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(1) The setback shall be measured from the edge of the tract or easement. Where no tract or easement is established, the measurement shall be made from the edge of the road network element.

(2) The setback may be reduced to the setback required for a structure if a vehicle entering the covered parking structure can turn around inside the covered parking structure and exit without having to back out.

(3) These setbacks shall be measured from the edge of the right-of-way.

(4) Applies to public rights-of-way under 60 feet that are not included in development subject to the recorded subdivision, short subdivision, or binding site plan. These setbacks shall be measured from the centerline of the right-of-way.

(5) The county engineer may require the front lot line setback from a public right-of-way be measured from a right-of-way reservation line established in accordance with SCC 30.24.140(1), when:

(a) The right-of-way width is less than 60 feet in width and determined inadequate by the county engineer based on:

(i) The comprehensive plan arterial circulation map; or

(ii) An adopted design report, roadway design or right-of-way plan; and

(b) The right-of-way is not located in a recorded subdivision, short subdivision or binding site plan.

(6) Single-family detached, single-family attached, and duplex structures constructed in the LDMR and MR zones shall use the minimum setbacks required in the R-8,400 zone.

(7) Structures over two stories, other than single-family detached structures, shall increase the setbacks by three feet; provided, that the additional setback shall only be required as an upper floor stepback for portions of residential structures above 20 feet in height in the same manner as SCC 30.23.040(59).

(8) In the IP zone there shall be an additional one foot setback for every one foot of building height over 45 feet.

(9) In the F zone, the setbacks for residential structures on lots 10 acres or less, where the lot was legally created prior to being zoned to F, shall be the same as in the R-5 zone.

(10) See SCC 30.23.120 for front setback exceptions from road network elements.

(11) See SCC 30.41C.130 and 30.41C.140 for additional front setback requirements for lots created through the rural cluster subdivision provisions of chapter 30.41C SCC.

(12) See SCC 30.23.040(59).

(13) In a townhouse or mixed townhouse development, setbacks for residential structures may be reduced to a minimum of five feet from a public or private road.

(14) In a townhouse or mixed townhouse development, setbacks for entrances to covered parking structures may be reduced under subsections (14)(a) and (b) of this section, except that such entrances to covered parking structures shall be restricted under subsection (14)(c) of this section:

(a) A minimum of five feet from a public or private road.

(b) A minimum of zero feet from a drive aisle, shared court, shared driveway, or alley.

(c) The vehicular entrance to a covered parking structure shall not be located between nine and 19 feet from an abutting road network element. An entrance to a covered parking structure that is located at least 19 feet from the abutting road network element may have upper-story floors project up to four feet horizontally into the area where an entrance to a covered parking structure is prohibited, and except as otherwise allowed under SCC 30.23.115 for minor architectural features.

(15) The setback from a drive aisle that provides access to the rear of a lot, structure, or use, and is less than 20 feet in width, shall be a minimum of four feet. (Added by Amended Ord. 12-049, Oct. 3, 2012, Eff date Jan. 1, 2013; Amended by Ord. 17-062, Oct. 18, 2017, Eff date Dec. 17, 2017; Amended by Amended Ord. 17-061, Mar. 28, 2018, Eff date May 27, 2018).