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Townhome Ordinance Version 1 July 26,2001 Page 4 b. Buildings shall be designed to prevent the appearance of straight,unbroken lines in their horizontal and vertical surface. Their shall be no more than two (2) continuous townhouse dwelling units without a break in the horizontal and vertical elevations of at least three (3) feet. c. Provision shall be made for possible decks,porches or additions as part of the initial dwelling unit building plans. The unit lot shall be configured and sized to include decks or porches. d. In case of a gable roof,a minimum eighteen (18) inch overhang, soffit shall be required for all residential structures. d. The exterior of town home dwelling units shall include a variation in building materials,which are to be distributed throughout the building facades and coordinated into the architectural design of the structure to create an architecturally balanced appearance. The preferred materials are: brick, stucco, stone, dutch lap vinyl siding and fiber-cement siding In addition, town home dwelling structures shall comply with the following requirements: 1) A minimum of twenty-five (25) percent of the combined area of all building facades of a structure shall have an exterior finish of brick, stucco and/or natural or artificial stone. • 2) Except for brick, stucco, and/or natural or artificial stone,no single building facade shall have more than seventy-five (75) percent of one type of exterior finish. 3) Except for brick, stucco,and/or natural or artificial stone,no town home dwelling structure shall have more than sixty (60) percent of all building facades of one type of exterior finish. 4) For the purpose of this section, the area of the building facade shall not include area devoted to window, entrance doors,garage doors,or roof areas. iii. Garages: a. Each dwelling unit shall include an attached garage. b. Garages shall comply with the following minimum size standards: 1) For dwellings with basements: Four hundred eighty four (484) square feet. 2) For dwellings without basements: Five hundred eighty four (584) square feet. • 3) Garages shall be a minimum of twenty (22) feet in width. iv. Storm Shelter: