2.1.1100 Other Design Standards.
A. Development must comply with BDC 3.5.600, On-Site Drainage.
B. Development must comply with BDC 3.5.200, Outdoor Lighting Standards, and 3.5.400, Solar Standards.
C. Garage and carports must be accessed from abutting alleys. See BDC 3.1.200(E), Lot and Parcel Access, and BDC 3.1.400(F), Access Management Requirements.
D. A sink outside of a kitchen or wet bar may be added in compliance with the following:
1. In a garage or accessory structure if the space is not conditioned as defined in BDC Chapter 1.2, Definitions. A garage or accessory structure must not contain a dishwashing machine; a range hood, exhaust vent, or similar equipment; or a stove, range, or oven.
2. In a laundry room. The laundry room may include utility hook-ups for gas or electric laundry appliances. A laundry room must not contain a dishwashing machine; a range hood, or similar equipment; or a stove, range, or oven.
E. Front Door Orientation Standards.
1. Applicability. This section applies to the following types of buildings:
a. Single-unit dwellings;
b. Duplex;
c. Triplex;
d. Quadplex;
e. Townhome;
f. Single-room occupancy with six or fewer units.
2. Standards. The following front door orientation standards are required for lots and parcels with frontage onto a street. For purposes of this section, a “street” also means a tract for mid-block developments and T-courts. For duplexes, triplexes and quadplexes, this standard is only required to be met for one of the dwelling units. For townhome units, this standard only applies to the interior units. For single room occupancies, this standard is only required to be met for one entrance. The front door entrance must either:
a. Face the street;
b. Be at an angle of up to 45 degrees from the street;
c. Face a common open space that abuts the street and is abutted by dwellings on at least two sides; or
d. Open onto a porch. The porch must be at least 20 square feet in area and have at least one entrance facing the street or have a roof. A covered walkway or breezeway is not a porch.
3. Exemptions to Orientation Standards.
a. Duplexes, triplexes, quadplexes, townhomes and single room occupancy created by a conversion of an existing dwelling unit.
b. Dwelling units located on the flag portion of a flag lot. [Ord. NS-2487, 2023; Ord. NS-2463, 2023; Ord. NS-2462, 2023; Ord. NS-2423, 2021; Ord. NS-2389, 2020; Ord. NS-2314, 2018]