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19660104 1966-1-aORDINANCE NO. 1966-1A AMENDMENT TO ZONING ORDINANCE TOWN HOUSES Section 2 Add the following definitions to Section 2 in alphabetical order: Collector Street - A street which connects one or more local streets to a major thoroughfare. Local Street - A street whose principal purpose is to provide vehicular and pedestrian access to the abutting property which terminates in a loop or cul- de-sac or carries no substantial through traffic. Major Thorouqhfare - A street of four lanes or more. ~ot~ Corner - A lot bordering on two streets which intersect at an angle not greater than 135 degrees. Town House - A single-family dwelling forming one of a series of attached single family dwellings, separated from one another by a party wall without doors, windows or other provisions for human passage or visibility through such party walls. Amend Section 3.01 by inserting after R-3: R-T This zone is established to provide for single family development and, under certain conditions, the development of town houses. Town house devel- opment should occur where development will be consistent with the master plan and involves the reuse of land where older structures are removed or, as a transmitional use, of vacant land where a substantial portion of the property has a common boundary with an I, C or M zone. It is intended that any town house development permitted should result in high quality living units to pro- mote the purposes set forth in Section 15. 1-489, Code of Virginia (1950), as amended, offering optimum preservation of natural land form and foliage and the clustering of usable open space by the clustering of dwelling units. Clusters of dwelling units should be so arranged to achieve an intimate, internal rela- tionship. Site plans shall be prepared in sufficient detail to permit judgment of compliance with the purpose of this ordinance. Add the following to Section 6 as 6.11: 6.11 Town House: Every dwelling unit shall have provided for it a minimum of two (2) off-street parking spaces. Required parking may be located in park- ing areas convenient to the unit for which required, or located entirely within the lot area. Parking spaces located within the lot area shall be completely enclosed. Parking in common parking areas shall not exceed thirty (30) vehicles per parking area, provided that there be permitted one parking area of fifty (50) parking spaces for each five acres of gross area in the town house development. Common parking areas shall be no less than fifty (50) feet apart. In common parking areas, no more than ten (10) parking spaces may be grouped without a landscaped divider at least ten (10) feet in width separating such groups. Section II Add the following zoning classification: R-T Zone Lot Minimum: Every town house dwelling shall have a minimum lot area of sixteen hundred (1600) square feet; a town house development shall have an average lot area of one thousand eight hundred (1800) square feet. - 2 - The density shall not exceed ten (10) town houses per acre. Area Minimum: The development shall consist of a minimum of two (2) acres. Setbacks: Front Restriction Line - No more than two (2) abutting town houses shall have the same front yard setback. Abutting pairs of town houses shall have building line set- back variations of at least two (2) feet. Side Restriction Line - Side yard setback for corner lots shall be a minimum of twenty (20) feet. Rear Restriction Line - Every dwelling unit shall have a rear yard depth of no less than twenty (20) feet. Minimum Width at BRL: Every lot shall have a minimum width of eighteen (18) feet. Minimum Building Width: All town houses shall be at least eighteen (18) feet wide. Maximum Height: Building height shall not exceed three (3) stories, measured on any external wall. Any basement which has any wall two (2) feet above ground shall be counted as a story. Floor Area: The average total usable living space per town house dwelling in the development shall be at least fourteen hundred (1400) square feet, exclusive of utility - 3 - area, attic and garage. Basement space, not to exceed three hundred (300) square feet, may be counted toward this average in a town house having two other stories. 2. Every town house dwelling unit shall have a ground coverage area of not less than six hundred (600) square feet, shall contain a minimum gross floor area of six hundred (600) square feet per floor and a minimum of one thousand two hundred (1200) square feet of total gross floor area of usable living space, exclusive of basement, utility area, attic and garage. Off-Street Parking: See Section 6. Lot Development and Visibility Requirements: 1. No town house shall be constructed so as to provide direct vehicular ingress or egress to a collector street or major thoroughfare. 