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Approved July 13, 2015 <br />Revised December 12, 2016 <br /> <br />Section 6: Building and Site Development Standards TCAAP Redevelopment Code <br />Page | 42 <br /> <br />2. Unless otherwise specified in the specific Zoning District standards in Sections 6.2 <br />through 6.8 or through permitted adjustments, driveway and off-street loading <br />and unloading may be located with access along a Pedestrian-Friendly Frontage <br />street only if the property has no access to either a General Frontage street or <br />joint use easement to an adjoining property with direct driveway access to any <br />other street. <br />3. Unless otherwise specified in the specific Zoning District standards in Sections 6.2 <br />through 6.8 or through permitted adjustments, driveways and off-street loading <br />and unloading may be located with access along a Pedestrian Priority Frontage <br />street only if the property has no access to either a Pedestrian-Friendly or <br />General Frontage Street or joint use easement to an adjoining property with <br />direct access to any other street. <br />4. Along Pedestrian Priority and Pedestrian-Friendly Frontages, driveway spacing <br />shall be limited to one driveway per each block face or per 200 feet of block <br />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 Section <br />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 twenty feet (20’) in width. Driveways used for service access (trash, <br />fire, deliveries, etc.) shall be a maximum of thirty feet (30’) in width. Driveways <br />wider than twenty-four feet (24’) in width shall only be located off of General <br />Frontage Streets. Driveways along County controlled roadways shall meet <br />Ramsey County Standards or the City’s adopted standards. <br />8. Additional easements may be required if shared driveways or access <br />agreements are established. <br />9. Residential Driveways and Garages: <br />a. Unless required to meet minimum fire access or service access standards, <br />driveways for Single-Family Residential Use Buildings shall be a maximum of <br />twelve feet (12’) in width at the curb cut. <br />b. Garages for Residential Buildings shall be located on streets with General <br />Frontage or at the rear of residential buildings. <br />c. If front-loaded garages are utilized on residential uses, each bay of the <br />garage shall be no greater than twenty-four feet (24’) wide and set back at <br />least three feet (3’) behind the front façade line, unless a front porch meets the <br />requirements of Section 6.1(c)(iii)(9)(d) below. Front-loaded garages on <br />residential lots less than fifty feet (50’) wide shall not be allowed. Townhomes <br />and courtyard apartments shall utilize garages at the rear of the lot with access <br />from streets with General Frontage or from Alleys. <br />i. Lots less than sixty-five feet (65’) in width shall not have more <br />than twenty-four feet (24’) of garage facing the street. <br />ii. Lots sixty-five to seventy feet (65’-70’) in width shall permit up <br />to three (3) car front-loaded garages provided the homes meet <br />the following requirements: