Lake Como City Zoning Code
§ 17-9.2
Multi-Family.
[Ord. No. 90-535; Ord. No. 2010-842]
b.
Accessory Uses Permitted.
d.
Area and Yard Requirements.
1.
The minimum tract size shall be one acre including the areas of existing streets and water areas within; the tract boundary lines provided they total no more than two (2%) percent of the tract area. All plans shall delineate the boundaries of the portion(s) of the tract devoted to each use.
Lot Area | 1 acre |
Lot Frontage | 350 feet |
Lot Width | 350 feet |
Lot Depth | N/A |
Side Yard | 25 feet |
Front Yard | 40 feet to any external street |
Rear Yard | 50 feet |
No separate free-standing building shall be closer than 10 feet to any other building on a site and no building shall be designed or located so that the distance from any window of any room used for human habitation is less than 30 feet from the wall of any structure on the site, such distance to be measured by a line perpendicular to the plane of the surface of said window. |
2.
Minimum yard areas shall be measured horizon-tally in feet and shall be measured away from the front, side and rear of each building. The total minimum distance between buildings shall be the sum of the two abutting yard areas.
3.
Land area equal to at least two hundred fifty (250) square feet for each dwelling unit shall be specified on the site plan and improved by the developer as active recreation areas for use by the residents of the development.
4.
All portions of the tract not utilized by buildings or paved surfaces shall be landscaped utilizing combinations such as landscaped fencing, shrubbery, lawn area, ground cover, rock formations, contours, existing foliage and the planting of conifers and/or deciduous trees native to the area in order to either maintain or re-establish the tone of the vegetation in the area and lessen the visual impact of the structures and paved areas. The established grades on any site shall be planned for both aesthetic and drainage purposes. The grading plan, drainage facilities and landscaping shall be coordinated to prevent erosion and silting as well as assuring that the capacity of any natural or man-made drainage system is sufficient to handle the water generated and anticipated both from the site and contributing upstream areas.
5.
For single-family detached dwelling units see "Area and Yard Requirements" for the single-family residential zone.
e.
Gross Enclosed Floor Area Minimums.
[Amended 3-1-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-970]
2.
Townhouses:
(a)
One-bedroom unit: 850 square feet
(b)
Two-bedroom unit: 1,050 square feet
(c)
Three-bedroom unit: 1,250 square feet
Each additional bedroom shall require that a minimum of 150 additional square feet to be added to the gross enclosed floor area of an apartment and 200 additional square feet be added to the gross enclosed floor area of a townhouse.
No building shall contain more than one two-bedroom unit for each four one-bedroom units; for the purpose of this chapter, a bedroom is defined as a room which is or can be used primarily for sleeping.
f.
Density. Garden apartments and/or townhouses shall not exceed a density of sixteen (16) units per acre.
g.
Minimum Off-Street Parking. Two (2) spaces for each apartment or townhouse dwelling unit.
h.
Minimum Off-Street Loading. Adequate trash and garbage pick-up locations shall be provided within a totally enclosed container located in a manner to be obscured from view from parking areas, streets and adjacent residential uses or zoning districts by a fence, wall, planting or combination of the three.