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Q&A document that was mailed with property owner Attachment 3 18 <br />Notification letter <br />How will property adjacent to non-residential uses be protected? <br />The requirement of the ECOD endeavor to minimize or eliminate impacts non-residential <br />uses may have on adjacent properties. For example, non-residential uses will be required <br />to provide vegetated buffers at the perimeter of the lot; along the Highway 70 corridor <br />outside of the pre-designated commercial area, no more than 40% of the corridor will be <br />permitted for non-residential uses; development standards for non-residential uses have <br />been proposed which include: floor area ratio restrictions (floor area ratio is a ratio <br />between the maximum building square footage and the size of the lot), restrictions on <br />fencing and the use of chain link fencing, the number of ingress and egress points <br />permitted with requirements that should eventually decrease the number of access points <br />on Highway 70 through the use of service roads, restrictions on signage and parking, and <br />a variety of architectural design standards for non-residential buildings that seek to <br />enhance the built environment along the corridor. <br />