A. Purpose: The spacing of buildings and structures away from property lines and rights of way play an important part in the look and feel of a neighborhood. The residential office zone (RO) standards are intended to allow small nonresidential development along busy streets while maintaining the look and feel of the street's original residential character. Setbacks should be influenced by compatibility with the surrounding residential uses while allowing flexibility for requirements associated with nonresidential development such as parking, security lighting and trash disposal. As with the residential zones, setbacks should vary proportionally depending upon the size and shape of the properties and also upon the type of the existing and proposed land use. In some instances setbacks should be uniform assuming there is a specific desired outcome for the setback, such as protection of views, public safety, economic development, etc. In other instances, variability and flexibility of setback may produce equally important outcomes such as the protection of natural features, aesthetically pleasing streetscapes, creativity in architectural design, and retention of fragile housing stock or other important goals.
B. Implementation: Averaging of setbacks in all yard areas shall be allowed. Variations across the setback line may not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the minimums required. Calculation of the average shall require at least ten (10) equally spaced measurements across any one "building line", as defined in section 13.04.040 of this title, and shown in section 13.14.050, figure 13.14.051 of this title.
C. Setbacks: Setbacks for new structures within the RO zone shall be as shown on table 13.50.061 of this section.
Setback | Setback |
Corner side abutting a public street | 20 feet |
Front | See section 13.14.054 of this title |
Rear - abutting commercial property line | See section 13.14.052 of this title |
Rear - abutting residential property line | See section 13.14.052 of this title |
Side - abutting commercial property line | See section 13.14.056 of this title |
Side - abutting residential property line | See section 13.14.056 of this title |
(Ord. 2014-05, 4-17-2014)