§ 24-29. Open space requirements.

(a)

In the following residential zoning districts, residential private open space shall be forty (40) percent:

R-A

RCE-5

RCE-2

A-R

R-CE

R-1AAAA

R-1AAA

R-1AA

R-1A

R-1

R-2 (single-family detached housing only)

R-3 (single-family detached housing only)

R-L-D

Provided, however, that when a variance to the building setbacks for an addition to the principal residence is successfully obtained from the board of zoning adjustment, then the residential private open space requirements shall be automatically reduced by an amount sufficient to accommodate the setback variance.

(b)

In the following residential zoning districts, residential private open space shall be forty-five (45) percent:

R-2 (excluding single-family detached housing)

R-3 (excluding single-family detached housing)

(c)

In the nonresidential zoning districts, open space shall be provided as follows:

Office—Twenty-five (25) percent

Commercial—Twenty (20) percent

Industrial—Fifteen (15) percent

Institutional—Thirty-five (35) percent

Big box development:

One (1) story and two hundred thousand (200,000) square feet or greater: Thirty (30) percent.

One (1) story and less than two hundred thousand (200,000) square feet: Twenty-five (25) percent.

Two (2) stories, provided that the second story is forty (40) percent or more of the gross floor area that is open to customers: Twenty (20) percent.

Two (2) stories with multilevel structured parking, provided that the second story is forty (40) percent or more of the gross floor area that is open to customers: Fifteen (15) percent.

(d)

For planned development zoning districts, open space shall be provided in accordance with section 38-1234 of the Orange County Code.

(e)

For residential cluster districts, common open space shall be provided as follows:

Gross Residential Density	% Common Open Space Required
Less than or equal to 1 unit/acre	None required
Greater than 1 unit/acre	10%

 

(f)

For urban village zoning districts, open space shall be provided outside of the village center as follows:

Residential private open space—Twenty-five (25) percent.

Institutional open space—Thirty-five (35) percent.

(Ord. No. 92-42, § 1, 12-15-92; Ord. No. 93-11, § 15, 4-27-93; Ord. No. 2007-01 , § 8, 3-20-07)