Ordinance No. 131 Consolidated Land Use Ordinance

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6. Building Type Standards. 1. New construction in the Gateway District shall conform to one of the following Building Types: 1. Single Family Detached House (Figure 6) 2. Single Family Attached Housing 1. Twin Home (Figure 7) 2. Townhouse / Rowhouse (Figure 8) 3. Apartment / Condominium (Figure 9) 4. Bungalow Court (Figure 10) 5. Live / Work Unit (Figure 11) 6. Mixed use Building (Figure 12) 7. Commercial 1. Retail / Office Building (Figure 13) 2. Single Use Building (Figure 14) 1. With Liner Building (Figure 14a) 2. With Collar uses (Figure 14b) 3. Auto Oriented Layout (Figure 15) 4. Automotive Dealership (Figure 15a) 2. Use of Building Type Templates. Figures 6 — 15a contain all regulatory information governing the dimensions of lots and the dimensions, setbacks, height, mass, placement and use of buildings in the District. The City's review of a development application shall primarily apply the information contained in the applicable Building Type Templates. Terms and concepts used within the Building Type Templates are further defined as follows: Frontage Street. The Thoroughfare Type on which the Building Type may be placed. The building must be oriented toward the frontage street and have its primary entrance on the permitted frontage street, unless an alternative is allowed by the terms of the Building Type chosen. "Width" is measured along frontage street; "depth" measured perpendicular to the frontage street. For purposes of placing buildings, Highway 61 and County Road E are not frontage streets, and the property boundary with those roads' rights -of -way should be aligned as the rear lot line to the greatest extent possible. Parking lots may abut the Highway 61 or County Road E rights -of -way, subject to the landscaping requirements of the Gem Lake Landscaping Ordinance. Height by Story. The permitted height of any building is determined by the number of stories allowed and built. The height of each story is determined by the space between the upper surface of any floor and the upper surface of the floor next above, or the ceiling (peaked roof) or roof (flat roof) above for top stories. A story must have a minimum height of 12 feet and a maximum height of 15 feet; buildings with assigned ground -floor retail and commercial shall have a ground -floor height of at least 15 feet and no more than 20 feet. The top of a peaked roof is limited to the average story height of the building, measured from the ceiling of the topmost floor to the highest gable of the roof. Half -stories (finishing the space, if any, between the roof and the topmost full -story ceiling) are permitted for all building types in all subzones. Updated January 2025 — Gem Lake Consolidated Land Use Ordinance No. 131 31