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<br />4,6 PRIVATE/COMMON OPEN SPACE
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<br />To support and enhance the publicly accessible open space,
<br />new development within the MEMU Overlay Zone will be
<br />required to include private and/or common open space for
<br />resident, tenant and visitor use. Private and/or common open
<br />space shall be provided in addition to the required publicly
<br />accessible open space in Section 4,5,
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<br />Residential developments: Private or common open space
<br />shall be provided on a per unit basis for residential projects
<br />and shall be a combination of the total required space
<br />divided between private areas such as balconies or patios or
<br />common areas such as courtyards, recreation facilities, multi-
<br />purpose room or other areas designed for the common use of
<br />residents as specified below,
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<br />Nonresidential or mixed-use developments: Private or
<br />common open space shall be provided as a percentage of
<br />the total lot area for nonresidential projects and may be used
<br />to provide site amenities such as rooftop decks, courtyards,
<br />or similar features, Mixed use developments shall combine
<br />the residential standards and the nonresidential standard to
<br />satisfy this provision.
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<br />A. Private or common open space shall be provided in the
<br />following amounts:
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<br />1. Neighborhood Transitional District: 100 square feet
<br />per unit
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<br />2. Village Center District: 1 00 square feet per un it
<br />and 5 percent of the total development site area for
<br />nonresidential uses.
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<br />3, Active Urban District: 100 square feet per unit and
<br />5 percent of the total development site area for
<br />nonresidential uses.
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<br />4, Office District: 1 0 percent of the total development
<br />site area
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<br />B, In addition to the above standards, all private and/
<br />or common open space areas are also subject to the
<br />following provisions in their design, location, and selection
<br />of amenities:
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<br />1, Private and common open space areas shall be
<br />designed for the exclusive use of the residents
<br />or tenants of the property and their guests and
<br />shall not be publicly accessible except in the
<br />Neighborhood Transitional District where the required
<br />private/common open space may be designed in
<br />combination with the required publicly accessible
<br />open space specified in Section 4,5,
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<br />2, In the Neighborhood Transitional, Village Center, and
<br />Active Urban Districts, a combination of private and
<br />common open space shall be provided to satisfy the
<br />following requirements:
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<br />a. Common open space amenities shall include, but are
<br />limited to, one or more of the following amenities:
<br />courtyards, plazas, tennis courts, swimming pools,
<br />spos, permanently equipped gym/exercise rooms, or
<br />other permanent amenity, Roohop decks ond terroces
<br />may be used to satisfy this requirement, however,
<br />these oreas shall be eosily accessible to 011 residents
<br />within the building, and face the public rights-of-way
<br />where possible,
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<br />b, Private open space oreas moy include balconies,
<br />potios, terroces, or roo hop decks. These areas sholl
<br />be carefully integrated into the overall orchitectural
<br />design of the building, Architectural elements such as
<br />railings, trellises, short walls, or roof top enclosures
<br />shall be consistent with the orchitectural style of the
<br />structure to which they ore attached.
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<br />3. Open space areas shall be constructed of permanent
<br />materials and be permanently integrated into the
<br />design of the building.
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<br />4, In order to achieve sunlight in outdoor common open
<br />space areas, the following building height to open
<br />space width ratios are required: 1 to 1; and 2 to 1 if
<br />the space is open on one or more sides.
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