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21 Village Development Standards GENERAL PROVISIONS • Land within a village shall be available for uses as provided herein. Mixed uses of Land Use buildings is encouraged in central areas of the Village Proper, and single-story, single-use buildings is discouraged. • Similar land use categories shall generally front across streets, and dissimilar categories Land may abut at rear property lines. Allocation • Corner lots which front on streets of dissimilar use categories shall be designated the category with the greater intensity of use. • Lot design and building placement within each area of the village proper should be varied to create a distinct character,and permit a range of activities and intensities of use. Lots • All buildings, except outbuildings, shall have their main entrance opening to a street or & square. Buildings • Stoops,open colonnades,and open porches may encroach into the front yard setbacks. • Buildings placed less than five(5)feet from a side property line shall windowless on those sides(does not apply to front and back);provided,however,small ventilation windows and clerestory windows are permitted. • All lots and tracts within the village proper shall have access to pedestrian and vehicular routes. • Every village proper shall have two access points to paved roadways designated as collector and/or arterial streets. • There shall be a continuous network of alleys to the rear of the lots in the Village Proper. Alleys shall be 16 feet in paved width if two-way; 12 feet in paved width if one-way. Streets • Every village proper shall provide a pedestrian network which includes parks, squares, & sidewalks along streets, alleyways through blocks. The network shall link all parts of the Alleys village proper, making walking easier than driving. Wherever practicable, streets shall be aligned in such a way that they provide terminal vistas of parks,greens,commons,squares, and large buildings of a public,semi-public or civic natutl;. • No block face shall have a length greater than 500 feet without an alley providing through access. • Streetlamps, between eight (8) and 15 feet in height, and equipped with incandescent or metal halide lights,shall be installed on both sides of streets at all street intersections and at mid-block where block lengths exceed 400 feet. • On-street parking directly fronting a lot shall count toward fulfilling the parking requirement. • The number of required off-street parking spaces may be reduced by demonstrating the availability of shared parking. Parking • Parking lots shall be located at the rear or at the side of buildings. Such lots shall be screened from the sidewalk by a masonry wall or wood fence, no less than 75% opaque, built along the property line at least three(3)feet in height. • Street trees shall be installed within four(4)feet of the property line abutting a street at no more than 40 foot intervals. They shall be deciduous and of varieties that obtain a mature height of at least 50 feet. • Adjacent parking lots shall have internal vehicular connections.