The intent of these access and parking standards is to minimize the visual impact of vehicles and parking areas for residents of the cottage housing development and adjacent properties and to provide for adequate off street parking for cottage housing developments.
A. Minimum Number Of Off Street Parking Spaces:
1. The minimum number of parking spaces shall be one per dwelling unit.
B. Parking Design: The intent of these parking design standards is to create unobtrusive parking, by screening and disguising parking structures and spaces from surrounding properties, including screening by architectural design and/or vegetation, and by minimizing the number of contiguous spaces.
1. Parking areas or common garages shall be limited to no more than five (5) contiguous spaces separated by a minimum of five feet (5') of sidewalk, landscaping, or open space.
2. Shared detached garage structures may not exceed five (5) garage doors per building and a total of one thousand six hundred (1,600) square feet. Carriage units located above these parking structures shall not be factored into this square footage.
3. Parking shall be separated from the common open area, adjacent properties, and public streets by landscaping and/or architectural screening. Solid board fencing shall not be allowed as an architectural screen. Exception: One parking structure may be adjacent to the common open area, if carriage house units are placed on top and the garage includes architectural features to make it look consistent with the units and community assets.
4. Parking shall be set back a minimum of twenty five feet (25') from a public street.
5. The design of garages and carports, including rooflines, shall be similar to and compatible with that of the dwelling units within the cottage housing development.
6. Parking located between or adjacent to structures, shall be located to the rear of the structure and served by an alley or driveway. (Ord. 1263, 12-29-2011)