2. In no case shall the horizontal visual distance measured from eye level along the center line of a newly created right-of-way be greater than three hundred (300) feet where town houses face on said right-of-way for said distance unless natural topography precludes the possibility of man-made "visual blocks" 3. No more than ten (10) town houses shall be attached in a series. - 4 - Site Plan Approval: Procedure: A final site plan shall be submitted in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.17 of the City Zoning Ordinance. With every application for R-T zoning, the applicant shall submit the following: (a) A preliminary site plan showing the general scheme of development, proposed parking areas, walkways, driveways, streets, open space, green areas, planting, recreation and common areas. (b) Preliminary drawings showing floor plans, front and rear elevations and side elevations, where applicable. (c) Evidence of proposed covenants, restrictions and details of maintenance responsibility of common areas and green space, to show that liability for maintenance of such areas shall attach to property owners within the development and that the same may be enforced by liens against the -5- Uses Permissible by Right: Accessory Building: Uses Prohibited: property owners in favor of the City of Fairfax or its assignee. A plat and deed of subdivision showing individual lots, proposed utilities, streets and other rights of way and all proposed dedications, shall be approved by the City Council and recorded among the land records before issuance of a building permit. 1. Detached single-family dwellings as permitted by right in R-3 district. 2. Town houses, as defined in Section 2 of this Ordinance. Accessory buildings are permitted if approved as a part of the site plan. All uses not specifically permitted. ADOPTED: January 4~ 1966. Frances I.. Cox, Clerk Edgar A. Prichard, Mayor City of Fairfax, Virginia -6- City January SECT iON 2 Defin(tions Add the following deflnition~ to Section 2 In alphabetical order: Collector Street.: A street which co~nect~ one or .more Iota) street5 to a major tho~o~§ht'are. Local Street: A street whose principal purpose ~s to provide vehicular and pedestrian access to the abutt:~ p~opert7 which terminates in a Ioc~ or cu~-d~,-sac or carries no substantial through traffic, ~lajor Thoroughfare: A street of four iane.~ or more. Corner Lot: A lot .bordering on t~o streets ~hich intersect at att ar~gle not greater then 1~5 degrees, Town House: A single-family dwelling forming one of a series of attached slr~g,le far~iiy 6wellings, separat,~d fr~n on~ another by a party wel~ without doors, windows or other provJsJor~s for human passage or visibil{ty through such party wal)F;. SECT tON 3 gENERAL ~EGULATiONS /~nend Section 3.01 by Inserting a¢~er R-3: This zo~.e is estat, lishad to provide for single family development and, under' ¢c:rtaln conditions, l~he develop° meat of town houses. Town hou~:e developraent should occur where development will be cu:~si~tent; wi~h the Master Pla~, and ir~volves th~ reuse of ~and where olde~' structures are r~ved or as ~ transitional us~ of vacant lend where a substan:te~ portion of the property has a c~on bounda;y ~ith an I~ g or M zorm. It ts intended that any town house devalopm~mt permitted should result in high quali~y ~tving units to pro.re the purpos~:s set forth in Scction t5.1-489, Code of Virginia (19S0), as amended, offering optlm,~l preserva- tion of natural 1and form and foliage nad the cluster-- in9 of usable open space by thu c!usterio9 of dwell;ag to achieve an intimate, internal rafatlonship. Site plans sh~ll be prepared in sufficient detail to permit judgmnt of compliance with the purpose of this ord;nancu. Amendment to Zonin~ Ordinance adopted by the Council of the City of Falrfax, Virginia, on January 4, 1966. 