67-72 New section to Chpt 12 - Town House development

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Amended ORDINANCE NO. 67-72 BY: Messrs. McBride, Usher, Wern. Brockman, Graber, Magnotto A~ ORDINANCE to supplement the Zoning Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood by enacting new Sections to Chapter 12 to provide for Town House Development. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That the Zoning Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood be and the same are hereby suppl~nented by enacting a new section to Chapter 12 and changing the title of Chapter 12 to read as follows: CHAPTER 12 TOWNHOUSE DEVELOPMENTS. Section 1112.03 TOWNHOUSE - DEFINITION. Townhouse means an attached single family dwelling in a group of similar dwellings with no two dwelling units served by the same stairway or by the same exterior door and each unit shall have a ground floor. TOWNHOUSE DEVELO~IENTS - DEFINITION. Townhouse Development means the development of condominium property with Townhouses as defined by and pursuant to Chapter 5311 of the Revised Code and the provisions of this Chapter 12. For the purpose of this Chapter 12 the front, rear and, where appropriate, along the Side of the end condominium units shall be deemed to be front yards, rear yards, and side yars to conform to and as defined by the ordinances of the City of Lakewood. Section 1112.04 TOWNHOUSE DEVELOPMENT - REQUIREMENTS. A Townhouse Development shall be pe'rmitted in a Class A2 Area District upon fullfillment of the following terms and conditions,~all of which shall be fullfilled prior to a granting of an occupancy permit for any unit. (a) Area requirement - For each single attached dwelling unit in the development group there shall be a land a-.~a of two thousand five hundred (2500) sq. ft. For each dwellin~ in the group that does not front on a public street there shall be required an additional one thousand (1000) sq. ft. of land area in the development. (b) (c) Rear yard requirement - The minimum distance between the rear of a dwelling unit and a property line shall be thirty (30) feet. Side yard requirement - The minimum distance between the end walls of groups of dwelling units and the end wall of a group of dwelling units and a property line shall be not less than twenty (20) feet. (d) Front yard requirement - If the dwelling units front on a public street which does not have a building line, the Planning Commission shall establish the building line. If the dwellings do not front on a public street there shall be a minimum distance of sixty-five (65) feet between the fronts of two groups of dwellings facing each other across a driveway or a court. If the front of a group of units faces a development boundary line the minimum distance between that property line and the front of a group of dwelling units shall be forty (40) feet.