The SFA, single-family attached residential, district is intended to promote stable, quality, attached-occupancy residential development on individual lot/tracts at higher residential densities. Individual ownership of each lot/tract and dwelling unit is encouraged in the SFA district. The SFA district may be included within certain areas of neighborhoods or, when in accordance with the intent of the comprehensive plan, may provide a “buffer” or transition district between lower density residential areas and multifamily or nonresidential areas or major thoroughfares. Areas zoned for the SFA district shall have, or shall make provision for, city water and sewer services. Areas zoned for the SFA district shall be designed to adequately accommodate storm drainage; they shall have paved concrete streets with logical and efficient vehicular circulation patterns which discourage non-local traffic; they shall be properly buffered from nonresidential uses; and they shall be protected from pollution and undesirable environmental and noise impacts.
(2006 Code, sec. 86-391; Ordinance 04-05-610, sec. 23.1, adopted 5/17/04)
Those uses listed for the SFA district in article 30.06 of this chapter as “P” or “S” are authorized uses permitted by right or specially permitted uses, respectively. Special uses must be approved utilizing procedures set forth in article 30.05 of this chapter.
(2006 Code, sec. 86-392; Ordinance 04-05-610, sec. 23.2, adopted 5/17/04)
Maximum height regulations for the SFA district shall be as follows:
(1) 
Two and one-half stories, or 35 feet for the main building/house; where a structure exceeds 25 feet in height, it shall be set back from the front property line one (1) additional foot beyond the required front yard setback for each foot above 25 feet in height.
(2) 
Accessory buildings, see chapter 30, section 30.07.072.
(3) 
Other requirements, see chapter 26, article 26.06.
(2006 Code, sec. 86-393; Ordinance 04-05-610, sec. 23.3, adopted 5/17/04; Ordinance 05-03-645, sec. 7, adopted 3/4/05; Ordinance 17-09-1059 adopted 9/5/17)
(a) 
Size of lot/tract.
The size of lots/tracts in the SFA district shall be as follows:
(1) 
Minimum lot/tract area: 6,000 square feet.
(2) 
Maximum density: Eight units per gross acre of land area within the development.
(3) 
Minimum project size: The minimum size of a single-family attached residential development shall be five acres.
(4) 
Maximum project size: The maximum size of a single-family attached residential development shall be 20 acres.
(5) 
Minimum lot/tract width: 40 feet.
(6) 
Minimum lot/tract depth: 100 feet.
(b) 
Size of yards.
The size of yards in the SFA district shall be as follows:
(1) 
Minimum front yard: 15 feet; front yard setback shall be staggered in at least five-foot increments such that no more than two units have the same front setback in a row, and such that at least 30 percent of the lot/tracts along any block face are set back at least 25 feet, at least 30 percent of the lot/tracts are set back at least 20 feet, and no more than 40 percent of the lot/tracts use the minimum 15-foot front setback; no front-entry garages permitted.
(2) 
Minimum side yard:
(A) 
Single-family attached dwellings shall not have an interior side yard; however, a minimum 15-foot side yard is required for a key corner lot/tract or a corner lot/tract adjacent to a residential or collector street, and a minimum 20-foot side yard is required for a corner lot/tract adjacent to an arterial street. The ends of any two adjacent building complexes or rows of buildings shall be at least 20 feet apart. The required side yards shall be designated upon a construction plat approved by the city council.
(B) 
A complex or continuous row of attached single-family dwellings shall have a minimum length of three dwelling units (triplex), a maximum length of eight dwelling units, and shall not exceed 280 feet in length.
(3) 
Minimum rear yard: 15 feet for the main building; 24 feet for rear garage entry (to the face of the garage doors).
(c) 
Maximum lot/tract coverage.
The maximum lot/tract coverage in the SFA district shall be 50 percent by main and accessory buildings on each individual lot/tract.
(d) 
Parking regulations.
Parking regulations for the SFA district shall be as follows:
(1) 
A minimum of two enclosed parking spaces for each dwelling unit, located behind, beside or incorporated into the dwelling unit, and accessed only from the rear via an alley, and located on the same lot/tract as each dwelling unit (see article 30.07, division 2 of this chapter regarding off-street parking and loading requirements).
(2) 
Designated visitor parking spaces shall be provided in off-street, common areas at a ratio of one guest/visitor space per four units.
(3) 
Additional parking shall be required for any recreational uses, clubhouse, office, sales offices and other similar accessory structures and uses.
(4) 
All driveways and parking areas shall be concrete or a similar paved surface such as turf pavers, brick pavers.
(e) 
Minimum floor area per dwelling unit.