6.11 SECTION 6 Off-Street Parking Add the following to Section 6 as 6.11: Town House: Every dwelling unit shall have provided for it a minimum of t~ (2) off-street parking spaces. Required parking may be located in parking areas con- venient to the unit for which required, or located entirely within the lot area. Parking spaces located within the lot area shall be completely enclosed. Parking In common parking areas shall not exceed thirty (30) vehicles per parking area, provided that there be permitted one parking area of fifty parking spaces for each five acres of gross area in the town house development. Con,non parking areas shall be no less than fifty ($0) feet apart, in con~1~n parking areas, no more than ten (I0) parking spaces may be grouped without a landscaped divider at least ten (i0) feet in width separating such groups. Amendment to 7oni~g Ordinance adopted by the City of Fairfex, Virgi~i~, on ~anuary 4, 1966. Section Zoning Schedule Add the fail-win9 zoning classification: R-T Zone Lot Minimum: Every town house dwelling shall have a minimum lot area of sixteen hundred (160Gl square feet; a town house development shell have an average lot area of one thousand eight hundred (1800) square feet. The density shall not exceod ten (I0) town houses per acre, Area Minimum: The development shall consist o~ a minimum of two (2) Setbacks Front Restriction Line - No more than t~vo (2) abutting town houses shall have the same front yard setback. Abutting pairs of town houses shall have bu;lding line setback variations of at least two (2) feet. Side Restriction Line Side yard setback for corner lots shall be a minimum of twenty (20) feet. Rear Restriction Line Every dwelling unit shell have a rear yard depth of no less then twenty (20) feet. Minimum Width (~ BRL: "' ', " Every lot sh~ll h.ve e mini~um width of eighteen (18) feet. (1) Amendment to Zoning Ordinance adopted by the Council of the City of Falrfax, Virginia, on January ~, 1~6. Sect Ion I I (Continued) Building Width: All town houses shall be at least eighteen (18) feet wide. HaximumHelght: Building height shall not exceed three (3) stories, measured on any external wall, Any basement ~hlch has any wall two (2) feet above ground shall be counted as a story. FIoor Area: The a~erage total usable living space per town house dwelling In the development shall be at least fourteen hundred (1400) square feet, exclusive of utility area, ettlc and garage, Basement space, not to exceed three hundred (300) square feet, may be counted toward this average in a town house having two other stories. Every town house dwelling unit shall have a ground coverage area of not less than six hundred (600) square fe~t, shall contain a minimum gross floor area of slx hundred (600) square feet per fl¢or and a minimum of one thousand two hundred (1200) sq,mre feet of total gross floor area of usable Ilvl,g space, exclu- sive of basoment, utility area, attic and garage. Off-Street Perking: See Section 6. Lot 0evelopment and Visibility Requireme. nts: No town house shall be constructed so as to provide direct vehicular ingress or egress to a collector street or major thoroughfare, In no case shall the horizontal visual distance measured from eye level from any point along the center line of a newly created right-of-way be greater than three hundred (300) feet where town houses face on said right-of-way for said distance unless natural topography precludes the possibility of man-made "visual blocks". (2) A~endment to Zoning Ordinance adopted by the Council of the City of Falrfax, Virginia, on January ~, 1966, Section II (Continued) Lot Development and Vlslbil|ty Requirements (Continued): No more than ten (10) town houses shall be attached in series. Site Plan /~pproval: A final site plan shall be submitted in accordance with the provisio~s of Section 3.17 of the City Zoning Ordinance. Procedure: With every application for R-T zoning, the applicant shall submit the following: (al A preliminary site plan showing the general scheme of development, proposed parking areas, wallo~ays, driveways, streets, open space, green areas, plant- lng, recreation end comnon areas. (b) Preliminary drawings showing floor plans, front end rear elevations and side elevatlof~, where applicable. (c) Evidence of proposed covenants, restrictions and details of maintenance responsibility of com~n areas and green space, to show that liability for maintenance of such areas shall attach to property owners within the development and that the same may be enforced by 1lens against the property owners In favor of the City of Falrfax or Its assignee. A plat and deed of subdivision showing individual lots, proposed utilltles, streets and other rights-of-way, add 811 proposed dedications shall be approved by the City Councll and recorded among the land records before issu- ance of I building pemit. Uses Permissible by Right: I. Oetached single-family d~ellings as permitted by right in R-] district. 2. Tovm houses as defined tn Section 2 of this Ordinance. (3) A~endment.to Zoning Ordinance adopted by the Council oF the City of Falrfax, V~rgtnla, on January ~0 1966. Section l! (Continued) Accessory Building: Accessory buildings are permitted if approved as a part of the site plan. Uses Prohibited: Ali uses not specifically permitted.