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Townhome Ordinance Version I <br />October 12, 200 I <br />Page 4 <br /> <br />Building Design and Construction Standards: <br /> <br />i. Unit Width: The minimum width of a dwelling unit within the R3 District shall be: <br /> <br />a. twenty-eight (28) feet for single family detached townhomes or end units on <br /> buildings containing more than four (4) units <br /> <br />b. twenty-four (24) feet for internal dwelling units located in buildings containing more <br /> than four (4) units. <br /> <br />ii. Unit Construction: <br /> <br />Building elevations and floor plans shall be furnished with subdivision requests <br />illustrating exterior building material and colors to demonstrate compliance with this <br />Section. Building floor plans shall identify the interior storage space within each <br />unit. <br /> <br />Buildings shall be designed to prevent the appearance of straight, unbroken lines in <br />their horizontal and vertical surface. There shall be no more than two (2) continuous <br />townhouse dwelling units without a break in the horizontal and/or vertical elevations <br />of at least thirty two (32) inches. <br /> <br />Ce <br /> <br />Provision shall be made for possible decks, porches or additions as part of the initial <br />dwelling unit building plans. The unit lot shall be configured and sized to include <br />decks, patios, or porches. <br /> <br />do <br /> <br />In case of a gable roof, a minimum twelve (12) inch overhang on gable ends shall be <br />required for all residential structures. All other soffits, on residential structures, are <br />to have a minimum sixteen (16) inch overhang. <br /> <br />The exterior of town home dwelling units shall include a variation in building <br />materials, which are to be distributed throughout the building facades and <br />coordinated into the architectural design of the structure to create an architecturally <br />balanced appearance. The preferred materials are: brick, stucco, stone, dutch lap <br />vinyl siding and fiber-cement siding. In addition, town home dwelling structures <br />shall comply with the following requirements: <br /> <br />1) <br /> <br />A minimum of twenty-five (25) percent of the combined area of all building <br />facades of a structure shall have an exterior finish of brick, stucco and/or <br />natural or artificial stone. <br /> <br />2) <br /> <br />Except for brick, stucco, and/or natural or artificial stone, no single building <br />fafade shall have more than seventy-five (75) percent of one type of exterior <br />finish. <br /> <br />3) Except for brick, stucco, and/or natural or artificial stone, no town home <br /> dwelling structure shall have more than sixty (60) percent of all building <br /> <br /> <br />