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Victory Gardens City Zoning Code

§ 23-6.3

General Provisions and Requirements.

[Ord. 12-22-86 § 6.103]
a. 
Density. Townhouses shall have a maximum of 12 dwellings per acre and 20 bedrooms per acre. No three bedroom units are permitted. Condominiums shall have a maximum of 20 dwellings per acre and 28 bedrooms per acre. No three bedroom units. Bedroom shall mean all rooms not used as living, dining, kitchen, bath or hall.
b. 
Height. Townhouse shall be a maximum of 2 1/2 stories and 32 feet. Condominium shall be a maximum of three stories and 38 feet. Height shall be defined as the vertical distance of a structure measure from the average elevation of the finished grade within 20 feet of the structure to the highest point of the structure.
c. 
Structure Size. Townhouses shall be limited to eight dwellings in a structure. Condominiums shall be limited to 18 dwellings in a structure.
d. 
Front Yard. The front yard of each structure shall be at least equal to the height of the structure, but not less than 30 feet.
e. 
Side Yard. The side yard of each structure shall be at least equal to 0.5 times the height of the structure but not less than 15 feet.
f. 
Rear Yard. The rear yard of each structure shall be at least equal to the height of the structure but not less than 30 feet.
g. 
Parking. Two spaces per dwelling unit.
h. 
Building Coverage. 35% of the tract.
i. 
Minimum Open Space. 35% of the tract.
j. 
Minimum Floor Area. One-bedroom dwelling units shall have a livable minimum floor area of 700 square feet and two-bedroom dwelling units shall have a livable minimum floor area of 900 square feet exclusive of porches, staircases, basements, breezeways, balconies, common entranceways and attached garages.
k. 
Minimum width for townhouse units is 24 feet.
l. 
Minimum distance between parking or access drive and structure is 10 feet.
m. 
Minimum width of internal streets is 24 feet.
n. 
Appropriate facilities shall be specifically developed for recreation for the residents of the development, subject to the approval of the Planning Board, based on the projected needs of the residents for such facilities and consistent with the overall design and appearance of the development.
o. 
Interior streets or driveways are to be owned and maintained by the developer or condominium association, but the Borough's designated enforcing officials shall have written approval to patrol and to prohibit parking on interior streets or driveways.
p. 
All electric, telephone, and cable television lines are to be underground.
q. 
There shall be a minimum of two means of access to the site from a public street or streets, one of which shall be in the Borough. In the alternative, the interior roadway shall form a loop connecting to a single access to a public street in the Borough. This access road shall be paved to a width of 28 feet at the entrance, with a reservation of a right-of-way 50 feet in width.
r. 
Concrete sidewalks five feet wide shall be required from each building entrance to the parking areas and shall connect with sidewalks from other buildings as required by the Planning Board. Concrete or Belgian block curbs shall separate all grass and paved areas, and concrete sidewalks and curbing shall be erected along all public street frontages where required by the Planning Board.
s. 
All parking areas shall be located in side yards or rear yard areas.