§ 21.50.070. Building configuration.  


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  • A.

    General to zones T2, T3, T4, T4-O, T5, T5O, T6 and special districts SD3, SD4, SD5, SD6, SD7.

    1.

    The private frontage of buildings shall conform to and be allocated in accordance with Table 7, Table 14j and Table 16i.

    2.

    Buildings on comer lots shall have two private frontages as shown in Table 17. Prescriptions for the parking layers pertain only to the Principal Frontage. Prescriptions for the first layer pertain to both frontages.

    3.

    Building heights and Setbacks shall conform to Table 8, Table 14k, and Table 16j.

    4.

    Stories may not exceed fourteen feet in height from finished floor to finished floor, except for a first floor commercial function, which shall be a minimum of eleven feet and may be a maximum of twenty-five feet. A single floor level exceeding fourteen feet, or twenty-five feet at ground level, shall be counted as two stories. Mezzanines extending beyond thirty-three percent of the floor area shall be counted as an additional floor.

    5.

    In a parking structure or garage, each level counts as a single story regardless of its relationship to habitable stories.

    6.

    Height limits do not apply to attics or raised basements, masts, belfries, clock towers, chimney flues, water tanks, or elevator bulkheads.

    B.

    Specific to zones T2, T3, T4, T4-O, T5, T5O.

    1.

    The minimum size of a dwelling within a principal building shall be three hundred square feet in interior space. Outbuildings may be any size, not to exceed four hundred forty square feet.

    C.

    Specific to zone T3.

    1.

    No portion of the private frontage may encroach the sidewalk.

    2.

    Open porches may encroach the first layer fifty percent of its depth. (Table 17d)

    3.

    Balconies and bay windows may encroach the first layer twenty-five percent of its depth.

    D.

    Specific to zone T4.

    1.

    Balconies, open porches and bay windows may encroach the first layer fifty percent of its depth. (Table 17d).

    2.

    Awnings and galleries may encroach the sidewalk to within two feet of the curb but must clear the sidewalk vertically by at least eight feet.

    E.

    Specific to zone T4-O.

    1.

    Building heights shall be a minimum of twenty feet at the frontage line.

    F.

    Specific to zones T4-O, T5, T5O, T6 and special districts SD3, SD4, SD5, SD6.

    1.

    Awnings, arcades, and galleries may encroach the sidewalk to within two feet of the curb but must clear the sidewalk vertically by at least eight feet.

    2.

    Stoops, lightwells, balconies, bay windows, and terraces may encroach the first layer one hundred percent of its depth. Balconies and bay windows may encroach the sidewalk twenty-five percent of its depth. (Table 17d).

    3.

    Reserved.

    4.

    In the absence of a building facade along any part of a frontage line, a streetscreen shall be built coplanar with the facade.

    5.

    Streetscreens should be between 3.5 and eight feet in height. The streetscreen may be replaced by a hedge or fence, provided they are not transparent. Streetscreens shall have openings no larger than necessary to allow automobile and pedestrian access.

    G.

    Specific to special districts SD3, SD4, SD5.

    1.

    Building heights shall be limited to the height requirements established in Federal Aviation Regulations Part 77 or successor regulations for the airport. Exclusions to this rule may be permitted by the department of aviation.

    2.

    Building heights may further be limited by the EPIA Regulating Plan.

    H.

    Specific to special district SD5.

    1.

    Building heights shall be limited to seventy feet

    (Ord. 16945 § 2 (part), 2008)

(Ord. No. 17378, § 2, 8-24-2010; Ord. No. 17542, § 28, 4-26-2011; Ord. No. 17787, § 8, 5-15-2012; Ord. No.17962, § 6, 3-5-2013)