ARTICLE 3 GENERAL REGULATIONS

10-2.1520 Setback averaging in all zones.

(1) To avoid a monotonous and undifferentiated development pattern along streets by encouraging building designs with varied elevations and volumes;
(2) To provide greater design flexibility in the treatment of interior and exterior space;
(3) To achieve functionally improved floor plans; and
(4) To provide for a setback area equivalent to that which would be achieved without the use of averaging, and to ensure that no setback dimension is reduced to a point where it adversely affects the health, safety, and welfare of the neighborhood.

(b) Method of calculating average setbacks. Where averaging of setbacks is permitted in a zone, the following rules shall apply in determining the average setback required (see illustration below):

(1) In residential zones, the averageable width shall equal the lot width excluding required side setbacks and the minimum width of a driveway extending along the side of the building.
(2) In commercial and other non-residential zones, the averageable width shall be the same as the building width.
(3) The average area of the setback shall equal the square footage resulting from multiplying the required average setback of the zone by the averageable width.
(4) No portion of a setback area exceeding the required average setback dimension by more than six (6) feet shall contribute to the total required area of the average setback.
(5) No building line shall extend closer than the minimum setback specified for the zone in which it is located.
(6) Setback areas shall be clear from ground to sky, except for allowable building projections pursuant to Section 10-2.1522.

(Ord. 2756 c.s., eff. January 18, 1996)