergency vehicles; and
c. A reasonable degree of visual and audible privacy between adjacent buildings for residents and occupants.
2. Standards.
The minimum horizontal distance between facing walls of any two (2) or more buildings on a lot shall be as follows:
a. Two (2) facing walls, both containing a window or windows, shall in no case be less distant from each other than the average height of the facing walls, but not less than forty (40) feet apart.
b. Two (2) facing walls, only one of which contains a window or windows, shall in no case be less than thirty (30) feet apart.
c. Two (2) facing walls, neither of which contains a window or windows, shall in no case be less than twenty (20) feet apart.
d. The shortest distance of separation between corners of the two (2) buildings where there are no facing walls shall not be less than twenty (20) feet.
Facing walls are walls opposite to and parallel with one another or walls which are so oriented that their wall lines extended intersect at an angle of less than sixty-five (65) degrees.
F. Minimum court dimensions for buildings shall be as follows:
1. Outer courts.
The width of any outer court formed by walls on three (3) sides shall be not less than the average height of the opposing walls forming such court, but not less than forty (40) feet. The depth of an outer court shall not be greater than one and one-half times the width.
2. Inner courts.
The dimensions of an inner court formed by walls on all four (4) sides shall not be less than the average height of the walls enclosing such court, but not less than forty (40) feet. An open and unobstructed passageway shall be provided at the grade level of each inner court. Such passageway shall have a cross-section area and sufficient headroom to permit the passage of fire-fighting equipment and shall be continuous from the inner court to a yard or an unobstructed open area between buildings.
G. A TPD District need not utilize lots, but in those Park Districts where the developer proposes to utilize lots, the minimum lot areas and yard standards shall be as follows:
1. Minimum lot size shall be three (3) acres;
2. Minimum set-back requirements shall be as follows:
Yard | Setback Requirements |
Front | 60 feet |
Side (when adjoining a nonresidential property) | 60 feet |
Side (when adjoining a residential property) | 100 feet |
Rear (when adjoining a nonresidential property) | 60 feet |
Rear (when adjoining a residential property) | 100 feet |
3. Lot width (measured at the setback building line) shall be two hundred fifty (250) feet.
4. For corner lots, the building setback from both street right-of-way lines shall be sixty (60) feet.
5. The maximum percentage of the lot to be covered by buildings or structures shall be thirty (30) percent.
6. Buildings and other improvements shall be placed so that the existing topography and landscape shall be disturbed as little as possible and so that the maximum number of desirable trees and other natural features will be preserved.
(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)