1. The building setback areas required under this Section 146-4.2 shall be unobstructed from the ground upward except for fences, landscaping, and other specific building features specified as exceptions to the required setbacks in Section 146-4.2.4 (Exceptions and Encroachments) or otherwise identified as exceptions in this UDO.

2. In addition to the dimensional standards in this Section 146-4.2, landscaped buffers required by Sections 146-3.3 (Use-Specific Standards), 146-4.4 (Neighborhood Protection Standards), and 146-4.7 (Landscape, Water Conservation, Storm water Management) may apply, and applicable site and storm drainage standards will apply, any or all of which may require building setbacks or yard areas to be larger than those listed in the dimensional standard tables in this Section 146-4.2.

1. The adjusted area shall form a single, closed polygon of compact and logical shape.

2. For the MU-TOD district, the adjusted area shall be determined by Station Area Plans.

3. The adjusted area shall not include any lands that the applicant is otherwise required to dedicate pursuant to statute, or any additional, voluntary dedication of land, except for land related to streets and rights-of-way as described in Section 146-4.2.1.C.5 below.

4. The adjusted area shall exclude any floodplain areas and any existing publicly owned land.

5. The adjusted area shall include the right-of-way of all public and private streets surrounded by the area's other eligible land uses, as well as one-half of the right-of-way of any public or private streets along the area's perimeter. For purposes of determining densities, limited access highways shall not be included as public and private streets and shall not be included in the adjusted area.

6. The adjusted area may include any private common space, including recreation facilities, parking areas, detention ponds, or accessory structures, such as a maintenance facility or administrative office, customarily associated with the adjusted area's housing type, as well as any golf course that will be conveyed to the City for public use or will be held by a homeowners’ association or other entity approve by the City for private use.

7. The maximum residential densities indicated in Section 146-4.2.2 are not guarantees that the listed can be achieved on any individual lot or parcel, or within any development, and do not imply that the City is obligated or willing to use any of the tools in Section 146-5.4.4 (Flexibility and Relief Procedures) to enable those residential densities to be achieved. Those maximum densities may not be achievable for a number of reasons, including but not limited to the shape or configuration of the lot or parcel, topographic or geologic conditions on the lot or parcel, or the presence of environmentally sensitive areas or utility easements on or through the parcel, (Ord. No. 2019-49 § 1, 08-19-2019)