Chapter 17.52 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Section 17.52.390 Useable open space.
Where the district regulations specify a minimum of useable
open space for each dwelling unit
or a building site, the calculation of useable open space shall be made by deducting from the total
area of the building site (A) all the area included as coverage pursuant to Section 17.52.380; (B)
all areas paved to provide parking spaces, required driveways and maneuvering areas; (C) any
remaining area having a ground slope in excess of twenty (20) percent; and (D) any open space
less than ten feet in its least dimension. To the remainder may be added any roof top or outside
deck spaces more than seven feet in least dimension which are directly accessible to and safely
useable by occupants of the dwelling. (Prior gen. code § 8-60.51)