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E. Off-Street Parking. 1. The required off-street parking spaces listed in the use-standards table indicates the parking requirement for new buildings or additions to an existing building. As an alternative to the off-street parking standards contained in the use-standards table for the B-3 zone, an applicant may propose an alternative parking standard which shall be reviewed by the planning director in accordance with Section 34.030. 2. Exceptions. a. Existing buildings which were built prior to zoning regulations or under a prior zoning code shall be permitted to be occupied without providing the additional off-street parking required by the use-standards table for the B-3 zone. b. When an expansion of an existing building is proposed which adds the lesser of ten percent of the gross floor area that existed as of January 13, 1990, or one thousand square feet, no additional off-street parking shall be required for the new portion of the building. F. The provisions of subsections A, C and D of this section may be modified by the planning director or planning commission, if the applicant proposes an alternative method of design which achieves a result which is equivalent or superior to that which could be achieved through strict compliance with the provisions of subsections A, C or D of this section. Any proposal which contains more than fifty thousand square feet gross floor area which proposes an alternative method of design shall be reviewed by the planning commission, using Review Process V.B. Any proposal which contains fifty thousand square feet or less gross floor area which proposes an alternative method of design shall be reviewed by the planning director using Review Process II.B. In considering an alternative method of design,the city shall place considerable emphasis upon the design review criteria for the B-3 zone contained in Section 22.030. In approving an alternative method of design,the city shall make written findings which state: 1. The reason that the alternative method of design meets the intent of the standards for which an alternative design method has been proposed; and 2. How the proposed alternative method of design results in a design which is equivalent or superior to that which is required by the provisions of subsection A, C or D of this section. G. Pedestrian Skybridges. Skybridges or pedestrian walkways which are elevated above grade and cross a public street or alley right-of-way shall be prohibited in areas designated as pedestrian-oriented street frontage by map no. 28-4, and may only be permitted outside the areas designated by map no. 28-4 when approved by the planning director, using Review Process II.B after consultation with and approval by the city engineer. is hereby amended to read as follows: 22.020 Development Standards in the B-3 Zone. In addition to the development standards contained in Table 6.1 of this Title,the following development standards apply to uses hereafter established in the B-3 zone.