§ 6.11.119. Residential Single-Family Conventional (RSC-10) Supplemental Standards

A.

Generally

Due to the smaller minimum lot size permitted in the RSC-10 district, the lots may not provide the typical off-street parking area to accommodate multiple vehicles. Automobile parking is a significant concern. Accordingly, developments must be designed subject to supplemental requirements to include a garage for every dwelling and increased right-of-way width to accommodate sufficient on-street parking capacity. Regulated roadways as defined in the Hillsborough County Comprehensive Plan are excluded from the increased right-of-way width requirement referenced above. If a variance is sought from these requirements the applicant must provide sufficient evidence to corroborate that said variance will not undermine the public purpose of these specific supplemental regulations.

B.

Standards

1.

A garage is required for each dwelling unit. Garages designed to hold three or more cars shall have at least two separate doors. The entry face of a garage accessed through a front yard, including a front yard functioning as a side yard, shall be set back a minimum of 20 feet from the property line from which it is accessed. Additionally, garages shall be placed at least five feet further from the street than the front plane of the principal building, excluding covered porch if present. The length of the garage wall facing the street may be up to 50 percent of the length of the street-facing building façade. Except as otherwise regulated by this Part, setbacks for detached garages shall comply with the accessory structure requirements of this Code. For the purposes of this regulation, a garage is defined as a building or building appendage that is accessory to a main building, providing for the storage of automobiles which is enclosed on all four sides and pierced only by windows and customary doors.

2.

Carports, other than drive-through porte cocheres, shall be prohibited. Drive-through porte cocheres shall meet principal structure setbacks and shall extend no closer to the street than the front plane of the principal building, excluding covered porches if present. For the purposes of this regulation, a carport is defined as the space for the housing or storage of automobiles and enclosed on not more than three sides by walls.

C.

Transportation

New streets and reconstruction of existing streets, excluding regulated roadways as defined in the Hillsborough County Comprehensive Plan, shall conform to the design standards established in Section 3.17.09, Ruskin Town Center Streets Typical Section or other approved and appropriate typical section that includes on-street parking from the Hillsborough County Transportation Technical Manual.

(Ord. No. 09-53, Item L, 6-11-09, eff. 10-1-09; Ord. No. 09-62, Item Q, 10-26-09, eff. 2-1-2010)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 09-53, Item L, adopted June 11, 2009, effective October 1, 2009, amended the Code by adding provision designated as § 6.11.118. Inasmuch as Item K previously added provisions designated as § 6.11.118, the provisions of Item L have been codified herein as § 6.11.119 at the discretion of the editor. See also the Table of Amendments.