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Multi‐Family Residential Regulations  Page 9 of 30  <br />  <br />Residential – Multi- <br />Family and Senior <br />Independent Living <br />Uses <br />1.0 <br />space/efficienc <br />y and one- <br />bedroom units; <br />1.5 <br />spaces/two- <br />bedroom+ units <br />1.0 <br />space/efficiency <br />and one-bedroom <br />units; 2.0 <br />spaces/two <br />bedroom+ unis <br />*See Section 1325.045 of <br />the Arden Hills Code for <br />additional criteria. <br />Residential – Nursing <br />Home and Assisted <br />Living Uses <br />0.75 <br />spaces/unit <br />0.75 spaces/unit <br /> <br />iii. Driveways and Service Access: <br />1. Unless otherwise specified in the specific Zoning District standards in <br />Sections 6.2 through 6.8, driveway access and off-street loading and <br />unloading may be along General Frontages only. <br />2. Unless otherwise specified in the specific Zoning District standards in <br />Sections 6.2 through 6.8 or through permitted adjustments, driveway and <br />off-street loading and unloading may be located with access along a <br />Pedestrian-Friendly Frontage street only if the property has no access to <br />either a General Frontage street or joint use easement to an adjoining <br />property with direct driveway access to any other street. <br />3. Unless otherwise specified in the specific Zoning District standards in <br />Sections 6.2 through 6.8 or through permitted adjustments, driveways and <br />off-street loading and unloading may be located with access along a <br />Pedestrian Priority Frontage street only if the property has no access to <br />either a Pedestrian-Friendly or General Frontage Street or joint use <br />easement to an adjoining property with direct access to any other street. <br />4. Along Pedestrian Priority and Pedestrian-Friendly Frontages, driveway <br />spacing shall be limited to one driveway per each block face or per 200 <br />feet of block face for blocks greater than 400 feet in length. <br />5. Shared driveways, joint use easements or joint access easements shall be <br />required to adjoining properties when driveway and service access is off a <br />Pedestrian Priority Frontage or Pedestrian-Friendly Frontage. <br />6. Service and loading/unloading areas shall be screened per standards in <br />Section 10.0. <br />7. Unless required to meet minimum fire access or service access standards all <br />commercial, mixed-use and multi-family residential driveways shall be a <br />maximum of 20’ in width. Driveways used for service access (trash, fire, <br />deliveries, etc.) shall be a maximum of 30’ in width. Driveways wider than <br />24’ in width shall only be located off of General Frontage Streets. <br />Driveways along County controlled roadways shall meet Ramsey County <br />Standards or the City’s adopted standard. <br />(f) Fire Separation Requirement: Side and rear setbacks shall be based on minimum <br />fire separation required between buildings, if applicable. <br />(h) Measuring Heights: <br />i. Church spires, belfries, cupolas, and domes; elevator and stair enclosures; public <br />flagpoles and monuments, and chimneys are exempt from the height limit. <br />ii. Vents, tanks, solar energy systems, HVAC equipment, and other mechanical <br />enclosures shall be exempted from the height limits so long as they do not extend <br />more than 12’ above the roof upon which they are located. <br />iii. Internal building height shall be measured from finished floor to the bottom of the <br />structural members of the ceiling. <br />iv. Floor to ceiling heights shall not apply to parking structures or civic buildings. <br />(i) Encroachments: