§ 3.1.3K. Townhouse.

1.

Description: Horizontally-attached dwelling units, each having a private entrance, and oriented to the street or to a central green or courtyard.

2.

Access: The principal entrance to each dwelling shall have direct access to the primary abutting street or to a courtyard. Parking, loading, and trash disposal may be accessed from an alley or shared drive.

3.

Parking:

a.

General: See zoning ordinance, section 1250.13—Off-street parking and loading.

b.

Lot standards: Parking shall be located behind each building, underground, or in a common area in the interior of a block. Surface or structured parking may be located within the side yard provided that it occupies no more than 25 percent of the lot frontage along the primary abutting street. No garage doors may be located on any facade of the building facing a primary abutting street.

c.

Parking requirements: See parking placement illustration.

4.

Building width: Buildings shall not be less than 90 percent of the width of the lot.

5.

Massing and articulation: Buildings shall be comprised of individual units, articulated vertically by divisions in materials, entry placement, window bays, or other architectural details. Massing, proportions, and articulation of multi-family buildings should respond to existing residential buildings in their vicinity. The building facade along the primary abutting public street shall feature horizontal articulation/change visibly at a maximum interval of 48 feet.

6.

Exposure to light and air: Each building shall have at least the front and back sides exposed to the outdoors.

7.

Encroachments : Maximum five feet on building frontage only; not to exceed curb line.

8.

Development standards:

a.

Architecture: See article 3.0 section 3.4.6.

b.

Minimum dwelling size: 750 sq. ft.

c.

Accessory buildings: Permitted on review of zoning administrator; not to exceed lot coverage maximum.

d.

Land uses: See article 5.0.0.

e.

A transitional buffer yard (TBY) that complies with section 1228.08 of the city's zoning code shall be provided where this building type adjoins the neighborhood residential, rural residential or residential zoning outside the I-55 map area. The county "agricultural" district is not considered a "residential district."

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Development standards: Townhouse
Lot size (min/max in sq. ft.)		1,800/4,000
Lot width (min/max in ft.)		16/32
Building width (min/max in ft.)		80%/100%
Lot Coverage by Buildings (max)		80%
Yard Requirements	Front (min/max in ft.)	5/10
	Rear (min/max in ft.)	15/30
	Side (min/max in ft.)	0/0
Height, min/max in stories (ft.)		2(23.5)/3(37) plus 15ft. maximum
Encroachments (max in ft.)		5
Minimum Floor-to-ceiling height (ground floor/upper floor)		n/a
Finish Ground Floor Above Grade (min/max in inches)		30/60
Corner lots must meet front yard requirements on each frontage. Minimum rear yards apply to principal buildings. Buildings for all accessory uses (including garages and accessory dwellings) must maintain a five-foot minimum rear yard, except where the rear yard is an alley where no separation is necessary. Maximum side yard setback is related to the minimum 80 percent building width requirement. Encroachments permitted on building frontage only; corner lots have frontage on each abutting street.

 

Permitted frontages: Townhouse (See section 3.2)
Common yard	Y
Porch	Y
Stoop	Y
Forecourt	N
Awnings and canopies	N
Balconies	Y
Colonnades	N
Arcades	N
Terrace and lightcourt	Y
Bay windows	Y
Storefront	N
Cafe	N

 

Townhouse by development districts
Mixed-use commercial	S—SUP needed
Town center	Y
General neighborhood	Y
Neighborhood residential	N
Rural residential	N
Y-Allowed/S-Special Use/N-Not Allowed

 

(Ord. No. 6016-07-16, 7-19-2016)