HomeMy WebLinkAbout08082019 ZPC Agenda Item 4 Amend Section 2, Certain Terms, by adding the following definitions:
porch is a roofed structure, open at the sides to the extent required by Table 7-6,
Note 1.2, projecting from the face of a Principal building and used to protect the
entrance of the structure.
balcony is a platform enclosed by a wall or balustrade on the outside of a building
above the first floor, with access from an upper-floor door.
Replace Section 7,Table 7-6,Note 1.2 by adding:
Note 1.2. Porch In Front Yard. On a building site in a residential district with a front yard
depth of 20 feet or more,a porch may project up to 120 inches into the front yard if it
meets all of the following criteria:
(i) It is neither designed nor usable for motor vehicles;
(ii) The volume of the projecting part of the porch does not exceed 50 cubic feet per foot
of front street line(Example: the maximum projecting volume on a 52'/2-foot wide site
would be 50 cubic feet x 52.5, or 2,625 cubic feet);
(iii) The porch's outside perimeter is open and unobstructed,except for the following
features: (a) Ordinary window screens. (b)A solid or partially open safety rail not
higher than 3.5 feet above the porch floor, and a partially open decorative railing or
balustrade not higher than 3.5 feet above the decking on top of the porch's ceiling
joists. (c) Supporting vertical columns,if the total width of the outer faces of the
columns does not exceed 25%of the outside perimeter of the porch. The width of a
column is measured at its thickest point above 3.5 feet above the porch floor. The
"outside perimeter" of a porch is the portion of the perimeter out in the front yard; it
does not include the portion of the perimeter lying along the Principal building or lying
along the front setback line;
(iv) At no point in the front yard does the porch have a height greater than the depth of the
front yard(Example: if the depth of the front yard is 20 feet,the maximum height in the
front yard is also 20 feet); and,
(v) No projecting balcony or enclosed, habitable space shall be constructed or
placed above the ceiling of a projecting porch. Exception: balconies projecting
24" or less are not prohibited.