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2 <br /> <br />c. If the garage door faces the street, the length of the garage wall facing the street <br />shall not be greater than fifty-five percent (55%) of the length of the entire front <br />facade of the structure; except on houses that comply with all of the following <br />conditions: <br /> <br />i. The second floor living space extends over the two-car portion of the <br />garage; and <br /> <br />ii. The garage doors are decorative and have a strip of windows; and <br /> <br />iii. Garages in excess of two stalls shall be broken up so the additional stalls <br />are recessed two feet from the main garage façade; and <br /> <br />iv. Garage width does not exceed 32 feet except on four stall garages. <br /> <br />The intent of the garage standards is to minimize the visual impacts of garages protruding <br />forward of the house i.e. snout houses. The resolution did not take into account a one-story, <br />single-level villa home with a 3 stall garage. As noted in their narrative, Lennar has several <br />one-story house plans that would not be allowed a 3 stall garage because the length of the <br />garage wall exceeds the 55% criteria and the home does not have a second floor to extend over <br />the garage. The floor areas of these villas homes range from 1,500-1,900 sf. <br /> <br />Lennar is proposing to amend 4(c) of Resolution No. 17-133 as follows: <br /> <br />i. If a two-story home, a portion of the second floor living space extends over the two-car <br />portion of the garage; or if a one-story home, the front porch or front facade must be <br />flush with or protrude forward of the front garage facade; and <br /> <br />For added clarity to the resolution, staff suggests the following language: <br /> <br />4. Garages. All single family homes shall have a double garage and shall comply with the <br />following: <br /> <br />a. Compliance with the Building Type and Construction Standards of §1007.043 <br />(2), and <br /> <br />b. On a one-story, single level home, <br /> <br />i. Garages, except side or rear loaded garages, shall not protrude forward <br />of the front wall of the house, unless the house includes a front porch <br />that is unenclosed, a minimum of 6 feet in depth, and extends across 100 <br />percent of the front façade of the house, and <br /> <br />ii. The garage shall then not protrude forward of the front porch, and <br /> <br />iii. The length of the garage wall shall not be greater than sixty-seven <br />percent (67%) of the length of the entire front facade of the structure, and <br />