All single-family detached dwellings in the R-T District shall comply with the following regulations. The Zoning Administrator may exempt applicants from these standards when the exterior building modifications are minor in nature, meaning the design modifications will have no discernable impact on neighboring properties, the public, the public right-of-way, or those intended to occupy or use the proposed development.
(a) The main entrance of the dwelling shall be oriented toward a public street.
(b) The front wall of the dwelling shall be parallel to the street or its tangent, if the street is curved.
(c) For corner lots, a dwelling unit may be oriented toward the intersection of the two streets.
(d) Dwelling unit entrances shall include architectural elements that emphasize the entrance, including, but not limited to, front porches, transom and sidelight windows, decorative trim and moldings, and arches.
(e) At least fifteen percent of the area of a street-facing façade shall be windows that meet the following standards. Windows in rooms with a finished floor height of four feet or more below average finished grade are exempt from this standard:
(1) Each window shall be square or vertical in orientation; or,
(2) A horizontal window opening may be created when:
A. Two or more vertical windows are grouped together to provide a horizontal opening; or
B. There is a band of individual lites across the top of the horizontal window. These small lites shall be vertical and cover at least 20 percent of the total height of the window.
(f) No principal building shall be constructed where the front facade is more than 25 percent wider or narrower than the average width of principal buildings along the block face.
(g) If over 75 percent of the existing dwellings along the same block face contain two or more stories, the new dwelling unit shall also include two or more stories.
(h) The roof type shall generally reflect the predominant roof types of the buildings along the same block face (e.g., the building should not have a flat roof where the predominant roof type is a gable).
(i) Where the majority of buildings along the same block face have front porches, the dwelling unit subject to this subsection shall also include a front porch that has a width and depth generally similar to the average width and depth of porches along the same block face.
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(j) For any new dwelling, an attached garage that has overhead garage doors that face the street shall be setback at least four feet from the front façade of the main building mass. The following exceptions shall apply:
(1) An overhead garage door may be flush with the front façade of the building if the building has a porch, floor to ceiling bay window, balcony, structurally integral planter, or other significant design feature or combination of features that extend at least four feet forward from the wall plane on which the garage door is placed. A garage door that is recessed within the thickness of the garage wall as a result of typical construction practices shall be considered flush; or
(2) An overhead garage door may be flush with the front façade of the residence if at least 40 percent of the façade on which the door is located is comprised of windows; or
(3) An overhead garage door may be flush with the front façade of the residence if the garage is not more than 35 percent of the length of the street-facing façade.
(Ord. 2018-009. Passed 5-7-18.)