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Lake Como City Zoning Code

§ 17-10.3

Garden Apartments.

[Ord. No. 90-535]
Within any district allowing apartments, no dwelling containing apartments shall take place unless the following minimum standards are met in addition to the requirements specified in Section 17-9 for the multifamily district and until the site plan has been reviewed by the Planning Board.
a. 
Each dwelling unit and combined complex of dwelling units shall have a compatible architectural theme with variations in design to provide attractiveness to the development, and which shall include consideration of landscaping techniques; building orientation to the site and to other structures; topography; natural features and individual dwelling unit design such as varying unit width, staggering unit setbacks, providing different exterior materials, changing roof lines and roof designs, altering building heights and changing types of windows, shutters, doors, porches, colors and vertical or horizontal orientation of the facades, singularly or in combination for each dwelling unit.
b. 
All dwelling units shall be connected to approved and functioning public water and sanitary sewer systems prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy.
c. 
All parking facilities shall be on the same site as the building and located within one hundred fifty (150') feet of the nearest entrance of the building they are intended to serve. Parking spaces shall be provided in areas designed specifically for parking and there shall be no parking along interior streets. The total area devoted to parking shall not exceed twenty (20%) percent of the tract and the total aggregate area devoted to both parking and interior streets shall not exceed 30% of the tract.
d. 
Apartment buildings may consist of any configuration that meets the prescribed area and yard requirements and does not exceed the following overall or component building lengths. Building coverage shall not exceed 25% of the tract area.
1. 
Two hundred (200') feet on one plane.
2. 
Three hundred forty (340') feet on any angle.
3. 
Five hundred (500') feet along the centerline.
e. 
Buildings measured along the centerline shall provide one opening at ground level at least every two hundred fifty (250') feet. This opening shall be a minimum of fourteen (14') feet in clear width and height and be at an elevation enabling emergency vehicle access through the opening.
f. 
No portion of any dwelling unit shall be a basement.
g. 
In addition to any storage area contained inside individual dwelling units, there shall be provided for each dwelling unit two hundred (200) cubic feet of storage area in a convenient, centrally located area in the basement or ground floor of the dwelling structure, where personal belongings and effects may be stored without constituting a fire hazard and where the be-longings and effects may be kept locked and separated from the belongings of other occupants. There shall be a further minimum common storage area in each building of fifty (50) cubic feet per dwelling unit, located convenient to the outside ground level for bicycles, perambulators and similar types of equipment.
h. 
No outside area or equipment shall be provided for the hanging of laundry or the outside airing of laundry in any manner. Sufficient area and equipment shall be made available within each dwelling unit for the laundering and artificial drying of laundry of occupants of each dwelling unit.
i. 
Each apartment building shall contain a single master TV antenna system which shall serve all dwelling units within the building, and there shall be no additional exterior TV or radio equipment permitted.
j. 
All streets both internal and external (including grading and paving); driveways; parking areas; side-walks; curbs; gutters; street lighting; shade trees; water mains; water systems; culverts; storm sewers; sanitary sewers; pumping stations; drainage structures; and such other improvements as may be found to be necessary for the health, safety and welfare of the public and in the public interest (including recreational facilities) shall be installed at the expense of the developer and shall be completed to the satisfaction of the Borough Engineer before a certificate of occupancy may be issued. In lieu of total completion of landscaping improvements only, an adequate performance bond properly guaranteeing the completion may be accepted. Such bond value will be set at the time of posting and will be held by the Clerk of the Borough, after approval by the Borough Attorney as to form and surety, for a period of no more than one year, during which time the landscaping improvements shall be completed, or the bond forfeited.