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Case 8:23-cv-00504 Document 1-3 Filed 03/20/23 Page 61 of 76 Page ID #:127 (4) Demo Cap. The two-unit project may not involve the demolition of more than twenty-five (25) percent of the existing exterior walls of an existing dwelling unless the site has not been occupied by a tenant in the last three (3) years. (5) Lot Coverage. The maximum building coverage of net lot area shall be thirty-five (35) percent. If new structures are proposed to be one-story and be deed restricted to be maintained as one-story structures in perpetuity, a fifty (50) percent lot coverage is allowed. This lot coverage standard is only enforced to the extent that it does not prevent two (2) primary dwelling units on the lot at eight hundred (800) square feet each. (6) Open Space. Private open space shall be provided for each unit at a minimum of one hundred (100) square feet in the form of a private covered patio or deck. The minimum dimensions of such space shall be eight (8) feet in each direction. This open space standard is only enforced to the extent that it does not prevent two (2) primary dwelling units on the lot at eight hundred (800) square feet each. (7) Setbacks. (A) Generally. All setbacks must conform to those objective setbacks that are imposed through the underlying zone. (B) Exceptions. Notwithstanding subsection (f)(7)(A) above: (i) Existing Structures. No setback is required for an existing legally established structure or for a new structure that is constructed in the same location and to the same dimensions as an existing legally established structure. (ii) Eight hundred (800) sf,- four-foot side and rear. The setbacks imposed by the underlying zone must yield to the degree necessary to avoid physically precluding the construction of up to two (2) units on the lot or either of the two (2) units from being at least eight hundred (800) square feet in floor area; but in no event may any structure be less than four (4) feet from a side or rear property line. (C) Front Setback Area. Notwithstanding any other part of this Code, dwellings that are constructed under this section must be at least twenty (20) feet from the front property lines. The front setback area must: (i) Be kept free from all structures greater than three (3)feet high; (ii) Be at least fifty (50) percent landscaped with drought-tolerant plants, with vegetation and irrigation plans approved by a licensed landscape architect; and Ordinance No.NS-XXX Page 47 of 54