10.376 Special Design Standards for Attached Housing, S-E.
Except as provided in Section 10.377 for the Southeast Village Center, the following standards apply to attached housing types (townhouses, multiple-family, duplexes, and other attached dwellings) in the S-E Overlay District.
(1) Primary Dwelling Entrances. Primary dwelling entrances shall face a street, or face a court/courtyard, breezeway, or lobby that is visible from and connected to the street sidewalk. For group quarters or a residential facility, such as a congregate or retirement facility, one primary entrance must meet this requirement.
(2) Garages. Every attached dwelling unit shall be provided with at least one parking space in an enclosed garage.
(a) For group quarters (per Section 10.314(5)) or residential facility, such as a congregate or retirement facility, at least half of the parking required pursuant to Section 10.743 for the residents shall be served by enclosed garages.
(b) Garages shall meet one of the standards in (i) through (iii) below, and shall additionally meet both (iv) and (v) below:
(i) The garage is accessed via an alley or internal drive (required for groups of two or more free-standing garages); or
(ii) Garage door(s) shall be provided and shall be flush with the front or street side building elevation, shall not exceed 50% of the entire front or street side building elevation, and shall be constructed of materials that are compatible with the appearance of the primary building that the parking is intended to serve; or
(iii) Garage door(s) shall be set back from the front or street side building elevation or from a covered porch by at least six feet. To meet this standard, the front or street side building elevation and/or porch must account for at least 30% of the length of the building facing the street.
(iv) Carports and other surface parking covers are not permitted.
(v) Groups of two or more freestanding garages on a single lot shall be set back from adjacent streets by at least 20 feet. Frontage landscaping shall be provided to create a visual buffer between group(s) of freestanding garages and adjacent streets.