§ 21.12.050. Lot area.

The size and shape of lots shall be as follows, provided they adhere to the density requirements:

A.

Minimum lot area, six thousand five hundred square feet where alleys are utilized and seven thousand five hundred square feet where alleys are not provided;

B.

Minimum lot width, sixty feet where alleys are utilized, seventy feet where alleys are not provided. In the case of infill lots, the minimum street frontage shall also be forty feet when alleys are utilized and fifty feet if alleys are not utilized.

C.

Minimum front yard:

1.

Sixteen feet;

2.

Garages facing the street, twenty feet;

3.

On front yard flanking streets, ten feet;

4.

Unenclosed porches may project up to six feet into the front yard, provided the porches are at least forty-eight square feet in area with no dimension less than six feet.

D.

Minimum side yards:

1.

Minimum on one side, five feet;

2.

Minimum total both sides, ten feet

E.

Minimum rear yard, twenty feet, provided garages may be within three feet of the rear yard line alley easement or paved surface when adjacent to an alley.

F.

Minimum usable yard space:

1.

Where alleys are utilized, lots shall provide a contiguous yard space equivalent to ten percent of the lot size. Specific yard space requirements:

2.

Shall feature minimum dimensions of twenty feet on all sides. For example, a sixty-five-hundred-square-foot lot would require a contiguous yard space of at least six hundred fifty square feet, or approximately twenty by thirty-three feet in area.

3.

Such yard space shall not be located within the front yard. (See Tables 21T-73 and 21T-74.)

G.

Maximum building coverage, forty percent.

H.

Maximum development coverage, fifty-five percent. Side and rear yard patios are exempt from development coverage restrictions provided the paving material used is an approved pervious material in accordance with the Thurston County Drainage Design and Erosion Control Manual (TCC Chapter 15.05).

I.

Maximum height of buildings:

1.

Main building and accessory dwelling, thirty-five feet;

2.

Accessory building, twenty feet;

3.

An additional two feet in height is permitted for structures with green roofs occupying at least fifty percent of the area of the roof.

J.

Accessory buildings. All accessory buildings must comply with the current building setbacks as stated in this chapter; provided, however, if the accessory building is exempt from obtaining a building permit under Title 14 TCC, one-story, and is less than two hundred square feet, the following setbacks are permitted:

1.

Front yard, fifteen feet,

2.

Side yard, five feet,

3.

Rear yard, three feet.

(Ord. 12290 § 11, 2000; Ord. 11274 § 1 (part), 1996)

(Ord. No. 14773, § 8(Att. G), 7-24-2012; Ord. No. 15390, § 1(Att. A, § D), 11-29-2016)