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Services, Delivery. Trash. and Outdoor Equipment or Storage Areas o Loading and service dock areas should be located to the rear or sides of a building, away from the main building entrance, or related high visibility areas. Preferably, service, loading, emergency generator, and trash areas should be enclosed within the building. External facilities must be enclosed and screened with landscaping to minimize views from adjoining streets, buildings, or open space, and designed and constructed with the same design theme and of the same materials as the adjoining building. Such facilities may not be placed adjacent to or facing adjoining streets. o Any adverse visual impacts on any other site shall be mitigated by the use of screening and/or landscaping to the extent necessary and appropriate to reduce those impacts to the satisfaction of the Director of Community Development. o Each project must accommodate loading and servicing activity. All loading and service areas shall be clearly signed and conform to City standards. Loading areas shall be designed to accommodate backing and maneuvering onsite, not from a public street, and when occupied shall not prohibit onsite vehicular circulation. o Trash enclosures and/or other waste storage facilities may be allowed, with City approval of both the design and location, provided that such facilities are screened from view and protected from wind by architectural or landscape features. All trash enclosures and waste containers must be covered and waste containers shall be stored within the trash enclosures at all times except when being unloaded. All trash enclosures and waste storage facilities shall be designed to meet City standards. o Pedestrian trash and recycling receptacles shall be placed in strategic locations for effective litter control. Where possible, they should be grouped with other site furnishings and placed adjacent to pedestrian pathways. All trash and recycling receptacles shall be located on paved surfaces in locations where they do not conflict with landscape maintenance. • No materials, supplies, equipment, service vehicles, finished or semi -finished products, raw materials, or articles of similar nature may be stored or permitted to remain outside of buildings or be visible from adjacent properties or adjoining streets. Parking o All private driveways, parking areas, and loading areas will be paved in accordance with City standards. Parking areas must be paved with asphalt, concrete, masonry pavers, or similar material approved by the City. Surface parking areas shall not be permitted closer than 10 feet from side or an average of 15 feet (5 -foot minimum) from rear property lines. Where parking areas will be contiguous and accessible to parking on adjacent lot(s), the parking may extend to the property line if part of a unified project. Visual screening must be provided for parking areas that can be