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5.3 Design Guidelines

Attached Residential Building Parking and Access
A. Intent Statement Parking shall be accessible from alley or service streets only.
An attached residential structure consists of at least three
primary residences connected with common walls. The structure Parking for no more than two cars shall be provided in individual
has individual garages for each unit that is accessed by an alley, garages integrated into the back of the attached residential unit.
or may have a shared parking structure with dedicated spaces. Above ground garage structures are permitted but shall be
integrated with building mass and exterior façade at the rear of
B. Façade Width
the attached residential unit.
Maximum of 26 feet for each unit, except that the façade width
of an attached residential building on block corners may be up to H. Outdoor Space
30 feet. At least 10 percent of the lot area shall be provided as outdoor
space.
The maximum number of attached residential units allowed is
10. Permitted outdoor space types that count towards the
satisfaction of the required amount of outdoor space are
C. Building Height and Massing
designated in Section 5.8, Open Space Standards.
Maximum building heights vary, see Section 5.3.1, Block Type
Development Standards. I. Landscape and Buffering
Attached Residential Diagram
Building groups shall be separated by a minimum distance of 10
Facade strings shall have at least one encroachment per
100 linear feet, such as a porch, balcony, or plane break. The feet.
combined length of plane breaks shall occupy at least 10
percent of the façade length.
Building faces abutting side streets or yards shall provide at
least one horizontal plane break of at least three feet, and one
vertical plane break of at least two feet.
In a three-story building, a two-story row house can be stacked
over a separate ground-floor unit.
D. Building Materials and Transparency
Building materials include stone, brick and glass.

For street facades: Minimum of 20 percent transparency

For non-street facades: Minimum of 15 percent transparency
E. Corner Treatment
None required
Attached Rowhouse Illustrative Photo
F. Frontage Types
Permitted frontage types: forecourt, dooryard, stoop and urban
frontage. Developments must also comply with permitted
frontage types of the block type development standards (See
Section 5.3.1).
G. Pedestrian Access and Entries
The primary pedestrian entrance shall be accessible directly
from the street, through the frontage.

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5.0 Implementation Adopted: August 16, 2016