§ 3.13. Garden home subdivisions.

3.1301.

General. Garden home subdivisions may be constructed in the City of Patterson, Louisiana. Garden homes constructed under this section shall be designed as "for sale" units.

3.1302.

Conditions of approval.

(1)

Sewerage, water supply and drainage shall be designed and constructed under the supervision of and approved by the St. Mary Parish Health Unit and the engineer for the City of Patterson, Louisiana, as provided under sections 4.6, 4.7, and 4.8 of this ordinance, except that connection to sanitary sewer system of the City of Patterson, Louisiana, shall be the only permitted method of sewerage disposal.

(2)

Drives, parking and utilities. Design and construction of drives, drainage and location of utilities shall be subject to review and approval of the preliminary plan by the city engineer, after approval of the preliminary plan by the planning commission and board of aldermen.

(a)

Before approval of the final subdivision plans, deed restrictions shall be submitted, including designation of all servitudes, lot lines, parking areas and other open space, with provisions for perpetual maintenance of all improvements including pavements, landscaping, utilities and services. Deed restrictions shall clearly indicate that the City of Patterson will not accept any maintenance responsibility for private drives and parking spaces.

(3)

Minimum lot width shall be twenty-five (25) feet and minimum lot area two thousand five hundred (2,500) feet per dwelling unit. End units shall maintain an additional five-foot side property setback; otherwise the zero lot line concept shall prevail for all interior units.

(4)

Common walls shall be constructed of concrete blocks or other fire proof materials as approved by the state fire marshal.

(5)

For those units with parking in the rear, a fifteen-foot front setback (from the easement) will be required. For those units with parking in the front of the unit, a thirty-foot front setback (from the easement) will be required. For those units with parking in the rear, a thirty-five-foot rear setback (from the property line) shall be required. For those units with parking in the front, a fifteen-foot rear setback (from the property line) shall be required.

(6)

Parking area requirements shall consist of no less than two (2) parking spaces per garden home unit and shall not be less than eighteen (18) feet in width and twenty (20) feet in length.