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areas For periodic uses and parking in.:natural amenity areas. 9.9.6 Bicycle Parking. Parking plans shall include .designed space and facilities.for bicycle.parking, at a ratio of 1 bicycle parking -space for each 4 residential .units. or 20 required autorpabile spaces. Bicycle parking. facilities shall be located .within fifty (50) feet of building entrarices,and shall be visible from the uses they. serve. They shall.not be located so as to impede pedestrian or automobile:traf€ic flow or to. cause..damage to: plants and trees from bicycle traffic. The facilities :shall be of permanent construction, attached to the ground, and designed to allow the bicycle frame. and both Wheels to be securely locked to the parking structure. Facilities shall be at least two feet in width andsix feet in length, and be placed .to.ahow a minimum of five feet of back -out or maneuver space. 9.10 Design Review Standards. The guidelines established :in this section.are fax the purpose of promoting quality development that is. attractive, convenient and compatible tviith surrounding uses. These guidelines .are. intended .to be general in nature and not to restrict creativity., nriety.or innovation. However, unless site. characteristics or conditions dictate. otherwise, Gem Lakes expectation is that these guidelines. be adhered to. In cases where building.and site -design standards are specific to Building Types, those standards are noted within the .Building Type Template. 9.10.1 Site layout guidelines. A. Site design shall. incorporate ..existing topography and natural features, such as hillsides, wooded..areas and greci ways, Important vistas and.vic"oints; both from the site and into the site; should. be protected and enhanced. B..Building arrangement. When. multiple buildings are proposed for a site,. care should be taken to provide maximum .s.treet exposure forall buildings. C..Service.. and docking facilities. Loading, delivery and service bays should be oriented away from .existing. residences and public streets. When this is impractical, service and docking areas shall be screened from. view through the provision of walls, fencing..o.r .landscaping. D. Drive -through facilities, where permitted, shall be designed with safe and easily understood traffic patternsand shall provide sufficient stacking space, based. on requirementsof Section 9.9. Drive -through windows should not face public streets; and loudspeakers should not .create: nuisances for ad properties. E. Shadowing: Where possible, buildings shall be located so that they minimize. shadowing on adjacent properties. A sun and shadow study may :be required for any .building that: is more than 2.'l2 stories or 35 feet in height. 9.1.0.2: Building placement— Nonresidential and Mixed uses. At least 70 percent.o.f the front facade.af any building shall be located on. the .front build -to line as indicated by. the Building Type Template (with. the exception of a "dooryard" layout as indicated on .the template's layout diagram): The placement .of buildings shall reinforce the street wall, maximize natural surveillance and visibility, enhance the character of the surrounding area and facilitate pedestrian access and circulation. Parking areas :shall be located to. the side or rear of the principal building. or..use served. The .City Council, with. the. City Architect's recommendation, may approve alternatives .to this requirement, provided that any adverse effects shall be mitigated by a masonry wail, decorative fence or planted materials, benveen 39. and 46 inches in height,. which. reinforces the street wall. 9.10.31 Building placement` -.Residential -only uses. Buildings shall be located so that the. front doors of the building or individual units face the .public street rather than the .interior of the .site, unless a .courtyard. layout is authorized on the Template for the particular building. Parking areas and garages larger than 3' cars shall. be located to the rear or interior of the site, or underground:. The City Council, with the City Architect's recommendation, may .approve alternatives to this requirement when. one or mote of the following occurs: A) The proposed building has primary or comer frontage on a Type .0 or.Type D street. B) Commercial. buildings are.located across. the. street from the proposed, building. C) Unusual ar unique site conditions make the: requirement. impractical. 9.10.4. Building height. and scale. In addition to the height and mass instructions contained within the