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The following requirements shall apply to all development permitted by this chapter:

A. All permitted and conditional uses pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to site plan review as provided in Chapter 17.08 of this code.

B. Landscaping shall be subject to the requirements of Chapter 17.61 of this code. In addition, projects with four units or less a block wall and landscaping is required along arterial streets.

C. Off-street parking and loading shall be subject to the requirements of Chapter 17.58 of this code.

D.  Signs shall be subject to the requirements of Chapter 17.60 of this code.

E. For multiple-family dwellings with four units or less, the living room, main entrance and windows for the street-facing end unit and side units must face the street and public sidewalk. For all units, utility and other mechanical equipment shall not be visible from the street, and architectural elevations for adjacent buildings shall be significantly different (i.e.: different elevation, roof types, colors, or other structural elements.) This requirement shall not apply to any lot less than ten thousand square feet and, that is not part of, or adjacent to multi-family subdivisions or other multi-family projects that existed prior to the effective date of this ordinance. Duplexes and triplexes shall comply with these requirements regardless of lot size, location or adjacent development. Refuse containers shall not be located within the front yard, and if visible from the street shall be located within a masonry enclosure with metal gates.

F. Each multi-family development shall provide and maintain a minimum of twenty percent of the gross area of the site as open space. This shall include two hundred square feet of contiguous landscape space per lot, not less than twenty feet in width or depth at any point. Open space shall not be deemed to include buildings, driveways, parking areas, or other surfaces designed or intended for vehicular travel. Required front building setbacks and street frontage setbacks shall not be included in calculating usable open space. This requirement shall not apply to any lot less than ten thousand square feet and, that is not part of, or adjacent to multi-family subdivisions or other multi-family projects that existed prior to the effective date of this section.

G. A solid masonry wall constructed at a minimum height of six feet from highest grade shall be required for multi-family development proposed where the rear or side property line separates a lot zoned R-1, R-2 of a single family character, MH or a PUD project of a single-family character. Any wall located within or along the front yard area shall not exceed a height of four feet. This requirement shall not apply to any lot less than ten thousand square feet and, that is not part of, or adjacent to multi-family subdivisions or other multi-family projects that existed prior to the effective date of this section. (Ord. 4104 §§ 1-3, 2003; Ord. 3925 § 1, 1999; Ord. 3875 §§ 3, 4, 1998; Ord. 3835 § 7, 1998; Ord. 2699 § 1, 1982)