The minimum floor area per dwelling unit in the SFA district shall be 1,400 square feet.
(f) 
Minimum exterior construction standards.
See chapter 26, article 26.06 for exterior construction standards in the SFA district.
(2006 Code, sec. 86-394; Ordinance 04-05-610, sec. 23.4, adopted 5/17/04)
(a) 
Usable open space requirements.
Except as provided below, any single-family attached subdivision in the SFA district shall provide usable open space which equals or exceeds 20 percent of the gross platted area, excluding rights-of-way for collector and larger sized streets. Usable open space shall not be required for a single-family attached development if it contains 20 or fewer lot/tracts, and if the property contiguous to the subdivision is either developed for use other than single-family attached homes or is restricted by zoning to not permit single-family attached development. Properties that are separated by thoroughfares larger than a collector street and/or by drainage/utility easements in excess of 60 feet in width shall not be considered as contiguous. Usable open space areas shall be in conformance with section 30.03.215(d) and (e).
(b) 
Maintenance requirements for common areas.
A property owners’ association is required for continued maintenance of common land and facilities in the SFA district (see section 28.04.003 for property owners’/homeowners’ association requirements).
(c) 
Alleys.
Each attached dwelling unit within the SFA district shall be rear-entry only from an alley that is constructed along with the rest of the subdivision (i.e., at the same time as the streets, utilities, etc.) and that is in conformance with the city’s design standards for alleys (see section 28.03.002).
(d) 
Refuse facilities.
Every single-family attached dwelling unit in the SFA district shall be located within 150 feet of a refuse facility, measured along the designated pedestrian and vehicular travelway. A refuse facility shall be a dumpster or other similar container designed for receiving garbage in bulk for more than one dwelling, and all refuse containers shall be maintained in accordance with local public health and sanitary regulations. Refuse containers shall be located no closer than 30 feet to any adjacent single-family property, shall be located so as to provide safe and convenient pickup by refuse collection agencies, and shall be screened in accordance with chapter 26, article 26.03. (See illustration 11 for refuse container enclosure diagrams, printed at the end of this chapter.)
(e) 
Metering of utilities.
All utilities shall be provided separately to each lot/tract within an SFA district so that each unit is individually metered.
(f) 
Swimming pools.
A swimming pool in the SFA district shall be provided in single-family attached developments of 50 or more units. See chapter 24, article 24.07 for additional requirements for swimming pools.
(g) 
Construction standards.
Single-family detached dwellings (and their respective lot/tracts) constructed within the SFA district shall conform to the standards as set forth in the SF-11 district.
(h) 
Yards.
Each SFA lot/tract shall contain a private yard with not less than 400 square feet of area (i.e., a back yard or large side yard). Private yards may include a patio cover, gazebo or other similar non-enclosed structure, which does not cover more than 25 percent of the area of the private yard, and they may also include a swimming pool, swing set, play fort, or other private leisure amenity.
(i) 
Enclosure or conversion of garage space.
The elimination of a garage space by enclosing or converting any portion of the garage space with a stationary building wall in the SFA district shall be prohibited unless another garage of the same size is built on the lot/tract within the proper setbacks, not exceeding the maximum lot/tract coverage, etc.
(j) 
Use of recreational vehicles, travel trailers or motor homes.
Recreational vehicles, travel trailers or motor homes may not be used for on-site dwelling purposes.
(k) 
Open storage.
Open storage is prohibited in the SFA district, except for materials for the resident’s personal use or consumption such as firewood, garden materials, etc., which cannot be stored in any required setback and which shall be screened from view of public streets and neighboring properties.
(l) 
Garage setback.
Single-family and two-family homes with side-entry garages in the SFA district where lot/tract frontage is only to one street (not a corner lot/tract) shall have a minimum of 24 feet from the door face of the garage or carport to the side property line with a paved six-foot hammerhead turnaround provided for on-site maneuvering of vehicles. The minimum setback from any garage door to a property line or alley right-of-way line shall also be 24 feet.
(m) 
Construction standards.
Site plan approval shall be required for any authorized single-family attached or nonresidential use in the SFA district. Any nonresidential land use, which may be permitted in this district, shall conform to the NS neighborhood service district standards with respect to building setbacks, landscaping, exterior building construction, screening requirements, lighting, signage, etc.
(n) 
Other regulations.
Other regulations for the SFA district shall be established by articles 30.06 and 30.07 of this chapter and chapter 26.
(2006 Code, sec. 86-395; Ordinance 04-05-610, sec. 23.5, adopted 5/17/04; Ordinance 15-06-994, sec. 15, adopted 6/2/15)