A. Purpose: The single-family site development standards are intended to:
1. Ensure that parking areas are located so as to prevent drainage onto adjoining properties, to prevent vehicles from blocking sidewalks and to ensure that front yard areas remain free of large parking areas that will detract from the residential character of the neighborhood.
2. Enhance public safety for residents and visitors by lining streets with active living spaces, ensuring that there is a physical and visual connection between the living area of the residence and the street.
3. Enhance the pedestrian oriented character of the neighborhood by preventing blank facades and large expanses of concrete along the street.
B. Applicability:
1. The standards of this section apply to all single-family and two-family uses located in any zone.
2. Multi-family dwellings, group living uses, and institutional/civic uses located in a single-family zone are subject to the multi-family site development standards specified in chapter 2, article B, "Multi-Family Residential Zones", of this title.
C. Garage, Driveway And Parking Location Standards:
1. For single-family uses and two-family uses, a required parking space may be located behind another parking space on a regularly constructed aisle, provided the spaces are not stacked more than two (2) spaces deep, counting the space within a garage. (See figure 2A.4 of this section.)
2. Parking for single-family uses and two-family uses may be designed to allow cars to exit by backing into a street, except if street access is restricted or alley access is required.
3. Parking is not permitted in the front principal dwelling setback, except in the following situations:
a.
For single-family uses, one of the required parking space(s) may be provided in the front principal dwelling setback on a regularly constructed aisle that leads directly to a parking space that is not located in the front principal dwelling setback, provided not less than fifty percent (50%) of the front principal dwelling setback area remains open space, free of impervious surface.
b. For two (2)-family uses and group households, two (2) of the required parking spaces may be provided in the front principal dwelling setback on a regularly constructed aisle that leads directly to a parking space that is not located in the front principal dwelling setback, provided not less than fifty percent (50%) of the front principal dwelling setback area remains open space, free of impervious surface.
c. For single-family uses, two-family uses, and group households, up to three (3) nonrequired parking spaces may be provided in the front principal dwelling setback, provided any such space is located on a regularly constructed aisle that leads directly to a parking space that is not located in the front principal dwelling setback, and provided that not less than fifty percent (50%) of the front principal dwelling setback area remains open space, free of buildings and impervious surfaces. (See figure 2A.5 of this section.)
4. Garages and carports must be located so as to provide a driveway, at least twenty five feet (25') in length, between the entrance to the garage or carport and the street right of way line. Garages and carports accessed from an alley must be located so as to provide a driveway at least five feet (5') in length between the entrance to the garage or carport and the alley right of way line. In cases where the configuration of the lot, the topography, and/or other physical characteristic of the property makes the application of this standard impractical, a minor modification may be requested to reduce the driveway length, provided that the following approval criteria are met in addition to the general minor modification standards set forth in subsection 14-4B-1B of this title:
a. There will be at least twenty five feet (25') of driveway length between the entrance to the garage or carport and any existing public sidewalk. In cases where there is no public sidewalk, but where a public sidewalk is likely to be built in the future, there must be at least twenty five feet (25') of driveway length between the entrance of the garage or carport and the likely location of a future public sidewalk, as determined by the city.
b. The resulting garage or carport location and driveway length will not compromise public safety along the fronting street or alley.
5. A nonhard surfaced drive or aisle may not be located closer than three feet (3') to a lot line, except at the point of access with a street, alley, or private rear lane. Hard surfaced drives must be set back at least three feet (3') from any side or rear lot line, except under the following circumstances:
a. The drives and aisles are pitched or curbed and drained to prevent the flow of water onto adjoining property; or
b. A drainage course has been established along lot lines to handle stormwater runoff; or
c. Any specific location along a side or rear lot line where a drive is shared with an abutting lot; or
d. At the point of access with an alley or private rear lane.
6. On lots less than sixty feet (60') in width, the length of any garage wall that faces a street-side lot line may not exceed sixty percent (60%) of the total length of the building facade that faces the same street-side lot line. On corner lots, only the garage wall(s) containing a garage door must meet this standard. For two-family uses and attached single-family dwellings, additional vehicular access standards may apply. See applicable standards in section 14-4B-4, "Specific Approval Criteria For Provisional Uses And Special Exceptions", of this title.
D. Pedestrian Circulation: Where no sidewalk exists, sidewalks shall be constructed in the abutting public right-of-way according to the standards in section 15-3-3. The Director of Neighborhood and Development Services may exempt a property from this requirement where a finding is made that such a sidewalk is unlikely to connect to future pedestrian routes. (Ord. 05-4186, 12-15-2005; amd. Ord. 11-4451, 10-18-2011; Ord. 19-4815, 12-17-2019; Ord. 21- 4858, 6-1-2021; Ord. 22-4882, 6-21-2022)