17.53.060 Objective Building and Design Requirements for Dwelling Units.
A. Applicable Objective Design Criteria. As part of the Planning Department’s ministerial review, staff will review the project for compliance with the following regulations:
1. The General Plan land use designation and zoning for the property.
2. Zoning regulations contained in chapters 17.32 (Residential District R1-A), 17.33 (Residential District R1-B), 17.40 (Accessory Buildings and Structures), 17.42 (Building Height and Measurement), 17.44 (Basements), 17.46 (Fences and Walls), 17.48 (Home Occupations), 17.50 (Landscape Screening), 17.52 (Accessory Dwelling Units) and 17.54 (Yard Measurements and Projections).
B. The following objective design criteria shall apply to properties containing two or more dwelling units:
1. Each dwelling unit shall be provided with a location for the storage of trash and recycling receptacles which is screened from the view of the public right-of-way.
2. Transformers, back flow preventers, generators and other similar elements shall be screened from view from the public right-of-way.
3. Exterior building and landscape lighting shall be directed downward, have a shielded light source and be designed so that the light is not directed off site. Up-lighting of trees and permanent lighting within trees is prohibited.
C. Feasibility. Where an applicant contends the objective subdivision, zoning, and design criteria described in this code render a project including two eight-hundred-square-foot dwelling units infeasible, the applicant shall provide all necessary information requested by the Town (e.g., a topographic survey, etc.) to demonstrate its infeasibility. On review of the complete feasibility study, the Town Planner will determine which Objective Design Standards may be reduced or waived to allow for up to two dwelling units that are no more than eight hundred square feet and evaluate feasible locations for the residential unit(s) to find the location(s) that create the fewest impacts to environmentally sensitive areas. (Ord. 650 § 1, 2022)