(a) Intent. In order to encourage greater attractiveness, flexibility and utilization of yard spaces, a group of two or more contiguous one or two-family dwellings may be designed and developed as a unit coordinated with the surrounding areas. The following planned variations of the yard regulations established in Section 1252.04 may be permitted only in a Planned Development Area as regulated in Chapter 1266 of this Zoning Code.
(b) Front Yards. The depth of front yard setbacks may be varied. On local streets it may be reduced to a minimum of thirty feet and to a minimum of forty feet on a local collector street.
(c) Side Yards. The average width of a lot measured at the building line shall be not less than set forth for the district in which it is located. The width of side yards may, however, be varied by locating the service side of two dwellings (kitchens, utility rooms, attached garages or other rooms not requiring windows facing side yards) opposite each other on adjacent lots, that as part of the plan, the living sides (living, dining or sleeping rooms) are also located opposite each other on other adjacent lots. In such arrangements, the width of any service side yard, if adjacent to another service side yard, shall be not less than five feet with a minimum of ten feet between buildings, if the adjacent walls are not more than one story high and thirty feet long, and the width of any living side yard, if adjacent to another living yard, shall be not less than seven and one-half feet with a minimum of fifteen feet between buildings.
In a Planned Development Area District, two adjacent garages of one or two-family dwellings may be attached by a common party wall at the lot line.
(d) Yard Depth and Lot Area. In planning for common open space along the rear or side lot lines of the parcels under a Planned Development Area, the developer may submit a preliminary plan of a subdivision or a preliminary plan of a development area and request a reduction in depth and area of the private lots. The depth and area of a one or two-family lot may be reduced only as set forth in Chapter 1268.
(e) Application and Approval. Development plans showing the location of buildings, yards, driveways and other site improvements for the entire Planned Development Area shall be submitted to the Commission in accordance with the procedures of Chapter 1266, and until approved, building permits shall not be issued for proposals under this section.
(f) Site Planning Criteria; One and Two-Family Dwellings. The diagrams in Appendix II, Illustration of Yard Regulations, indicate the site planning criteria as set forth in this section and are hereby made a part of this Zoning Code.
(Ord. 2012-085. Passed 9-17-12.)
(Ord. 2012-085. Passed 9-17-12.)