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DESIGN GUIDELINES 14 A. Building Sitini DG - 1 Buildings should be located to define, connect, and activate public and private open spaces as usable plazas, parks, and gathering spaces. DG-2 Buildings should be located directly adjacent to the pedestrian walkway to promote ease of access and an urban environment. Landscaped setbacks are only recommended where commercial, residential, office, and hotel uses abut public streets. DG-3 Buildings should be generally oriented parallel to streets with varying setbacks to provide visual interest and varying shadow patterns. DG-4 When possible, free-standing buildings should be sited along street frontages. Buildings sited along street frontages in conjunction with landscaping treatment helps to screen parking areas. DG-5 Buildings should be oriented to promote privacy for individual residential units to the greatest extent possible. DG-6 Buildings should be arranged to provide convenient access to transit stops. DG-7 Buildings and on -site circulation should be organized to minimize areas of conflict between pedestrians and vehicles. DG-8 Link buildings to pedestrian areas such as sidewalks, parking structures, and parking lots and provide physical separation of pedestrians and vehicles wherever possible. DG-9 Buildings with first floor storefronts should be oriented to face onto a private sidewalk that is easily accessible to visitors. Buildings should avoid having primary entrances face onto Main Street or are oriented towards the 1-5 or I- 22 freeways. DG -10 Buildings should be oriented to take advantage of sun angles and exposure in order to minimize the need to mechanically heat or cool the building at different times throughout the year. DG -11 The finished floor of ground -level uses should not be significantly above or below the adjacent sidewalk. DG -12 On -site grading should not significantly impact adjacent properties. B. CompatiLMILY DG -13 Commercial, residential, and office uses should be woven together into one cohesive planning area and not isolated as individual uses. DG -14 Commercial, residential, and office structures may be placed adjacent to one another, provided they meet the required minimum setback, in a horizontal mixed -use setting or stacked with residential on top of commercial or office uses to promote an urban environment. DG -15 When residential and commercial uses are located in the same structure in a mixed -use setting, development should provide separate entrances for each use. DG -16 Residential uses should not front onto commercial or office loading areas or back -of -house facilities. MAINPLACE SPECIFIC PLAN 1 4-4