§ 21.31.240. Privacy standards.

A.

Applicability. Privacy standards shall apply to all residential development of five (5) units or more requiring site plan review. In applicable cases, the privacy standards shall apply to all residential occupancy areas, as defined by the Uniform Building Code.

B.

Standards. The privacy standards in Table 31-6 apply to the shortest horizontal distance between the specified window and the specified property line, or to the window or wall of another unit in the same project. Each unit in a project must meet these standards in each room.

C.

Definitions.

1.

The measurements indicated in Table 31-6 are "line-of-sight" measurements from window to window, taken from the middle of the window.

2.

The following are considered "blank walls":

a.

Garden walls four feet (4′) or more in height;

b.

Frosted glass, stained glass or similar translucent but nontransparent materials; and

c.

Windows with a lower sill not less than five feet, six inches (5′6″) above the finished floor level.

Table 31-6

Privacy Standards

	On-site				At Property Line
	Primary Room- Largest Window	Secondary Room- Largest Window	Blank Wall	Public Corridor	Interior Front	Side	Rear	Street Side
Primary Room- The largest window-R-3, R-4	45 ft.	30 ft.	20 ft.	8 ft.	Frontyard setback	20 ft.	20 ft.	*
Secondary Room- The largest window-R-3, R-4	30 ft.	15 ft.	15 ft.	0 ft.	Frontyard setback	5 ft.	20 ft.	*
Blank wall- R-3 R-4	20 ft.	15 ft.	5 ft.	0 ft.	Frontyard setback	5 ft.	10 ft.	*

 

* Fifteen percent of lot width but not less than 10 ft., nor greater than 15 ft.

(Ord. C-7378 § 8, 1995)

3.

The primary room means a living room, dining room or family room. Where an open floor area plan combines the living and dining rooms, the living/dining room shall be considered one (1) room.

4.

All rooms not defined above as a primary room shall be considered a secondary room.

5.

In the case where windows in one (1) room are of equal size, either window may be selected by the builder as the largest window.

D.

Public Corridors. Public circulation corridors may be located within window-to-window or window-to-wall spacing distances. However, such corridors shall also have a minimum privacy spacing distance from primary and secondary windows as established in Table 31-6.

(Ord. C-7378 § 6, 1995; Ord. C-7032 § 19, 1992; Ord. C-6933 §§ 20, 21, 1991; Ord. C-6822 § 10, 1990; Ord. C-6684 § 41 (part), 1990: Ord. C-6533 § 1 (part), 1988)