The following specific development standards shall be adhered to in the design and layout of any CRD.
(a) Minimum Setbacks. All buildings, structures and parking areas shall comply with the minimum setbacks set forth in Schedule 1161.11
and the regulations in this Section.
(b) Minimum Spacing Between Buildings. In order to ensure reasonable privacy and separation, individual buildings including terraces, decks and patios shall be separated by the minimum spacing set forth in Schedule 1161.11
. These distances may be reduced when the Planning Commission finds that adequate landscaping, screening, and/or architectural features are provided to ensure privacy between units.
Minimum Setback and Spacing Requirements | ||
R-1 | R-2 | |
(1) Setback from existing public street right-of-way (c) | (b) | (b) |
(2) Setback from project boundary, other than a public street (c) | 20 ft. | 20 ft. |
(3) Setback from interior street • Public right-of-way | 20 ft. | 20 ft. |
• Private street pavement | 16 ft. (d) | 16 ft. (d) |
(4) Spacing between buildings • Side to Side | 12 ft. | 12 ft. |
• Side to Rear | 25 ft. | 25 ft. |
• Rear to Rear | 35 ft. (a) | 35 ft. (a) |
Notes to Schedule 1161.11 (a) When the rear wall of one dwelling is adjacent to the rear wall of a second dwelling, the minimum separation shall be the distance set forth in this Schedule or equal to the length of the adjacency, whichever is greater. (b) No building or parking area shall be located closer to the right-of-way line of an existing public street than the minimum front setback distance shown on the Setback Map City of Rocky River, May 12, 1975, for said street. (c) No buildings or structures shall be placed within the setback from a project boundary. (d) When garage doors face the street, the garage doors shall be twenty (20) from the edge of pavement. (e) When the project boundary is not located adjacent to a R-1 and/or R-2 zoning district boundary line, the Planning Commission may reduce the minimum width of the setback from a project boundary. | ||
(d) Minimum Setback for Interior Streets. Interior public streets shall be located a minimum of twenty (20) feet from a CRD boundary, except as necessary to traverse this required setback to provide access to an existing public street right-of-way.
(e) Minimum Setback for Private Streets. No private street or driveway shall be located closer than ten (10) feet to any project boundary line of the CRD.
(f) Lot Requirements. Dwelling units are not required to be on individual lots. However, when lots for standard detached single-family dwelling units or sublots for single-family cluster or attached dwelling units are included as part of a CRD, such lots or sublots shall be of sufficient size and shape to accommodate dwelling units in compliance with the spacing requirements of this Section.
The applicant shall depict on the development plan the maximum parameters, or building envelopes, to indicate where buildings, projections, decks, patios etc. shall be located, and shall demonstrate that such structure location will be in compliance with the spacing requirements of this Section.
(h) Maximum Height. No building or structure shall exceed thirty (30) feet in height.
(i) Stormwater Detention/Retention Facilities. Detention/retention facilities that are visible from an existing public street shall be integrated into a landscaped area. Such landscaped areas shall contain any combination of the following elements: shade and ornamental trees, evergreens, shrubbery, hedges, and/or other planting materials as well as ornamental fencing.