§ 20.75.180. Residential recreation space requirements.

All residential development in the MS-G and MS-C main street districts shall provide useable common recreation space in conformance with all of the requirements of this section.

A.

Useable common recreation space shall be provided equal to one hundred or more square feet per residential unit and shall:

1.

Be accessible to all residents of the building or site; and

2.

Provide a minimum horizontal dimension of fifteen feet and a minimum contiguous area of three hundred square feet; and

3.

Be designed primarily for recreational use; and

4.

Not include pedestrian circulation unless such circulation is integral to the recreational use of a larger outdoor recreation area, or the pedestrian facility is a jogging trail, exercise course or other facility that is primarily recreational in purpose.

B.

Useable common recreation space may include recreation space that is interior to a building if that interior recreation space conforms to the following additional requirements:

1.

The entire area of the indoor space is designed exclusively for recreational use (including but not limited to swimming pools, work-out facilities, tennis courts or multi-use recreation rooms) and is available to all residents of the building or site; and

2.

The area of the indoor recreation space does not exceed fifty percent of the total useable common recreation space required for the building or site.

C.

Private open space shall be provided equal to sixty or more square feet per residential unit for a minimum of fifty percent of the total residential units on the site. Private open space shall be directly accessible from the residential unit it serves and shall have a minimum horizontal dimension of six feet.

D.

Notwithstanding the provision of Section 20.75.180A., a residential development with twenty residential units or fewer shall not be required to provide useable common recreation space, if private open space is provided for every residential unit in the amount and with the configuration specified in Section 20.75.180C.

E.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 20.75.180C., the decision maker may reduce the percentage of residential units required to have private open space to less than fifty percent of the total units through a development permit based on a finding that the private open space that would otherwise be required has been replaced on that site on a one-for-one basis by additional useable common recreation space that is above and beyond the amount required in Section 20.75.180A.

(Ords. 28858, 29011.)