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Maximum height is 16 feet from existing grade.
Applies: Only for an SB 9 two-unit development when the unit does not meet all zone standards.
§ 17.71.050 · code text
The maximum height shall be sixteen feet from existing grade as defined by this Code if the unit does not meet all development standards contained in the underlying zoning district.
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A solid 1-hour fire-rated wall with no openings is required between adjacent or connected units.
Applies: Applies to units built as part of a two-unit development.
§ 17.71.050 · code text
A solid (no-openings) one-hour fire rated wall is required between adjacent or connected units constructed as part of a two-unit development.
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Must connect to a public sewer or have a private wastewater system fully inside the parcel.
Applies: Applies to all newly created dwelling units.
§ 17.71.050 · code text
All newly created dwelling units shall be connected to a public sewer or provide a private wastewater system that is fully contained within the parcel's boundaries.
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Must match the main home's architectural style, detail, color and building material.
Applies: Applies to newly built units.
§ 17.71.050 · code text
Newly constructed units shall be of the same architectural style, detail, color and building material as the primary dwelling unit.
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Must use opaque glass and/or have a sill above eye level.
Applies: Applies to any new window facing a neighboring residential property.
§ 17.71.050 · code text
Any new window that faces an adjoining residential property shall be either made of opaque glass and/or have a sill height above eye level.
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No windows, or only windows of opaque glass.
Applies: Applies to any new door facing a neighboring residential property.
§ 17.71.050 · code text
Any new doors that face an adjoining residential property shall either not include windows, or all windows must be of opaque glass.
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Must be shielded and pointed downward.
Applies: Applies to all exterior lighting.
§ 17.71.050 · code text
All exterior lighting shall be shielded and directed downward.
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No white or light opaque outer lenses, and no lights inside the skylight wells.
Applies: Applies to skylights visible from off the site.
§ 17.71.050 · code text
Where visible from off-site locations, skylights shall not have white or light opaque colored exterior lenses and no lights shall be installed inside the wells of the skylights.
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Shrubs must be at least 1-gallon size and no taller than 8 feet.
Applies: Applies to shrubs on the sides and rear of the property.
§ 17.71.050 · code text
Shrubs, of at least one-gallon size, and limited to a maximum height of eight feet on the sides and rear of the property.
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Trees must be at least 15-gallon size and grow to at most 12 feet.
Applies: Applies to trees.
§ 17.71.050 · code text
Trees, of at least fifteen-gallon size and that grow to a maximum height of twelve feet.
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Nonliving materials like sand, stone, gravel, wood or water may cover at most 25% of the parcel.
Applies: Applies to landscaping of SB 9 two-unit developments.
§ 17.71.050 · code text
Decorative nonliving landscaping materials including, but not limited to sand, stone, gravel, wood, or water may be used to satisfy a maximum of twenty-five percent of the parcel.
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New lots must meet the zone's lot size, frontage and width rules, except exceptions the Director grants for the split.
Applies: Applies to the lots created by an urban lot split.
§ 17.70.040 · code text
The resulting parcels shall comply, with the lot size, frontage, width, and front & rear requirements of title 17 -Zoning
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Two main homes are allowed: a duplex or two single-family homes.
§ 17.71.050 · code text
Two primary dwelling units, either a duplex or two single-family homes.