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Commercial Regulations Page 11 of 49 (g) Along Pedestrian Priority and Pedestrian-Friendly Frontages, driveway spacing shall be limited to one driveway per each block face or per 200 feet of block face for blocks greater than 400 feet in length. (h) Shared driveways, joint use easements or joint access easements shall be required to adjoining properties when driveway and service access is off a Pedestrian Priority Frontage or Pedestrian-Friendly Frontage. (i) Service and loading/unloading areas shall be screened per standards in Section 10.0. (j) Unless required to meet minimum fire access or service access standards all commercial, mixed-use and multi-family residential driveways shall be a maximum of 20’ in width. Driveways used for service access (trash, fire, deliveries, etc.) 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 County controlled roadways shall meet Ramsey County Standards or the City’s adopted standard. (d) Street Screen Required: i. Any non-residential parking lot frontage along a public right of way with surface parking shall be defined by a Street Screen. This required Street Screen shall be located at the ROW edge. Refer to the Section 10.0: Streetscape and Landscape Standards of this Code for more specifications. (e) Loading Deck Standards: i. Facilities that include a loading dock shall have a maximum clear height of 25’ as measured from the surface of the ground floor to the lowest point on the ceiling. ii. No more than one loading dock shall be allowed per 10,000 square feet of building area. iii. Cross docks, where loading docks are situated along two walls of the same building, shall not be permitted. i.iv. Loading docks shall be located in the side or rear yard and shall be screened from view of the public right of way. (e)(f) 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. (h) Measuring Heights: i. Church spires, belfries, cupolas, and domes; elevator and stair enclosures; public flagpoles and monuments, and chimneys are exempt from the height limit. ii. Vents, tanks, solar energy systems, HVAC equipment, and other mechanical enclosures shall be exempted from the height limits so long as they do not extend more than 12’ above the roof upon which they are located. iii. Internal building height shall be measured from finished floor to the bottom of the structural members of the ceiling. iv. Floor to ceiling heights shall not apply to parking structures or civic buildings. (i) Encroachments: i. Encroachments into right of way shall not be permitted ii. Encroachments over Required Setbacks: Canopies, awnings, galleries, and balconies may encroach over any required setback areas per standards established in each zoning district as long as the vertical clearance is a minimum of 10’ from the finished sidewalk elevation.