12.10.050 Development adjacent to single-family zoning.
Specialized senior housing located within an area having a Specialized Senior Housing Overlay (SSHO) zoning classification shall be designed, located and operated in accordance with development standards set forth in the subarea chapter containing the overlay. Where a conflict between city-wide and subarea design and operating standards exists, the subarea standards shall apply.
Where a property proposed for specialized senior housing or nursing home development is directly adjacent along a property line to single-family zoned property, which zoning shall include R 40,000, R 9,600, R 8,400, R 7,200 and R 5,400d, compatibility shall be achieved through a combination of measures including but not limited to the following:
A. The minimum setback from adjacent single-family zoned property line(s) shall be 25 feet;
B. Type II landscaping shall be required along the single-family property line(s); this and other landscaping within the development shall reinforce the existing landscape character of the area to the maximum extent possible;
C. Building design shall incorporate a repetitive articulation and modulation which reflects the scale of nearby single-family lot development, unless the context is poorly defined and/or undesirable and a different character and scale has been identified and adopted under subarea regulations;
D. The following design features of nearby single-family residential development shall be incorporated unless the context is poorly defined and/or undesirable and a different character and scale has been identified and adopted under subarea regulations:
1. Siding materials and styles;
2. Fenestration pattern;
3. Roof materials and styles; and
4. Proportions of architectural elements;
E. Building design shall respect and preserve the privacy and solar access of adjacent single-family development and minimize windows, decks and balconies overlooking neighboring single-family yards;
F. Parking lots shall be designed so as to least impact the character of the neighborhood;
G. Heating, cooling, kitchen and other mechanical equipment; conduits, service panels, meters and other electrical equipment; and refuse collection facilities shall be located and/or screened so as not to be visible or audible above ambient noise levels from adjacent single-family development or the street;
H. In non-single-family zones, building height may exceed that allowed in Chapter 12.14 BMC for architectural elements only and not to increase the number of floors; provided, that for every additional foot of height over the maximum, the building shall be set back from the single-family zoned property line(s) one foot in addition to the minimum required setback. (Ord. 1946 § 2, 2005; Ord. 1815 § 1, 2000; Ord. 1685, 1997; Ord. 1629 § 1, 1996).