Agenda - Planning Commission - 03/07/1995

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THE~'ZONING REPORT Page Six "[Windows and entrances facing side lot lines]: "Whenever the side yard is designed to be used for principal access to or principal out- look from any dwelling unit in a rooming house or extended-medical care facility, said side yard shall be at least 15 ft in width and at least 11 ft of said side yard shall be landscap- ed. In a building where four or more rooming or extended medical care. facility units have principal access and/or principal outlook from a side yard, said side yard shall be at least 20 ft in width and at least 14 ft shall be land- scaped. In addition, if a driveway occupies this side yard, a minimum four ft wide hardsurfaced waIkway shall extend from the front line to the access points of the rooming units and parking areas." [Salt Lake City UT] "Site plan reviews [for infill development on one or more adjoining narrow lots for detached or attached single-family dwelling units]: "Site plan reviews for such developments shall be guided by design objectives that the dwellings: "I. Do not reduce light and air to neighborhood properties below ordinance standards, "2. Minimize 'curb cuts and development of front yard areas as driveways, "3. Minimize loss of privacy on neighboring properties, "4. Maximize the window area from living rooms, dining rooms, kitchens, dens and family rooms facing the street, and "5. Maximize the image of quality residential development to the street frontage." [Long Beach CA] Siting/orientation for special situations "... a development permit may be approved in the flood plain or drainage hazard area . . . for the following: . . . "One detached dwelling (including a mobile home) together with no more than two acces- sory structures on a residential lot of record created prior to the effective date of this [zoning] Code, when the lot or parcel contains insufficient area outside of the drainage haz- ard area or flood plain upon which to locate the dwelling, and/or accessory structures." "Energy Conservation Guidelines: "[Special use] Developments, where possible shall: ".1 Lay out streets and building lots to allow buildings maximum solar access~ using tech- niques such as: "A. East-west direction so that principal building facades will face south{ "B.'Make configuration of lots to allow ori- entation of the front or rear of buildings with- in 20 degrees of true south in order to maxi- mize potential solar access. "C. Design building conducive to energy ef- ficiency and conservation." [Washington Co, Hillsboro OR] [Density bonus incentives available upon ap- proval by the CPC]: "Solar energy incentive. "(i) 3%-provision of solar housing design ele- ments such as solar energy collectors, roof overhangs intended to shield from sunlight and other elements specifically designed for solar energy. "(ii) 3%-100% of the homes having substantial south/southeasterly facing windows. "(iii) 2%-use of landscaping as a means of pro- tecting the structure from extreme weather conditions such as, deciduous trees to the southwest, evergreen trees on the northwest~ and other elements specifically designed for solar energy." [Buffalo Grove ILl [Appeals and variances from official map provi- ' sions to locate buildings in the bed of mapped streets]: "... the BZA shall have the power [to issue variances or set aside official map regulations], upon appeal filed with it by the owner or any land affected by the Official Map, to authorize the grant of a permit for a building or struc- ture or parts thereof within any of the map street location in any case in which the BZA makes the following findings: February 24, 1995 issue