Complete Plan:
Housing
Low-rise courtyard housing:
- Policies:
- Buildings straddle a garden courtyard that opens onto the street
- Access from street entrance with ground floor stairway, elevator connecting to courtyard (units are accessed from courtyard)
- Each unit has balcony or terrace overlooking street or landscaped deck
Deck level units have both small rear yard (400 square feet) and front terrace
- Design:
2-2.5 stories, first floor is 3 feet above grade level
Minimum of 10 feet setback to court edge and 15 feet build-to-line
Single-loaded hallway unit is 36-40 feet
Double loaded is 72-80 feet and is are allowed only on block corners
- Parking:
- Parking provided in one or more levels underground or a flat 2-level deck adjacent to back wall of retail
- Above parking should be extensively landscaped which acts as yard or terrace for first floor
- Access to building and parking is from rear alley
Multi-family townhouse flats:
- Design:
- 5 floors and top floor is recessed
- Building width 60-64 feet, divided into minimum of 3 modules or bays
- Usually 2 large units per floor
- Build-to-line is 15 feet including porches, bay windows, stairs etc.
- Entrance off street by elaborate stairwell, skylight, and dumbwaiter if it's a walkup (above 3 stories requires elevator)
- Above 1st floor each unit has balcony or recessed patio, minimum of 100 square feet
- Parking:
- Parking under building with part of the lot half a level down, remainder of parking in rear yard or garaged spaces
- Another option is a flat level deck with bottom level half underground and upper level reached by short ramp
Urban courtyard apartments:
- Policies:
- Units accessed from internal landscaped courtyard (at least 400 square feet), and fronts onto primary streets
- Designed to compliment townhouses and the recommended mid-block parks
- Design:
- 3-6 stories and the top floor is recessed
- 1st floor is 3 feet above grade
- Build-to-line is 10 feet (15 feet for primary facade) including porches, stoops, and bay windows
- Each unit has small yard, terrace, balcony or recessed patio (200 square feet for ground floor level and 100 feet above ground level), units can also have partial balcony
- Parking:
- Parking options can be under building, or combination under building and rear lot, or a multi-level structure and on-street parking
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