bellingham infill toolkit - City of Bellingham

k. (up to) 4-story multi family
Site requirements and setbacks
Side setbacks: minimum five feet (5’)
Rear setback: minimum ten feet (10’) with no alley OR zero on
an alley, with a twenty-two feet (22’) minimum backup distance
accommodated within the alley ROW
Front setback: minimum ten feet (10’), maximum fifteen feet
(15’)
Bulk and Massing
Low DensityZones: 8,000sf floor plate maximum
Medium Density Zones: 15,000sf floor plate maximum
55’ height limit
Floor Area Ratio (FAR): 1.2 by right
FAR: 1.75 with structured parking
Wall modulations: Low Density Zones: every 30’ in length (2’x6’
min.), Medium Density Zones: every 50’ in length (2’x6’ min.)
Wall modulations must be expressed in a roof form change
Upper level setback; 10’ setback above 25’
Open Space
100sf per unit of private open space, with direct private access
from the intended unit, may be a deck, no dimension less than
five feet (5’)
Green Factor Required
26
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Parking
Up to 1500 sf of retail allowed, with no additional parking
required (only in specific locations)
Number of stalls will be based on location, or 1 stall per unit and
0.75 stalls per unit if parking is structured, 0.25 per unit if senior
housing
Parking accessed from a public ROW shall be limited to one
curb cut
If an alley exists, parking shall be accessed via the alley unless
approved otherwise by the Community Development Director
Figure k.0 Typical setbacks in plan
bellingham infill toolkit -DRAFT AUGUST 12, 2008