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March 25, 1998 Plan Commission Minutes Page 11 Access to an elevator apartment development shall be provided by internal access drives (public or private) intersecting with a major street, but not closer than one-hundred and fifty (150) feet to an existing street intersection (measured from the center line of the existing street intersection to the centerline of the access drive). 3.Density and Dimensional Regulations: a.Minimum Lot Area: (1)Per development:30,000 sq. ft. (2)Average per dwelling unit:500 sq. ft. b.Minimum Lot Width & Depth:150 ft. c.Minimum Building Setbacks (including accessory structures): (1)From street right-of-way: 30 ft. (2)Adjacent to "SR" or "LR" zoned property: (a) Up to 4 stories (or Less than or equal to 50 ft. in height): 25 ft. Over ft. (b) 4 to 7 stories (or 50 to 86 ft. in height): 50 ft. Over (c) Over 7 stories (or 86 ft. in height): 80 ft. (3)Adjacent to all other properties: 25 ft. d.Minimum Distance Between Buildings: No elevator apartment building shall be located closer than seventy- five (75) feet from any other building containing a dwelling unit and located on the same lot. Mr. Reed stated that he was concerned with the possibility that the decline in the common open space requirements may be too extreme and may be viewed as favoring the applicants for the expansion of the Gatesworth. A motion was made by Mr. Walsh, seconded by Ms. Glassman and passed by a vote of 5 to 0 that the Plan Commission recommend approval of the text amendment to 34-57.4 as follows (additions are bolded and deletions are stricken out): 34-57.4 Common Open Space Requirements for Residential Developments 1.When common open space is required in the district regulations, such common open space shall comprise at least this standard may be decreased to as low fifteen (15) percent of the gross area of the residential development as five (5) percent for developments in the “HR” - High Density Residential or “HRO” - High Density Residential/Office District under conditional use permit review per Article 11 of the Zoning Code or be of a size equivalent to one (1) acre for each 100 persons of expected population of the development, whichever is greater. For purposes of this paragraph, the expected population shall be determined by multiplying the total number of dwelling units times 2.5 persons per dwelling unit. 2.The amount of required common open space may be reduced by an amount equal to twice the total area of private balconies or patios. The balconies or patios shall be accessible to individual dwelling units and consist of at least sixty (60) square feet of outdoor area and have at least a horizontal dimension of six (6) or more feet. In no case wpoffice\wpdata\m-3-25.plc