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9 <br />h. FRONT PORCH: The minimum setback from a front porch to right-of-way <br />shall be 8 feet. <br />i. FRONT FACING GARAGE DOOR SETBACKS: The minimum setback to a <br />garage door on the front elevation of a home shall be 22 feet. <br />j. REAR YARD SETBACKS: The minimum rear yard shall be 15 feet measured <br />from the property line to the foundation plane of the home (excludes popouts <br />for fireplaces, media niches, nooks, and/or bay windows). Fifty percent of the <br />rear plane of the foundation may project into the setback by up to 10 feet. Lots <br />adjacent to existing homes to the north shall have a minimum of a 50 foot <br />setback for habitable structures. <br />k. BUILDING HEIGHT: The maximum building height for the principal structure <br />shall be 25 feet for a one story and 32 feet for a two story. Height of building <br />shall be measured from the pad elevation at the foundation to the point of the <br />highest ridge, excluding chimneys. <br />l. FLOOR AREA RATIO: The ratio of the floor area allowed per lot to lot area <br />shall be a maximum of 60%. Seven hundred (700) square feet are excluded <br />from the FAR calculation for the garage. Additionally, up to eight hundred <br />square feet (800) of living area is excluded for Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) <br />structures above a garage or attached to main home and one hundred percent <br />of the living area of any detached ADU is excluded from this calculation. <br />m. ADDITIONS RELATED TO HEIGHTS OF STRUCTURES: Additions to the <br />main structure may be constructed with the same setbacks as original provided <br />the addition is consistent with terms a. through l. above. <br />n. ACCESSORY STRUCTURES: <br />a. The maximum height shall be 20 feet for any accessory structure other <br />than Accessory Dwelling Units (shed, pool house, play house, etc). <br />b. No accessory structure shall be located in a front yard. <br />c. Unroofed porches, steps, decks, patios, outdoor kitchens, shall have a <br />minimum 3 foot setback from side and rear yards provided that the <br />height, including railings shall not exceed 6 feet above the grade of the <br />ground. <br />d. Covered patios attached to a main structure and enclosed on more than <br />one side, sheds, and pool houses must maintain a setback of 5 feet <br />from side property line or fence and five feet from rear yard property <br />line. Covered patios open on three or more sides may come to within 5 <br />feet of the rear and three feet of the side property lines. <br />e. Swimming pools and in-ground spas must be kept 5 feet from any property <br />line (as measured from the pool water line), and portable, cord-connected <br />spas must be kept 3 feet from any property line, except on the street side of <br />a corner lot, where the minimum side yard setback for any pool or spa is 10 <br />feet. No setback is required for pool equipment unless it is located within the <br />required side yard setback adjacent to the main structure (house), where a 3 <br />foot setback must be maintained. Pool equipment must be in compliance <br />with the City of Pleasanton Municipal Code. <br />