Ordinance 3269-12 - Laserfiche WebLink

2. Frontage Requirements for Properties in the MUO Fronting on Designated Pedestrian Oriented Side Streets. All development for properties fronting on"designated pedestrian oriented side streets" as specified in Section 31B.015.D shall meet the following conditions: a. Parking areas must not be located between primary buildings and the designated side streets unless the City determines no other option is feasible. In such cases, the City may allow parking areas to occupy up to 50 percent of the street front, but no more than 65 feet, measured parallel to the street right-of-way. b. No parking areas are allowed along the side street right-of-way within 100 feet of the Evergreen Way right-of-way unless the City determines no other option is feasible. c. Service areas, drive-through windows, storage areas, large-item display areas, fences over three feet high, chain-link fences, and untreated blank walls (see 31B.080.G) shall not be visible from a designated side street. (The City may require special screening measures to accomplish this requirement.) d. Buildings within 100 feet of the Evergreen Way right-of-way shall feature pedestrian- oriented facades facing the side street. (See Section 31B.080.D.) e. Buildings with ground floor residential units within 20 feet of the right-of-way must have the ground floor elevation at least three feet above sidewalk grade except for designated universally accessible units. This provision is intended to increase privacy for ground-floor dwelling units. f. Parking areas must be screened from pedestrian areas, sidewalks, walkways, and the street right-of-way in accordance with Section 31B.060.B.2. g. Buildings with ground floor commercial uses located within 25 feet of the right-of- way must feature transparency (window or glass area) on at least 50 percent of the ground floor façade facing the street between two feet and 8 feet above grade. Residential units on the ground floor and within 15 feet of the right-of-way must feature transparency on at least 20 percent of the ground floor between 5 and 11 feet above grade. h. Building entries must have a direct pathway to the public sidewalk. Such entries should face the street. i. Areas between the street right-of-way and the front building façade must be a pedestrian-oriented space or landscaped as described in Section 31B.070.C. j. The interior of parking lots shall be landscaped as required by EMC Section 19.35.080. Note: See also Section 31B.070.H, Street Corners. 29