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 Columbus
 Code of Ordinances
 Title 33. ZONING CODE
 Chapter 3345. PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT

  § 3345.05. Basis of computing area.  

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  • (a)

    For the purpose of this section any area of a corner lot in excess of 7,200 square feet shall be considered as an interior lot.

    (b)

    In computing the area of the lot for the purposes of this section, the lot shall be deemed to extend to the center of any alley adjoining the rear line or side line of such lot. In case of a lot having alleys on more than one side, such lot shall be deemed to extend to the center of only one such alley.

    (c)

    In a 7,200 square foot or 5,000 square foot area district, in computing the area of the lot for the purposes of this section, if the depth of such lot is more than three times the width of such lot, a depth of only three times such width shall be used.

    (d)

    For the purposes of this section the number of families which a building is designed to accommodate shall be determined by the number of separate housekeeping units in such buildings. A suite of rooms or an apartment without kitchen or facilities for cooking meals shall not be deemed a housekeeping unit for the purposes of this section.

    (e)

    No residence building hereafter erected shall occupy alone or with other buildings a greater percentage of the area of a residential or apartment residential lot than as follows:

    (1)

    Interior lots - 60 percent.

    (2)

    Corner lots - 75 percent.

    (3)

    Corner lots - (streets on three sides) - 80 percent.

    (4)

    The measurements shall be taken at the ground level, except where the first story is used for other than residential purposes, in which case the measurements shall be taken at the second floor level. The above measurements or lot area shall not include any portion of any street or alley except as permitted in (b) above.

    (f)

    In a housing development on a single lot or parcel of land 20,000 square feet or more in area under one control, the required minimum lot area per dwelling unit may be calculated from the area of the entire development, in which area may be included community open spaces, parking spaces, and drives other than public streets, which are within the same development parcel and accessible to all occupants of the parcel groups, as well as the private yards accessible directly to the individual buildings, but excluding any areas dedicated for public purposes. It is further required that all street and alley arrangements shall be approved by the development commission.