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the street. Landscape buffers should be provided <br />along driveways which are adjacent to any project <br />which includes residential development. <br />b. Landscape buffers in addition to other screening <br />techniques should also be provided as a means <br />to screen trash collection areas, and above grade <br />surface parking. <br />b. Pedestrian-oriented sidewalks and streetscapes. <br />Projects as a whole shall incorporate design and <br />development features that facilitate pedestrian and <br />bicycle-scale orientation at the street level. These <br />features include, but are not limited to, street trees, <br />improved medians with trees, widened sidewalks, <br />pedestrian-scale lighting, integrated bicycle paths, <br />curbside parkways, and feasible curbside parking to <br />create a streetscape that accommodates increased <br />and comfortable pedestrian and bicycle use. <br />5.8 LANDSCAPE BUFFERS <br />a. In order to establish a strong public street and <br />sidewalk edge, building massing shall establish <br />variation in relationship of the building frontages to <br />Ventilation <br />~- Landscape screening berm <br />/~ <br />.r ~ <br />• <br />Podium parking ~._._ <br />-.r----~---- - <br />Podium parking screening <br />5.9 PARKING <br />Parking areas, whether at grade or in a structure, shall be <br />completely screened from the public street view. Above-grade <br />parking structures shall be completely screened at the street <br />level by architectural features including retail spaces, stoops, <br />porches, landscaping or other pedestrian oriented design <br />features. <br />5.10 ENERGY CONSERVATION-SHADE AND <br />SHADOW <br />Energy consumption shall be minimized using the following <br />features where feasible: cogeneration, solar access, south <br />facing windows with eave coverage, double glazed <br />windows, deciduous shade trees, good ventilation, efficient <br />lighting, and day lighting. <br />Individual units, where possible, should be oriented such that <br />they receive a minimum of two (2) hours of direct sunlight in <br />major living spaces such as living rooms, dining rooms, dens, <br />great rooms, or kitchens on the day of the winter solstice. <br />5.1 1 RESIDENTIAL UNIT SIZE <br />An average unit size of 1,200 square feet per unit will be <br />used as a guideline to assess the overall quality and livability <br />of any residential units. The mix of unit sizes within a project <br />should be more heavily weighted towards units larger than <br />1,000 square feet in size. <br />11 A-44 <br />Pedestrian/bicycle oriented streetscape <br />