Item 1: Ordinances on Infill Compatibility Standards Code Amendments

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(d) Shall comply with the following minimum requirements for floor area: (1) Shall have a minimum area of at least 70 square feet of floor area. No portion of a room measuring less than 5 feet from the finished floor to the finished ceiling shall be included in any computation of the room’s minimum area. At least 50% of the room's minimum area must measure 7 feet from the finished floor to finished ceiling. Add a new section called Calculations (modeled after City of Portland code) Section 9.0600 Calculations Bedroom Count. Method for calculating the bedroom count in a dwelling unit The bedroom count is the greater of the following two numbers: A. The total number of sleeping rooms that meet either of the following conditions: 1. Identified as a bedroom on any plan submitted to the City 2. Containing one or more beds, including furniture designed to be converted to a bed, including sofa beds, murphy beds, and trundle beds. B. The number of bedrooms stated in any building plan, advertisement, rental or sales contract, marketing material, loan application, or any other written document in which the owner, or an authorized agent of the owner, makes a representation regarding the number of bedrooms available in the dwelling unit. The requirements for the location of off-street parking shall be changed as follows: 9.6410Motor Vehicle Parking Standards. (1) Location of Required Off-Street Parking Spaces. Required off-street parking shall be on the development site or within 1/4 mile or 1320 feet of the development site that the parking is required to serve. (a)All required parking shall be under the same ownership as the development site served, except through a city approved agreement that binds the parking area to the development site. (b) A city approved agreement for parking when a multifamily development provides parking to another multifamily development shall require that both developments meet the current minimum requirements for off-street parking. Each parking space provided through a city approved agreement shall have a permanent sign that indicates the name or address of the multifamily development for which the parking is provided. The minimum sign surface area for each sign shall be 1 square feet. (c) Parking areas may be located in required setbacks only as permitted in EC 9.6745Setbacks - Intrusions Permitted. The requirements for off-street parking in Table 9.6410 for multiple family (3 or more dwellings per lot) in the R-3 and R-4 zones in the West University Neighborhood and South University Neighborhood Association (SUNA) be changed as follows: Multi-Dwelling Infill Committee Parking Recommendations - April 6, 2009 Page 5