Item B: Infill Compatibility Standards Code Amendments

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applicable in the S-JW special area zone and that can only be accessed and exited via a street (i.e., cannot use the alley for entry or exit), one dwelling is considered to take primary vehicle access from the street. The remainder of the dwellings shall be considered to take primary vehicle access from the alley. If there are one or more dwellings with the alley as primary vehicle access, the dwelling(s) closest to the alley shall be considered to have primary access from the alley. In cases where multiple dwellings are equidistant from the alley and not all of them take primary access from the alley, the property owner may designate which dwellings take primary access from the alley. The provisions in this subsection (3)(a)2.b. may be adjusted based on the criteria of EC 9.8030(26)(2). 3. On all lots not addressed in 1. or 2., above, all dwellings’ primary vehicle access is the street. (b) No more than one dwelling on the same development site may take primary vehicle access from an alley unless the site also abuts a street that the alley intersects. (c) On any lot that contains one or more dwellings whose primary vehicle access is an alley, there must be at least an undivided 400 square-foot open space area (not including buildings, parking or driveways) abutting the alley. Except as provided in 4., below, the open space area: 1. shall abut the alley for at least 25% of the length of the lot line abutting the alley; 2. shall be a minimum of 10 feet in depth for the entire extent that the open space area abuts the alley; and 3. may include areas that are within setbacks. 4. The open space required in this subsection (c) may be placed behind parallel parking abutting the alley. (d) For a dwelling whose primary vehicle access is an alley: 1. The dwelling may not have more than three bedrooms. 2. If the dwelling is in the residential building closest to the alley, then the dwelling shall include a main entrance that is visible from the alley (see Figure 9.3625(3)(d)2.) and meets one of the following conditions: a. Faces the alley; b. Faces the side of the lot and opens onto a covered porch that has a minimum of 30 square feet between a wall facing the alley and the alley; or c. Faces the side of the lot and meets all the following conditions: (1) The entrance opening is no more than 8 feet from the building façade facing the alley and nearest the alley. (2) The entrance provides direct resident access to a head-in parking area on the same side of building. Ordinance - Page 6 of 20 Ord.(v3)