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1 d. Each block which includes storefront and nazrow frontage townhouse .lots <br />2 shall be designed to include an alley or small clusters of pazking, with service <br />3 access in the reaz. Blocks of wide frontage townhouse lots need not be <br />4 designed to include an alley and reaz pazking. <br />5 <br />6 e. Similaz land use types shall generally front one another while dissimilaz land <br />7 use types shall generally abut along alleys or reaz pazking. <br />8 <br />9 f. Lot layout, path and sidewalk design shall ensure pedestrian access to each <br />10 lot. <br />11 <br />12 g. The build-up line specifies a cornice height that establishes the prominent <br />13 visual dimension of a building and defines its proportion in relation to the <br />14 street. It should vary, with no more than sixty (60) consecutive feet of the <br />15 build-up line having a similaz cornice or roofline, and be between one and two <br />16 and one-half stories in height. A two-story build-up line can range from 20 to <br />i 7 25 feet above average ground level. <br />18 <br />19 ~ (4) Storefront and Townhouse use Area Design Components <br />20 <br />21 a. New multi-family and commercial buildings in storefront and townhouse use <br />22 areas shall be subject to a maximum front setback (the "build-to" line) in <br />23 order to maintain a strong sense of streetscape. Such buildings shall generally <br />24 be of two-story construction (to the so-called "build-up" line) and shall be <br />25 designed in accordance with the design standazds of this chapter and any other <br />26 applicable standazds. To create a defined edge to the viliage's public space, <br />27 new multi-family or commercial buildings should conform to a consistent <br />28 setback from the street. Porches for multi-family or townhouse construction <br />29 can extend beyond the build-to line. In addition, building faces, as well as a <br />30 majority of the roof ridgelines should be parallel to the street. <br />31 <br />32. <br />33 b. Maximum height regulations are 35 feet and two and a half stories. <br />34 <br />35 c. .Minimum street frontage is 25 feet. <br />36 <br />37 d. Setback regulations aze as follows: Front = no minimum required; maximum <br />38 is 15 feet; Reaz = 20 feet minimum; Side =Zero minimum lot lines are <br />39 allowed, except at block ends or adjacent to alleys or pedestrian walks as <br />40 required. under block design requirements. <br />41 <br />42 e. Pazking within this area shall be subject to the other parking requirements of <br />43 this chapter as well as the following: <br />44 <br />45 1. Non-residential o~ street parking shall generally be to the side or the <br />46 reaz, or located within internal pazking areas not visible -from the <br />gage 14 of 3S <br />