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development within the DMU District is not exempt. <br /> Developments shall minimize the appearance of parking areas. <br /> (1) Location. Parking and vehicle drives shall be located away <br /> from building entrances and street corners, and not between <br /> a building entrance and the street. Surface parking shall be <br /> oriented behind or to the side of a building when possible. <br /> (2) Landscape Buffering. Suitable trees and shrubs shall be <br /> planted between parking lots and all adjacent sidewalks and <br /> buildings. <br /> (3) Maximum Parking Ratio. Surface parking shall not exceed <br /> 125%of the minimum parking requirement for the subject <br /> land use(s). <br /> B. Pedestrian Amenities. Proposed developments shall provide for <br /> safe and comfortable sidewalks,paths, and resting areas for <br /> pedestrians. Sidewalks and paths shall connect the development to <br /> adjacent land uses and provide connections through the <br /> development to the public street right-of-way. <br /> C. Lighting.All building entrances,pathways and other pedestrian <br /> areas shall be lit to two-foot candles with pedestrian-scale lighting <br /> including wall mounted, sidewalk lamps,bollards, or landscape <br /> up-lighting. <br /> D. Fences. Fences not exceeding 48 inches may be constructed <br /> between the dwelling façade and the front property line. Dwelling <br /> facade shall not include decks, entry ways,porches, and other <br /> building projections from the principal face of the dwelling. <br /> Fences not exceeding 72 inches in height may be constructed from <br /> the dwelling façade to the side yard and to the rear yard of a <br /> property. Fencing shall only be constructed closer than 10 feet <br /> from the surface of a public road with the permission of the <br /> Planning Commission and in all cases not within the public right- <br /> of-way. Materials shall consist of usual fencing materials with <br /> posts and fence of metal, wood, concrete,brick or smooth wire. <br /> Barbed or electrified wire is allowed only with the permission of <br /> the Planning Commission. <br /> Section 17-9.4 DESIGN LAYOUT STANDARDS-MINIMUM <br /> 1. The land shall be properly zoned and suitable in its natural state for the <br /> intended purpose with minimal alteration required. Land subject to flooding, land <br /> below the ordinary high water mark,wetlands, areas with high water table,bluffs, <br /> Pequot Lakes Staff Report 5.1-3 <br /> April 21,2022 <br />