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9.9.5 Reduction of impervious surfaces through the use of interlocking pavers or similar materials is strongly encouraged for areas that serve low -impact parking needs, such as remote parking lots, parking 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 automobile spaces. Bicycle parking facilities shall be located within fifty (50) feet of building entrances and shall be visible from the uses they serve. They shall not be located so as to impede pedestrian or automobile traffic 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 and six feet in length, and be placed to allow a minimum of five feet of back -out or maneuver space. 9.10 Design Review Standards. The guidelines established in this section are for the purpose of promoting quality development that is attractive, convenient and compatible with surrounding uses. These guidelines are intended to be general in nature and not to restrict creativity, variety or innovation. However, unless site characteristics or conditions dictate otherwise, Gem Lake's 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 greemvays. Important vistas and viewpoints, 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 street exposure for all 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 or landscaping. D. Drive -through facilities, where permitted, shall be designed with safe and easily understood traffic patterns and shall provide sufficient stacking space, based on requirements of Section 9.9. Drive -through windows should not face public streets; and loudspeakers should not create nuisances for adjacent 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 21/2 stories or 35 feet in height. 9.10.2. Building placement — Nonresidential and Mixed uses. At least 70 percent of the front facade of 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 wall, decorative fence or planted materials, between 38 and 46 inches in height, which reinforces the street wall. 9.10.3. 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 more of the following occurs: A) The proposed building has primary or corner frontage on a Type C or Type D street. B) Commercial buildings are located across the street from the proposed building.