19.42.160 Old Town supplemental form and intensity standards.
The provisions herein apply in addition to the form and intensity standards in Table 19.42.020. These standards seek to encourage sensitively designed infill in keeping with the existing character of Old Town. To maintain the scale of buildings currently existing in Old Town, it is important that the scale of surrounding buildings be taken into consideration when designing additions and new buildings.
A. The principal building may cover up to 35 percent of the lot. Where there are multiple buildings on one lot, they are limited to 50 percent lot coverage.
B. Exceptions to the Height Limit in Table 19.42.020. Maximum building height may be increased to a maximum of 30 feet if two conditions are met:
1. The upper floor may not contain a floor area greater than 80 percent of the floor below.
2. No exterior wall higher than 25 feet may be closer to an adjacent property line than 15 feet.
C. If a structure covers more than 3,000 square feet of land, or if two or more structures on a lot cover more than 4,000 square feet of land, the following additional requirements apply:
1. The minimum side yard setback is 10 feet.
2. For each 200 square feet of land coverage beyond the above limits, the minimum side yard setback must be increased by one foot.
D. Detached garages must be set back a minimum of 50 feet from the street property line on a numbered street.
E. No new driveway is permitted on a numbered street serviced by an alley. See AMC 19.53.030(B)(3) for driveway alley access standards.
F. Any roof above 14 feet must have a minimum roof pitch of 4:12, except for roofs on porches, dormers, bay windows, and similar appurtenances.
G. The maximum continuous wall length must be 40 feet. Buildings may be longer but must incorporate setbacks, recesses, porches, balconies, bay windows or offsets of at least 18 inches in depth and at least eight feet in length and height so that no increment of wall exceeds 40 feet. (Ord. 3040 § 2 (Att. A), 2019)