Ordinance 3072-08 - Laserfiche WebLink

5.R-4, B-2, C-1, C-1R zones-100 square feet per dwelling unit B. , the common open space required in subsection B of this section shall be provided in accordance with the following standards: 1. Open space areas shall be centrally located so as to be near a majority of the dwelling units, and constructed so as to be accessible to residents and visible from dwellings on-site. 2. The calculation of required common open space shall not include required setback areas except: a. Interior side setback areas which are contiguous with other on-site common open space areas. b. Rear setback areas which are contiguous with other on-site common open space areas and which are not part of a street side setback area on corner lots. 3. The required common open space areas shall not be divided into separate areas containing less than four hundred square feet unless the number of dwelling units requires less than four hundred square feet of common open space. 4. The minimum dimension of each open space area, measured in any direction, shall not be less than twenty feet for developments containing less than twenty dwelling units, nor less than thirty feet for developments containing twenty or more dwellings. 5. Open space areas shall be developed with lawn, landscaping, usable active or passive recreation areas, courtyards, seating and walkways. Bark or gravel covering of required common open space areas shall not exceed ten percent. Pavement covering of open space areas shall be limited to active recreation surfaces, walkways, and courtyard areas. Courtyards and open space areas on rooftops or the top of parking structures shall include landscaping and comply with the multiple-family design guidelines. 6. Open space areas shall not be used for surface water quality facilities unless designed as an aesthetic amenity approved by the planning director. 7. Open space areas shall not be used for off-street parking, and parking areas shall not be credited for satisfying the open space requirements. Landscape areas located in parking areas shall not be credited for satisfying on-site open space requirements. 8. Open space areas shall be located and constructed so as to separate children from off-street parking areas,traffic, garbage disposal areas, drainage or water quality facilities or other potential hazards. Section 8. Subsection C of Section 14 of Ordinance 2307-98 (EMC 19.15.050), which currently reads as follows: C. Cash Contribution in Lieu of On-Site Recreational Facilities. 1. For multiple-family developments containing less than twenty dwellings, and for multiple-family developments containing twenty or more dwellings which are located within the area indicated on map number 15-1 or map number 15-2, the parks department may allow the applicant to make a voluntary payment to the city in an amount comparable to the cost of acquisition and installation of the recreational facilities as would otherwise be required in lieu of providing the on-site recreation facilities required by this chapter. Acceptance of such a voluntary contribution is discretionary on the part of the city, and shall be permitted only when the size of the development site and its projected population is too small to result in quality recreational facilities, and the improvement of city park facilities in the vicinity will be of greater benefit to the residents of the proposed dwellings. Such payments shall be placed in the neighborhood park fund to be used for capital improvements in existing neighborhood parks or 24