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DRAFT September 11, 2014 TCAAP Redevelopment Code Page | 36 7. Unless required to meet minimum fire access or service access standards all commercial and mixed-use driveways shall be a maximum of 20’ in width. Service driveways shall be a maximum of 30’ in width. Driveways wider than 24’ in width shall only be located off of General Frontage Streets. Driveways along State controlled roadways shall meet MNDOT Standards or the City’s adopted standard. 8. Residential Driveways: a. Unless required to meet minimum fire access or service access standards, driveways for Residential Use Buildings shall be a maximum of 12’ in width. b. Garages for Residential Buildings shall be located on streets with General Frontage or at the rear of residential buildings with pull-through garages where the garage door is set back behind the rear façade of the main structure. If front-loaded garages or carports are utilized on residential uses, the garages and carports shall be no greater than 24 feet wide. and set back at least 3 feet behind the front façade line. c. Front driveways shall be a minimum of 20 feet long and designed to fit at least 2 parked vehicles and ensure vehicles are parked outside of the public ROW. d. Front-loaded garages on residential lots less than 50 feet wide shall not be allowed. Townhomes and courtyard apartments shall utilize garages with access from streets with General Frontage or from Alleys. (d) Street Screen Required: i. Any non-residential parking lot frontage along Pedestrian Priority frontages and Pedestrian-Friendly frontages with surface parking shall be defined by a Street Screen. This required Street Screen shall be located at the street edge of the BTZ. Refer to the Section 10.0: Streetscape and Landscape Standards of this Code for more specifications. (e) Commercial Ready Standards: Shall meet the standards in Section 7.0. (f) Fire Separation Requirement: Side and rear setbacks shall be based on minimum fire separation required between buildings, if applicable. (g) Recessed Entry Setbacks: Building façade lines on recessed entries and arcade buildings shall be measured from the front of façade with the recessed entry or arcade (see Section 4.0 Definitions for illustration). (h) Measuring Heights: i. Chimneys, vents, elevator and stair enclosures, screened HVAC equipment, other mechanical enclosures, tanks, solar energy systems and similar elements are exempt from the height limit. ii. Internal building height shall be measured from finished floor to the bottom of the structural members of the ceiling. iii. Floor to ceiling heights shall not apply to parking structures or civic buildings. (i) Encroachments: i. Encroachments into R-O-W: 1. Maximum of 50% of the depth of the sidewalk or 10’ (whichever is less) (except blade signs which shall encroach no more than 6’ from the building façade line). 2. Minimum vertical clearance from the finished sidewalk shall be 10’