22.82.050 Multiple unit residential development.
A. Applicability. The specified standards of this section shall apply to all new apartment developments, new townhouse developments, new duplex developments, new courtyard apartment developments, new custodial care facilities and new group residences that have more than four units and/or have proposed densities of at least ten units per acre. Expansions of existing developments that result in densities of at least ten units per acre shall also be subject to compliance with this section.
B. Buildings that contain a grouping of attached townhouse units shall not exceed a one-hundred-twenty-foot maximum length without a separation of at least twenty feet from other groupings or rows of townhouses.
C. Vehicular Access and Parking Location.
1. Apartments, duplexes, townhouse developments, courtyard apartment developments, and custodial care facilities and all group residences shall have parking areas placed to the rear or side of buildings or within the interior of the lot except when waived by the board of adjustment due to physical site limitations.
2. Vehicular access shall be provided via one entry/exit off of a public street.
D. Building Facade Modulation. Apartments, duplexes, townhouse developments, courtyard apartment developments, custodial care facilities and all group residences shall provide building facade modulation on facades exceeding sixty feet in length. The following standards shall apply:
1. The maximum wall length without modulation shall be thirty feet;
2. The minimum modulation depth shall be three feet; and
3. The minimum modulation width shall be eight feet.
E. Roofline Variation. Apartments, duplexes, townhouse developments, and courtyard apartments shall provide roofline variation on rooflines exceeding sixty feet in length according to the following standards:
1. The maximum roof length without variation shall be thirty feet;
2. The minimum horizontal or vertical offset shall be three feet;
3. The minimum variation length shall be eight feet; and
4. Roofline variation shall be achieved using one or more of the following methods:
a. Vertical offset in ridge line;
b. Horizontal offset in ridge line;
c. Variations of roof pitch;
d. Gables; or
e. Any other technique approved by the board of adjustment that achieves the intent of this section. (Ord. 1190-21 § 2, 2021).