Guidieines: Character of Buildings: All buildings, structures, and expansion or addition thereto shall be architecturally coordinated and should be planned in a comprehensive manner, giving consideration to the relationship between buildings and open areas, efficiency of the 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, view corridors and in relation to surrounding properties and streets. Siting and Accesses: Notwithstanding any provisions of the "City of Port Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw, 1987, No. 2240" no multi-family building shall be sited within 7.5 meters of Mary Hill Road or Shaughnessy Street and all yards facing these streets shall be used exclusively for landscaping and/or outdoor recreation; except that these setbacks may be reduced and/or dedicated to an alternate use, when in the opinion of the Municipality a significant improvement to the design is achieved by doing so. Where possible, vehicular access to multi-family dévelopments fronting Mary Hill Road or Shaughnessy Street should be achieved from a side road or a service lane, in consideration of the heavy traffic of the aforementioned roads. Landscaping: Substantial landscaping, to sereen parking areas from the streets and ad jacent residential buildings and interplanting of the parking areas with trees is required. Retention of mature trees to integrate into the overall landscaping is encouraged. All vegetation use for landscaping shall be mature and of a quality acceptable to the Municipality. All planting must comply with the standards of or standards similar of those of the B.C.N.T.A. All materials other than vegetation, used for landscaping shall be 'non-skid' type and of durable quality. All landscaping fronting the street shall use trees wherever possible. § ‘ 2 cg gEM PAGE 7 \S