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2/19/1999 DRAFT COPY OF PROPOSED idSA ORDINANCE <br />........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... . <br />f. A plan for sidewalks and footpaths shall be designed to connect all houses <br />with any of the village's greens and parks. <br />(7) Parking. <br />a. .Off-street parking lots and areas shall generally be located at the rear of <br />buildings. <br />b. No off-street parking shall be permitted in the front yards of buildings located <br />in the storefront or townhouse use areas, nor shall off street parking be the <br />principal use of corner lots in these areas. <br />c. Any off street parking space or parking lot in a storefront, townhouse, or civic <br />area which abuts a street right-of--way shall be buffered from the right-of--way <br />by a landscaped area no less than 4 feet wide in which is located a continuous <br />row of shrubs no less than 3 1/2 feet high, or by a wall no less than 4 feet and <br />no more than 6 feet high. <br />d. Off street parking in the storefront and narrow frontage townhouse areas shall <br />generally be accessible from an alley only. <br />(8) Landscaping <br />a. The applicant shall submit a comprehensive landscape master plan for all <br />areas of the village, and village conservancy areas, identifying the location <br />and size of both existing vegetation to be retained and proposed new <br />vegetation, typical planting materials, the phasing of landscape installation <br />and planting methods. <br />b. Shade trees shall be provided along each side of all streets, public or private, <br />existing or proposed. Shade trees shall also be massed at critical points, such <br />as at focal points along a curve in the roadway. In locations where healthy <br />and mature shade trees currently exist, the requirements or new trees may be <br />waived or modified. <br />c. Parking lots larger than 19 spaces and/or 6,000 square feet in size shall have <br />internal landscaping as well as buffering landscaping on the edge of the lot. <br />d. Trees and other plants should be chosen with reference to the list set forth in <br />Appendix E. <br />e. Trees and other public landscaping shall be protected by means of suitable <br />barriers. <br />f. The method and means for providing quality street trees and other community <br />. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />Page 19 of 35 <br />