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15.19.100 Site Design and Building Orientation
Purpose: Design multi-family sites to have both an external orientation to the streetscape, and an internal orientation to the residential environment with unifying open space and pedestrian pathways. Design emphasis should be given to the pedestrian, rather than the auto environment through placement of parking in a less prominent location (such as underground, or to the side of the building, rather than in front). Site layout should observe principles of “natural surveillance,” “natural access control” and “territorial reinforcement” by arranging circulation systems, parking areas, sidewalks, and open space to give the perception of being a residential and controlled space in which illegal activity will be observed and reported. Lighting and landscaping should allow for safety and visibility of public and semi-public areas. (Ord. 01-1031 § 1; Ord. 00-1002 § 2)
15.19.400 Design of Surface and Structured Parking
Purpose: These standards are intended to provide for safety and aesthetic considerations in surface and under-building parking within multi-family developments. (Ord. 01-1031 § 1; Ord. 00-1002 § 2)
15.19.700 Townhouse Zone
Purpose: This zone allows for townhouses, row houses or other commonwall residential buildings for more than two (2) families. Townhouses offer several advantages over single-family detached houses: lower costs for land development, conservation of the land by using less land for a given number of houses and preserving open space, lower long-terms maintenance costs, energy efficiency, and increased security for both the house and the neighborhood.
Townhouses, also known as row houses, are single-family attached units with common (or “party”) walls. Townhouses generally have narrow lots, ranging from twenty-two (22) to thirty-two (32) feet. Each unit has its own front door opening to the outdoors (usually to the street), and typically each house is a complete entity with its own utility connections. Although most townhouses have no side yards, they can have front and rear yards. In most instances, the land on which the townhouse is built, and any front and rear yard, is owned in fee by the resident; however, townhouses can also be structured as condominiums. (Ord. 01-1031 § 1; Ord. 00-1002 § 2)
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