The K-MF-Row House District is intended and designed to provide certain areas of the Kettlestone development with medium density residential units in a row house or townhome setting. Units may be located on individual lots or on a common association lot under a condominium regime. Row houses should be two to three stories in height, placed close to the street and include front porches. Garages should be encouraged to be rear loaded. The K-MF-Row House zoning designation is reserved for those properties located within the adopted Kettlestone District Boundary Map of the Kettlestone Design Guidelines document identifying areas for residential, commercial, office, and mixed uses.
1. Principal Permitted Uses. Only the uses of structures or land listed in this section shall be permitted in the K-MF-Row House District.
A. Row dwellings or townhomes consisting of no fewer than three dwelling units and no more than eight dwelling units in one building or attached structure.
2. Permitted Accessory Uses.
A. Private garage or carport.
B. Accessory uses and structures customarily incidental to any principal permitted use.
C. Home occupations as permitted in and as limited by Section 165.11.
D. Temporary buildings for uses incidental to construction work, which buildings shall be removed upon the completion or abandonment of the construction work.
3. Bulk Regulations. The following minimum requirements shall be observed, subject to the modifications contained in Section 165.19.
Lot Area | No minimum requirement |
Lot Width | No minimum requirement |
Front Yard | 15 feet maximum when fronting on a public right-of-way or private street frontage. 20 feet minimum for accessory structures |
Side Yards | 5 feet for both principal and accessory structures. For the purpose of determining side yard requirements in row dwellings, the entire row dwelling structure shall be considered one building |
Rear Yard | 30 feet |
Accessory Building Separation | 30 feet between principal building and accessory building |
Minimum Height | Principal building – 2 stories |
Maximum Height | Principal building – 3 stories Accessory building – 1 story |
Maximum Density | 12 dwelling units per acre |
Minimum Floor Area | 800 square feet per unit |
4. Off-Street Parking and Loading. A minimum of two parking spaces per unit is required. One parking space per unit shall be enclosed.
5. Minimum Open Space. The total land area devoted to open space and landscaping shall not be less than 20 percent of the gross land area included in the building lot. Such open space shall be maintained as grassed and landscaped area and shall not include access drives, parking areas, structure, or buildings, except ornamental structures included as part of the landscaping theme.
6. Site Plan Requirements. See Chapter 160 of this Code of Ordinances and the adopted Kettlestone Design Guidelines.