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Townhome Ordinance Version I <br /> September 21,2001 <br /> Page 4 <br /> III a minimum of 12,000 square feet or five (5%) of the net development project area, <br /> whichever is greater and shall be privately owned. The open space shall be of a quality <br /> that would allow it to be used for active recreational purposes. <br /> E. Building Design and Construction Standards: <br /> i. Unit Width: The minimum width of a dwelling unit within the R3 District shall be: <br /> a. twenty-eight (28) feet for single family detached townhomes <br /> b. twenty-four(24)feet for internal dwelling units located in buildings containing more <br /> than four (4) units. <br /> ii. Unit Construction: <br /> c. 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 /> d. 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 vertical elevations of <br /> at least thirty two (32) inches. <br /> IIIe. 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 or porches. <br /> f. 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 eighteen (18) inch overhang. <br /> e. 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 shall <br /> comply with the following requirements: <br /> 1) 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 /> 2) Except for brick,stucco,and/or natural or artificial stone,no single building <br /> façade shall have more than seventy-five(75)percent of one type of exterior <br /> finish. <br /> • <br />