A. All local streets, whether public or private, shall provide a detached sidewalk at least five feet wide, a planting strip between the sidewalk and the back of curb at least eight feet wide and street trees. The tree requirement shall be calculated at one tree per forty feet of frontage, either grouped or spaced at reasonable intervals, where allowed by the institutional controls.

B. The number and width of curb cuts shall be minimized on residential and commercial streets so as to reduce the number of conflicts between vehicles and pedestrians. Driveways to individual residential garages shall not be wider than sixteen feet at property line, and should not be closer than twenty-five feet apart. Driveways providing access to single family attached units shall be separated by a minimum landscaped area of five feet in width.

C. Where a local or collector street is bordered by ground floor commercial uses with shop fronts oriented to the street, the planting strip may be replaced by at least a five-foot-wide hard surface amenity zone with street trees in grates or cut-outs where allowed by the institutional controls. Other street furniture such as wastebaskets, bicycle racks, pedestrian lights, and newspaper boxes may be located within this amenity zone. The sidewalk should be wide enough to provide at least five feet of width for a walking zone and at least a five-foot-wide zone next to the shop fronts for window shopping, sidewalk cafes, and the temporary display of goods.

D. Local and collector streets shall be designed to accommodate the minimum widths for travel lanes and on-street parking lanes.

E. Parallel on-street parking should be encouraged on all local and collector streets, both public and private. Diagonal and head-in parking off of local or collector streets shall be used only in commercial or mixed-use areas, not in residential areas. Internal drive and access ways for multi-family residential projects are exempt from this requirement.

F. Surface parking areas shall be screened by low perimeter landscaping, walls or railings to minimize the impact of vehicles and headlights onto adjoining residential structures and streets.

G. Pedestrians shall be buffered from the travel lane next to the curb by at least an eight-foot planting strip with street trees no more than forty feet on center apart where allowed by the institutional controls, or by at least a five-foot amenity zone between back of curb and walking zone with street trees in grates or planted cut-outs. Where feasible, on-street parallel parking is also encouraged to provide additional buffering to the pedestrian environment, and pedestrian activity on the street. (Ord. 8/7/2007O-10 § 1 (Exh. A (part)))