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Park District Planned Development Overlay | Exhibit A.2 – Park District Design Standards Page 21 <br />Exhibit A.2_Park District PDO_Design Standards_24-0703 <br />4.4 – Parking and Service Elements <br />Purpose <br />• To reduce potential negative impacts of driveways and off-street parking facilities on the <br />streetscape. <br />• To provide visibility and safe interactions between drivers and other sidewalk/roadway <br />users. <br />• To limit adverse visual, odor, and noise impacts of mechanical equipment, utility <br />cabinets, trash and recycling receptacles, and other service areas at ground and roof <br />levels. <br />• To provide adequate, durable, well-maintained, and accessible service and equipment <br />areas. <br />• To reduce impacts from the location and utilization of service areas. <br />• To provide service areas for truck deliveries and loading with practical access to building <br />elevators that will be partially concealed from view when not in use, and will not interfere <br />with pedestrian or vehicle traffic when in use. <br />Relationship to Other Standards <br />These standards are unique to the Park District. <br />Standards <br />A. Off-street parking and loading. <br />1. Off-street parking must be hidden and integrated into the buildings. Exceptions: <br />a. Entrance/exits. <br />b. This standard does not apply to interim parking uses for portions of the site planned <br />for a later phase of development. <br />c. Other permanent surface-level parking must be set back at least five feet from the <br />sidewalk and feature Type III landscaping between the sidewalk and parking area. <br />2. Parking garage entries. <br />a. Parking garage entrances are limited to 40 feet in width and must be designed and <br />sited to complement, not subordinate, pedestrian entries. <br />b. Where vehicles enter and exit a parking garage or service area across a sidewalk or <br />internal walkway, direct visibility between pedestrians and motorists must be <br />provided. Mirrors and electronic visual/audio warnings alone are not acceptable <br />methods. Direct visibility must be provided with one or more of the following <br />features: <br />i. Setback entries. <br />ii. Cropped wall corners or chamfers.. <br />iii. Wall openings. <br />iv. Other treatments to enhance safety and visibility.