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Title, by receiving approval(s) from the City Engineer to mitigate excess storm water runoff, 1378 generated by additional hard surfaces, through technical analysis of building materials, soils, 1379 slopes, and other site conditions. 1380 3. Within this improvement area limit, impervious surfaces shall be limited to 35% of the parcel area 1381 for all other parcels. The purpose of these further limits on impervious surfaces within the overall 1382 improvement area allowances is to prevent problems caused by excess storm water runoff. This 1383 impervious surface limit may be exceeded, within the allowed improvement area, by receiving 1384 approval(s) from the City Engineer to mitigate excess storm water runoff, generated by additional 1385 hard surfaces, through technical analysis of building materials, soils, slopes, and other site 1386 conditions. (Ord. 1508 08-22-16) 1387 D. Building Arrangement: Buildings may be organized in several ways, including the examples in this 1388 section. 1389 1. Arranged along the street without a common open space, as is typical for most residential lots. 1390 Open space is provided on individual lots. 1391 2. Arranged around a common courtyard that faces the street (see diagram), with parking areas 1392 taking access off a shared drive to the side and rear of the buildings. The area of the courtyard is 1393 counted towards the overall density, toward lot coverage calculations, and as part of the lot area 1394 per unit. 1395 3. Arranged along the street with a common open space area to the rear or side of the buildings, as is 1396 common in townhouse and multi-family developments. The open space area(s) for resident use is 1397 counted towards the overall density, toward lot coverage calculations, and as part of the lot area 1398 per unit. 1399 (Ord. 1452, 09-09-2013) 1400 1004.10:1004.11: MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL (MDR) DISTRICT 1401 A. Statement of Purpose: The MDR District is designed to provide an environment of varied housing 1402 types at an overall density of 5 to 12 units an acre, including single- family attached dwellings, small 1403 multi-family buildings, two-family and small-lot, one- family dwellings, along with related uses such 1404 as public services and utilities that serve the residents in the district. The district is intended to 1405 promote flexible development standards for new residential developments and to allow innovative 1406 development patterns, consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. 1407 B. Dimensional Standards: 1408 Table 1004-5 One-Family Two-Family, Three-Family, & Four-Family Attached & Courtyard Cottage Multifamily Minimum density 5 Units/net acre - averaged across development site