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~~~ <br />this section, <br />' Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of <br />Aldermen may, in approving a Master Flan far the development, allow ar require the <br />developer to deviate from the provisions of this section or this chapter that would <br />otherwise be applicable to the development. The developer shall be required to <br />identify and justify all deviations from Section 15-176.2 and the rest of Chapter 15. <br />(b) <br />Section 5. Section 15-15 is amended by,adding a new definition{92.I) to read as <br />follows: <br />(9Z.1) .RESIDENCE, PRIMARY WITHACCBSSORYDETACHED DWELLING. A residential <br />use in which there is located an 'the same lot a primary, single family residence and a <br />. second dwelling that is detached from the primary residence but that may be attached to <br />another accessory building such as a garage, and which second dwelling unit comprises <br />not more than fefty percent of the grass floor area of the primary residence nor more than <br />a total of 750 square feet, exclusive of garage. <br />Section 6. The first sentence of Subsection 15-182{b) is rewritten to read as follows: <br />"Two-family conversions, primary residences with an accessary apartment, and primary <br />residences with an accessory detached dwelling shall be allowed only on lots having at least <br />150% of the minimum square footage required [under subsection (a)J for one dwelling unit on a <br />lot in such district." <br />Section 7. Subsection 15-176.2(b){1) is amended by adding a new subsection "c°' to read <br />as follows: <br />. ~ c.. jAlternative IJ When a lot is developed as a primary residence with an <br />accessary detached dwelling, the accessory dwelling shall be permissible in <br />_.. . - addition to the number of dwelling units otherwise authorized under this ~ - •~ . <br />. section. <br />jAlternative Z,J. When a lot is developed as a primary residence with an <br />accessary detached dwelling, the accessory dwelling shall be counted only as a <br />half dwelling unit for purposes of determining the number of dwelling units <br />permissible within the entire tract. <br />Section $. Subsection 15-17b.2{ fl(3)(g) is amended by adding a sentence at the end of <br />this subsection, so that it reads as follows: <br />g. The build-up line specifies a cornice height that establishes the prominent visual <br />dimension of a building and defines its proportion in relation to the street It should <br />vary, with no more than sixty (60) consecutive feet of the build-up line having a <br />similar cornice or roofline, and be between one and ~ three and one-half stories iz~t <br />height. A two-story build-ug lute can range from 20 to 2S feet above average <br />Draft ordinance Relating to VMCt and p/A Developments Page 2 <br />