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Site orientation standards for individual properties depend on the block frontage designated for that location. The following steps will help in using this chapter:

A. Go to the maps in AMC 19.61.040 to find the property and the block frontage type designation.

1. For multifamily and nonresidential development in residential zones, the standards for landscaped block frontages apply.

2. For development that fronts onto multiple streets, see provisions in AMC 19.61.150.

B. Go to the appropriate code section in this chapter for the site orientation standards for applicable block frontage type designation. Table 19.61.030 includes a summary of key block frontage types.

Table 19.61.030

Summary of key block frontage types.

Permitted Frontage

Parking Location

Details

Storefront

• No new parking adjacent to the street.

• Special transparency, weather protection, and entry requirements.

• Minimum commercial space height and depth.

• No ground floor residential uses except lobbies for upper-level units.

Mixed

🡹

Storefront or landscape frontages allowed

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• Parking must be to the side or rear of buildings. For multi-building developments, no more than 50% of frontage may be parking.

Landscaping to soften facades of non-storefronts and buffer parking areas.

• Minimum facade transparency requirements per use and setback.

Marine

Parking placed to the side or rear of buildings is preferred, but may be placed in front of buildings for certain uses and/or in exchange for improved public waterfront access.

Landscaping to soften facades of non-storefronts and buffer parking areas.

• Minimum facade transparency requirements per use and setback.

Landscape

Landscaping to soften facades and buffer parking areas.

• Parking must be to the side or rear of buildings. For multi-building developments, no more than 50% of frontage may be parking.

Undesignated

Storefront or landscape frontages allowed but not required

No parking lot location restrictions

Landscaping to soften facades and buffer parking areas.

• Minimum facade transparency requirements per use and setback.

(Ord. 3040 § 2 (Att. A), 2019)