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ry <br /> r <br /> a) Required yards and courts need not be at ground level; <br /> exception$. <br /> Bxcept in the case of fixed yards required adjacent to <br /> streets, required yards and courts relating to re- <br /> sidential uses controlled by these regulations need <br /> not be at ground level if, and to the extent that, in <br /> other locations their functions, nature,re, oriene tion, <br /> areas, access, and improvements to <br /> uses within the building and adjoining buildings, and <br /> particularly to adjacent uses at the same level of <br /> the building and overviewing uses in the same or <br /> nearby buildings. These requirements are intended <br /> to reduce necessary fragmentation of open space around <br /> buildings and to encourage provi.§ion of such space <br /> in locations and dimensions providing broader functional <br /> utility, and are not intended to reduce total amount <br /> of such space required. <br /> b) Permanent open space in streets, common open space, <br /> etc., may be included as pant of building spacing <br /> requirements; limitations. <br /> where lots or building sites adjoin permanent open <br /> space in streets, common open space, other open <br /> space intended to remain so for perpetuity (Other <br /> than space required adjacent to other stzUctur <br /> half of the width of open space may includeude d <br /> meeting building spacing requirements, subject to <br /> the following limitations and exceptionsr <br /> ! 1) Primary or secondary windows facing streets, parking <br /> areas. <br /> Where walls containing primary or secondary windows <br /> i at or below the third-story level face streets or <br /> parking areas for ten or more cars, the full dimension <br /> of the required yard shall be provided outside the <br /> boundaries of the street or parking area. <br /> ' 2) Primary or secondary windows facing other open p <br /> space-Where walls containing primary or secondary windows at <br /> or below the third-story level face other permanent <br /> ,! offsite open space without an intervening street, <br /> driveway, or parkway area, the full dimension of the <br /> required yard shall be provided outside the boundaries <br /> of such offsite open space if offsite use is likely to <br /> be of a nature adversely affecting private or tran- <br /> quility of occupants. <br /> c) Calculations of building spacing requirements. <br /> ,I <br /> 1 <br /> { 6-9 <br /> 1 <br /> r <br />