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Housing Standards and Design Guidelines PART 5 APPENDIX A Usable Open Space Code: The following was taken from the City of Pleasanton Zoning Code and is located here for reference only. Should the code change, the updated code shall be followed. 18.84.170 Usable open space. A. Each dwelling unit in the RM and C-C districts shall have group or private usable open space as prescribed in the zoning schedule codified in table 18.84.010 of this chapter, provided that in the RM district each dwelling unit shall have private usable open space of at least the minimum area specified by subsection C of this section. Group and private usable open space may be combined to meet the requirements. Each square foot of private usable open space shall be considered equivalent to two square feet of group usable open space and may be so substituted. All required usable open space shall be planted area, or shall have a dust-free surface, or shall be water surface, provided that not less than 10 percent of the required group usable open space at ground level shall be landscaped with trees and other plant materials suitable for ornamentation. No required usable open space shall be located in a parking area, driveway, service area, or required front yard, or shall have a slope greater than 10 percent. B. Group usable open space shall have a minimum area of 300 square feet and a rectangle inscribed within it shall have no dimension less than 15 feet. Required usable open space may be located on the roof of an attached garage or carport, but not more than 20 percent of the required space shall be located on the roof of a building containing habitable rooms. C. Private usable open space located at ground level shall have a minimum area of 150 square feet and a rectangle inscribed within it shall have no dimension less than 10 feet. The minimum area of aboveground-level space shall be 50 square feet and a rectangle inscribed within it shall have no dimension less than five feet. Private usable open space shall be adjacent to, and not more than four feet above or below the floor level of the dwelling unit served. Not more than 50 percent of ground-level space may be covered by an overhang, balcony, or patio roof. Aboveground-level space shall have at least one exterior side open above railing height. D. Private, ground-level, usable open space on the street side of a structure shall be screened from the street. E. Usable open space shall be permanently maintained by the owner in orderly condition. (Prior code § 2-5.45) City of Pleasanton - 44 - DISCUSSION DRAFT June 5, 2011