Publisher's Note: This Section has been AMENDED by new legislation (Ord. 10-2024, passed 3-5-2024). The text of the amendment will be incorporated below when the ordinance is codified.
A. Building Types and Form Standards:
1. Encourage building forms that are compatible with the neighborhood and the future vision for the neighborhood by acknowledging the current scale of the area and it's architectural and material elements. These elements within new development shall compliment those of the existing buildings;
2. Arrange building heights and scale to provide appropriate transitions between buildings of different scales and adjacent areas, especially between different subdistricts;
3. Guide building orientation through setbacks and other requirements to create a consistent street edge, enhance walkability by addressing the relationship between public and private spaces, and ensure architectural design will contribute to the character of the neighborhood;
4. Use building form, placement, and orientation to identify the private, semiprivate, and public spaces;
5. Minimize the visual impact of parking areas; and
6. Minimize conflicts between pedestrians, bicyclists, and vehicles.
B. Building Types and Forms:
1. Description: The permitted building forms are described in this subsection. Each building form includes a general description and definition, as well as images of what the building form may look like. Building form images are for informational purposes only and not intended to demonstrate exactly what shall be built. The description and images should be used to classify existing and proposed buildings in order to determine what development regulations apply. The drawings are not to scale. They should not be used to dictate a specific architectural style as both traditional and contemporary styles can be used.
a. Urban House: A residential structure with the approximate scale of a single dwelling unit, as viewed from the street, but may contain up to two dwelling units. The structure has a single entry facing the street, a front porch or stoop, and a small front yard. Second units may be arranged vertically (up and down) or horizontally (front and back), but the entry to the second unit is from the side, rear, or interior of structure. A third unit may also be located along an alley as a stand alone unit or as a dwelling unit located in an accessory building. All units are on a single lot.
b. Two-Family Dwelling: A residential structure that contains two dwelling units in a single building. The units may be arranged side by side, up and down, or front and back. Each unit has its own separate entry directly to the outside. Dwellings may be located on separate lots or grouped on one lot. A third unit may also be located along an alley as a stand alone unit or as a dwelling unit located in an accessory building, but may not be located on a separate lot.
c. Cottage Development: A unified development that contains two or more detached dwelling units with each unit appearing to be a small single-family dwelling with a common green or open space area. Dwellings may be located on separate lots or grouped on one lot.
d. Additional Development Standards for Cottage Building Forms:
(1) Setbacks Between Individual Cottages: All cottages shall have a minimum setback of eight feet from another cottage.
(2) Footprint: No cottage shall have a footprint in excess of eight hundred fifty (850) square feet.
(3) Building Entrance: All building entrances shall face a public street or a common open space area.
(4) Open Space Area: A minimum of two hundred fifty (250) square feet of common, open space area is required per cottage. At least fifty percent (50%) of the open space area shall be contiguous and include landscaping, walkways or other amenities intended to serve the residents of the development.
e. Row House: A series of attached single-family dwellings that share at least one common wall with an adjacent dwelling unit. A row house contains a minimum of three (3) residential dwelling units. Each unit may be on its own lot. If possible, off street parking is accessed from an alley.
f. Multi-Family Residentia l: A multi-famil y residential structure containing three (3) or more dwelling units that may be arranged in a number of configurations .
g. Storefront: A commercial structure that may have multiple stories and contain a variety of commercial uses that are allowed in the district that permits this building type. All buildings, regardless of the specific use, have a ground floor that looks like a storefront.
h. Vertical Mixed Use: A multi-story building that contains a mix of commercial and/or office with residential uses.
C. Building Form Standards:
1. The provisions of this section shall apply to all properties located within the Form Based Districts as indicated on the maps in each Form Based District.
2. Building form and street type standards apply to all new buildings and additions when the new construction related to the addition is greater than twenty five percent (25%) of the footprint of the structure or one thousand (1,000) square feet, whichever is less. Refer to Section 21A.27.030 of this chapter on the building configuration standards for more information on how to comply with the standards. The graphics included provide a visual representation of the standards as a guide and are not meant to supersede the standards in the tables. Only building forms identified in the table are permitted. (Ord. 24B-23, 2023: Ord. 24-23, 2023: Ord. 13-19, 2019: Ord. 23-16, 2016)