tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300947294999806492.post9183179089835561768..comments2023-11-22T05:26:44.399-05:00Comments on Crossing the Lines: Viva la 2012 Zoning Code!Steve Stofkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14825368520377993845noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300947294999806492.post-1342634601292753612014-03-12T11:39:54.630-04:002014-03-12T11:39:54.630-04:00does anyone know the height restriction for a gara...does anyone know the height restriction for a garage/ out building in RSA-5? i am in germantown and some of the houses have two story carriage houses and i would like to do the same. Thanks!! Elisabeth Nickleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11806598631108875033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300947294999806492.post-155279356025470582012-08-27T12:21:45.041-04:002012-08-27T12:21:45.041-04:00R10/RM-1 requires it be single family. The owner ...R10/RM-1 requires it be single family. The owner can occupy it or can rent it out. I forget what the new code allows for but it's something like no more than 3 unrelated parties living within a single family dwelling. That's why there was a crackdown around Drexel at the behest of the neighbors and their councilperson.<br /><br />I really like your blog!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300947294999806492.post-59872918323853493612012-08-24T17:41:20.722-04:002012-08-24T17:41:20.722-04:00Thanks for the correction. (R10 was single- or mul...Thanks for the correction. (R10 was single- or multi-family rowhomes; R10a specifically requires owner-occupation.)Steve Stofkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14825368520377993845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300947294999806492.post-82766516040545157732012-08-23T20:11:23.151-04:002012-08-23T20:11:23.151-04:00So you're mistaken on a few counts. RSA-5 is ...So you're mistaken on a few counts. RSA-5 is R10a, not R10. Civic Design Review can't reject a project--it can only review and the developer can decide to listen or not. Civic Design Review can happen concurrently with zoning variances which would need approval but that's in the hands of the ZBA still and not with the CDR committee. People seem to think community groups have a ton of power but they only have power insofar as the ZBA listens to them. The code update wasn't meant to remap (despite what critics said before its passage). You're probably right the upzonings in the area you mention but the code was the place to do that (otherwise _all_ CMX-2.5 properties would have been upzoned even when not warranted). Hopefully that will be addressed in remapping. I pushed in the Central District planning meetings for more density. You should go to your district planning meeting and make sure planners hear your voice for greater density.<br /><br />I do think you're 100% right about parking requirements. They even took out maximums which only applied for some uses (never residential) in a few zoning classifications and they weren't particularly low. But city council got afraid and removed them with the "cleanup" bills.<br /><br />RSA-5 is height contextual. Basically, if you're a corner row house you can be 38" tall with unlimited stories (the new code mostly removes stories as a criterion). If you're a 2-story attached row house with 2-story neighors then you can only build a 3rd story with an 8' setback from the front of your house. Personally, I think this was unnecessary but they don't want the jagged tooth cornice line. Now all blocks that start becoming 3 stories will have to do so from the corners.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com