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(3) Guidelines
(a) Character of Buildings

All buildings, structures, and expansion or additions thereto shall
be architecturally coordinated and should be planned in a
comprehensive manner, giving consideration to the celationship
between buildings and open areas, efficiency of che circulation
systems, visual impact and design compatibility with the surrounding
developments.

Planning of all buildings subject to Development Permits shall be
made with due consideration to the relation between building height,
site coverage, yard setbacks and in relation to surrounding
properties and streets.

Exterior storage shall be limited to domestic garbage containers and

shall be enclosed by an architecturally-integrated opaque or
translucent screen having a height of not less than 2.0 metres.

(b) Siting and Accesses
Loading spaces shall not be permitted in front yards.
Access to industrial and business industrial uses from Dominion

Avenue will be discouraged; where access from Dominion Avenue is
unavoidable, turning movements may be restricted.

(c) Parking

Parking will be encouraged to locate in multi-level structures.

Where parking is provided at street level, it shall not be located
within any front yard or sideyard facing a street. |

Parking for commercial developments fronting Ottawa Street and west
of Ottawa Street may be located in front yards or side yards facing a
street, provided that adequate landscaping shall be provided to
soften the visual impact of the parking area from the road. .

(d)} Landscaping

Parking areas visible from a street, lane or adjacent residential
development should be screened with substantial landscaping, and
interplanting of the parking areas with trees is required. Retention
of mature trees to integrate into the overall landscaping is
encouraged. .

All vegetation used for landscaping shall. be mature and of a quality
acceptable to the Municipality. All planting sust comply with the
standards of, or standards similar to those of, the B.C.N.ToAe © |