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Lafayette City Zoning Code

§ 13-8B.11

AH-2 Area, Yard and Bulk Requirements.

[Ord. No. 2016-16 § 1]
a. 
Minimum Tract Area. The minimum tract area for the AH-2/LC District shall be 160 acres. All development in the AH-2 portion of the AH-2/LC District shall be under the control of a Homeowners' and/or Condominium Association.
b. 
Maximum number of residential units: 150.
c. 
Tract Frontage and Width. The minimum tract frontage and width shall be 200 feet.
d. 
Setback from Rights-of-Way. The minimum building setback from existing public rights-of-way shall be 100 feet.
e. 
Setback from Property Boundaries. The minimum building setbacks shall be:
1. 
Fifty feet from all tract boundaries.
f. 
Setback from Internal Roadways.
1. 
The minimum building setback from internal roadways shall be 30 feet from the right-of-way.
2. 
Where there is no right-of-way, the minimum building setback shall be thirty 30 feet from the edge of pavement.
3. 
There shall be a minimum four feet planting strip between the sidewalk and any curb. The sidewalk shall be a minimum of width of four feet.
g. 
Setback from Sidewalk.
1. 
There shall be a minimum two feet building (garage) setback from the edge of the sidewalk.
h. 
Dwelling Configuration.
1. 
Market-rate dwellings shall be provided as townhouses with a garage.
2. 
Low- and moderate-income housing may be provided as townhouses or stacked flats and may include a garage. If the affordable units are provided as stacked flat apartments, the buildings shall be designed to look like and blend in with the surrounding townhouses.
3. 
Townhouses may not be constructed in buildings of not more than five market rate townhouses per building.
4. 
Affordable housing units may be constructed as stacked flats of not more than six units per affordable building.
i. 
Distance Between Residential Buildings. The minimum distance between residential buildings shall be as follows:
1. 
Front to front: 90 feet.
2. 
Rear to rear: 50 feet.
3. 
Rear to side: 80 feet.
4. 
Side to side: 80 feet.
j. 
Building Coverage. The maximum building coverage for the total development (residential and non-residential) shall be not more than 20% of the overall tract area.
k. 
Impervious Lot Coverage. The maximum impervious lot coverage shall be not more than 30% of the overall tract area.
l. 
Building Height. The maximum building height shall be no greater than 35 feet.