§ 158.218. Townhouse Development Requirements.

(A)

The minimum gross lot area shall be twenty thousand (20,000) square feet and the minimum gross lot width shall be one hundred (100) feet.

(B)

Each townhouse dwelling shall have a minimum lot area of one thousand eight hundred (1,800) square feet of usable land and a minimum width of twenty (20) feet.

(C)

Each townhouse dwelling shall have a front yard with a minimum depth of ten (10) feet and a rear yard with a minimum depth of ten (10) feet. Screened enclosures shall be set back a minimum of three (3) feet from the rear property line.

(D)

No less than three (3) townhouse dwellings and no more than eight (8) townhouse dwellings shall be contiguous. No more than two (2) contiguous townhouse dwellings shall be built in a row with a common front building line, and the minimum difference in building line setback to provide variation shall be five (5) feet. No contiguous group of dwellings shall exceed two hundred forty (240) feet in length.

(E)

No portion of a townhouse or accessory structure in or related to one (1) group of contiguous townhouses shall be closer than twenty (20) feet to any portion of a townhouse or accessory structure related to another group, or shall be closer than thirty (30) feet to a property line adjoining the side yard of an adjacent lot not included within the townhouse development. A side yard having a minimum depth of twenty (20) feet shall be provided between the side of any townhouse dwelling and a private or public street or right-of-way.

(F)

Townhouse developments shall have a common open area suitably developed for recreation purposes equal to five hundred (500) square feet of open area per dwelling unit. Satisfactory provision for the development and perpetual maintenance of that open area shall be submitted to and approved by the Planning and Zoning Board.

(G)

Before the building official shall be authorized to issue a building permit for construction, a subdivision plat complying with all requirements of this chapter and all appropriate requirements of the subdivision regulations of the City shall have been approved by the City Council and recorded within the records of the county. A site plan or a PUD concept plan, showing all proposed development, shall be included with the application for subdivision plat approval.

(H)

Unless otherwise specifically provided in the above divisions, all provisions and development standards of this chapter for the applicable zoning district shall apply to townhouse development.

(Ord. No. 98-84, § 1, 3-22-99; Ord. No. 07-04, § 1, 1-22-07; Ord. No. 15-85, § 1, 12-7-15)