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allowing a further reduced setback where the adjacent right-of-way is unlikely to be 18 developed with a street.Planning Division staff will illustrateand explain the difference 19 between standard and reverse corners during the presentation of the amendment proposal. 20 The 6-foot separation required between accessory storage structures and other buildings 21 was recently determined to be an archaic standard that no longer applies. While a 22 separation of as little as 3 feet between buildings may be possiblewith building and fire 23 code standards, but such a small distance may discourage proper maintenance of the 24 buildings and grounds between them. Planning Division staff is proposing a minimum 25 separation of 5 feet to be less restrictive than the existing standard and still allow for 26 easier property maintenancethan the minimum fire code separation distance would allow. 27 Other accessory building standards 28 The existing standards for multi-family properties inadvertently specified that accessory 29 storage buildings should be in the front yard. The proposed amendment corrects this by 30 changing the language to place suchstructures behind the front of a building, in the side 31 or rear yard. 32 Existing standards require all accessory storage buildings to utilize materials which are 33 similar to the principal structure on the property, which unintentionally precludes small, 34 pre-fabricated sheds that are commonly used. The previous zoning code did distinguish 35 between structures less than 120 square feet and 12 feet in height (which don’t require 36 plan review for compliance with building code requirements) and larger structures that do 37 require formal review of construction plans. The proposed amendment re-establishes this 38 threshold which holds larger structures to the higher design and structural standard than 39 smaller structures, and thereby allows smaller, prefabricated sheds to be utilized. 40 §1011.12: !££¨³¨® « 3³ £ ±£² ¥®± 3¯¤¢¨¥¨¢ 5²¤² ¨ !«« $¨²³±¨¢³² 41 Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) 42 Within the regulations pertaining to ADUs, two references are made to the section of the 43 zoning code containing definitions of zoning terms, but both citations have typographical 44 errors. 45 Private Swimming Pools 46 The only apparent rationale for the existing 6-foot required separation between an in- 47 ground pool and a principal structure is that it matched the corresponding requirement for 48 accessory storage structures. While the present rationale may not be any different, 49 Planning Division staff is recommending a 5-foot separation requirement to reserve 50 sufficient space for walking around a pool and to preserve some uniformity in distances 51 between residential improvements. 52 Restaurants 53 The (now) former CMU district was never intended to constrain restaurants to multi-use 54 buildings. 55 PROJ0017_Amdt25_RPCA_110415 Page 2of 3