§ 3.2.4.B. Porch.

1.

Description: Front yard porches are a common frontage primarily associated with single family houses, but used with other building types depending on the context. The porch can encroach forward of the build-to line but shall not extend into the right-of-way. Front porches must be open, non-air conditioned parts of the buildings with no screens. The porch can be one story only.

2.

Conditions: The porch must be a minimum of ten feet tall, measured from the finished grade. The length of the porch can vary from a minimum of 25 percent of the building to a maximum of 100 percent. A minimum clear depth of six feet or maximum of 12 feet on primary streets and ten feet on side streets is required within the development standards to ensure usability. Porches must be raised to transition into the building and be of a similar height of the interior floor level. In no cases may the porches be raised more than five feet from the adjacent grade.

3.

Encroachments: Permitted. See article 3.0 section 3.1.3.

4.

Frontages permitted by lot/building types:

a.

Small box retail, drive-through.

b.

Institutional.

c.

Civic.

d.

Apartment/condominium.

e.

Townhouse.

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