HomeMy WebLinkAboutRMC 4-2-110B_DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR RESIDENTIAL HIGH DENSITY ZONES - PRIMARY STRUCTURES_COMPLETESection 4-2-110B of the Renton Municipal Code is repealed and replaced as follows:
4-2-110B1 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR RESIDENTIAL HIGH DENSITY ZONES – PRIMARY
STRUCTURES
R-10 R-14 RMF RMF-2
Minimum Net Density (per
Net Acre)1, 2, 15
5 dwelling units30 7 dwelling
units30
10 dwelling
units30
20 dwelling units30
Maximum Net Density (per
Net Acre)2, 14, 15
10 dwelling units29 14 dwelling
units29
20 dwelling
units29
40 dwelling units20
Maximum Number of
Dwellings (per Legal Lot)2
Detached dwellings: 1 dwelling unit
and up to 2 accessory dwelling units
Attached dwellings: n/a
Townhouses: 1 dwelling unit
Other Attached Dwellings: n/a
Minimum Lot Size2, 28, 31 Detached
dwellings: 4,000 sq. ft.
Attached
dwellings: n/a
Detached
dwellings: 3,000 sq. ft.
Attached
dwellings: n/a
n/a
Minimum Lot Width31 40 ft. 30 ft. Townhouses: 25 ft. Other Attached Dwellings: 50 ft.
Minimum Lot
Width31 (Corner Lots)
50 ft. 40 ft. Townhouses: 30 ft.
Other Attached Dwellings: 60 ft.
Minimum Lot Depth31 70 ft. 60 ft. Townhouses: 50 ft. Other Attached Dwellings: 65 ft.
Minimum Front Yard4, 5, 31 20 ft. except when
all vehicle access
is taken from an
alley, then 15 ft.39
15 ft.11, except
when all vehicle
access is taken
from an alley, then 10 ft.39
Townhouses: 15 ft.11, except when
all vehicle access is taken from an
alley, then 10 ft.39
Other Attached Dwellings: 20 ft.
Minimum Rear Yard4, 22, 31 15 ft.21, 39 10 ft.21, 39 Townhouses: 10 ft.13, 39
Other Attached Dwellings: 15 ft.39
Minimum Side Yard4, 31 Detached Units: 4 ft. Attached Units: 4 ft. for unattached
side(s), 0 ft. for the attached
side(s).23
5 ft. for unattached side(s), 0 ft. for the attached side(s).13
Minimum Secondary Front
Yard4, 5, 31 (applies to Corner Lots)
15 ft.11 Townhouses: 15 ft.11
Other Attached Dwellings: 20 ft.
Maximum Building
Coverage (including
Primary and Accessory)
55% 65% Townhouses: 70%
Other Attached Dwellings: 35%
Formatted: Heading 3, Space Before: 10.2 pt, Pattern:Clear (Background 1)
A maximum coverage of 45% may
be allowed through the Hearing
Examiner site development plan review process.
Maximum Impervious
Surface Area
70% 80% 75%
Maximum Number of
Stories
2 3
Maximum Wall Plate
Height8, 9, 10, 12, 18, 19
24 ft. 24 ft., increase
up to 32 ft.
possible subject
to administrative conditional use
permit approval.
Townhouses: 32 ft.
Other Attached Dwellings: 32 ft.,
increase up to 42 ft. possible
subject to administrative conditional use permit approval.
Maximum Number of Units
per Building2
4 units 6 units n/a
Minimum Freeway
Frontage Setback
10 ft. landscaped setback from the street property line.
Maximum Wireless
Communication Facilities Height (including Amateur Radio Antennas)
See RMC 4-4-140, Wireless Communication Facilities. Amateur radio
antennas are allowed a maximum height of 6 feet without a Conditional Use Permit. Larger structures will have a maximum height determined by the Conditional Use Permit process, RMC 4-9-030, Conditional Use
Permits.
Design Standards See RMC 4-2-115, Residential Design and Open Space Standards.
Landscaping See RMC 4-4-070, Landscaping.
Exterior Lighting See RMC 4-4-075, Lighting, Exterior On-Site.
Screening See RMC 4-4-095, Screening and Storage Height/Location Limitations.
Exception for Pre-Existing
Legal Lots
See RMC 4-10-010, Nonconforming Lots.
1 Please see Section 4-2-110I, Conditions Associated with Residential Development Standards Tables, for
explanation of table footnotes.