Subject: 9538/Zoning/RT-Resi Townhouse/Statement of Intent
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1989 12:20:00 -0500


                  
                  
                  
                                 ORDINANCE NO. 9538
                  
                  
                   AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 6958, AS
                   AMENDED, KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE, SO AS
                   TO INCORPORATE INTERPRETIVE LANGUAGE, AMENDING
                   ARTICLE V, SECTION 121 RELATIVE TO THE
                   STATEMENT OF INTENT.
                  
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              	   WHEREAS, The City of Chattanooga Board of Appeals for
         Variances and Special Permits has requested the staff to
         incorporate interpretive language into the RT-1 Residential
         Townhouse zone portion of the Chattanooga Zoning Ordinance; and
              	   WHEREAS, the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional
         Planning Commission recommends amending the provisions of the
         Zoning Ordinance governing the RT-1 Residential Townhouse Zone; 

                                  NOW, THEREFORE,
              	   SECTION 1.  BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
         CITY OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, That Ordinance No. 6958, as
         amended, known as the Zoning Ordinance, be and the same is 
hereby
         amended as follows:
        
              (a)  That Article V, Section 121, be amended by deleting 
said
         section in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof the
         following:
             
              "Statement of Intent:
             
              It is the intent of this section to provide regulations
              for the development of townhouses (also called rowhouses
              and "attached" homes) in a manner which is attractive,
              efficient, and compatible with surrounding development. 
              It is also the intent of these regulations that the
              underlying real estate may be divided into small lots so
              that each unit can along with the underlying property,
              be individually sold and owned on a "fee simple" basis,
              although said units may also be sold as condominiums. 
              It is further intended as a policy that any townhouse
              development of more than 8 units should be located
              within 500' of a major arterial or collector as shown on
              the General Plan most recently adopted by the Planning
              Commission."
             
              (b)  That Article V, Section 122, subsection (1) be 
amended
         by deleting same in its entirety and substituting in lieu 
thereof
         the following:
        
              "(1) Townhouse dwellings, excluding manufactured homes,
              provided that such townhouse dwellings shall meet all
              structural standards set forth in the Standard Building
              Code adopted by the City of Chattanooga for townhouse
              construction."
             
              (c)  That Article V, Section 123, subsection (2) be 
amended
         by deleting the following:
        
              "(2) A minimum building site area for townhouse
              dwellings shall be thirteen hundred and fifty (1350)
              square feet."
             
         And substituting in lieu thereof the following:
        
              "(2) A minimum building site area for each townhouse
              unit shall be one thousand three hundred fifty (1350)
              square feet." 
             
             
              (d)  That Article V, Section 123, subsection (3) be 
amended
         by deleting the following:
             
              "(3) The minimum lot width shall be eighteen (18) feet."
             
         And substituting in lieu thereof the following:
        
              "(3) The minimum building site width for each unit shall
              be eighteen (18) feet."
             
              (e)  That a new subjection (9) be added to Article V, 
Section
         123, as follows:
        
              "(9) Frontage on a dedicated public street of the
              individual units shall be required only when the
              underlying properties are individually sold as lots
              along with the units on a fee simple basis."
             
              	   SECTION 2.  BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That this 
Ordinance
         shall take effect two weeks from and after its passage, the 
public
         welfare requiring it.
        
        
         PASSED on Third and Final
         Reading April 16, 1990.       
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              	   	     	       	    	   CHAIRPERSON
        
              	   	     	       APPROVED:______ DISAPPROVED: _______
        
              	   	     	       DATE:________________ _______, 1990.
        
        
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              	   	     	       	    	      MAYOR
        
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