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Pg 23 (Garages Garages and Garage Bays <br /> and Garage <br /> Bays) Side loading, alley-loading, and rear-of-lot garages provide several advantages over more typical front-loading garages. <br /> Sidewalks are less interrupted by side-loading and rear of lot garage driveways than front-loading garage driveways, and are <br /> completely uninterrupted when alley-loading garages are available. This results in a more appealing and safer pedestrian <br /> environment. In addition, the use of non-front loading garages maintains a more attractive streetscape, since garage doors and <br /> driveway-aprons are de-emphasized or hidden, helping to create a neighborhood that feels more like a place for people than a <br /> place for cars. <br /> To the extent reasonably possible, side-loading, alley-loading, and rear of lot garages should be used instead of front-loading <br /> garages. <br /> All garages in the Eclipse Mill Neighborhood shall face the access lanes/private alleys—no garage may face the public street. <br /> Any garage doors that face a street, access lane, alley or public area shall feature windows, recesses or molding to help blend the <br /> doors with the character of the house. Detached garages are allowed. Carports are not allowed in single family neighborhoods. <br /> All garage walls shall include landscaping, windows or structural changes, trellises, or trim to break up uninterrupted walls. <br /> Pg. 25 Mechanical Equipment+Utility Meters <br /> (Mechanical <br /> Equipment) Utility meters, electrical conduit, and other service utility apparatus shall be located and/or designed to minimize their visibility <br /> from the street. If such elements are mounted in a location visible from the street, pedestrian pathway, common open space, or <br /> access lanes, they shall be screened with vegetation or by architectural features. Builders shall ask utility <br /> companies to locate public utility distribution meters, vaults and similar installations away from high visibility areas such as <br /> street corners, along streets, and view areas. Alley locations are preferred when possible. All mechanical equipment and meters <br /> shall be inconspicuously located on the house plan. Window-mounted air conditioning and mechanical units are prohibited. <br /> Attachment H-13 <br />