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17 <br />3. Buildings should provide active frontages that connect each of the <br />developments together and connect to the existing mall and surrounding <br />developments. <br />New mixed-use residential development shall have ground floor active uses <br />within any frontage(s) along common open space areas. Active commercial <br />uses, such retail and restaurant space, should constitute a minimum of half of <br />such frontages, and shall be configured to be of sufficient depth (minimum of 30 <br />feet recommended). The remaining frontage may be active spaces dedicated to <br />the residential development such as community rooms, exercise rooms, bike <br />lounges with maintenance facilities or lobby space. Outdoor dining and other <br />similar activity, as well as creation of smaller gathering spaces with benches or <br />seating is strongly encouraged along these active frontages.3 <br />Residential developments should be designed to address the street, with design <br />standards reflecting elements such as: <br />o Individual entries facing the street with a porch, stoop or patio connected <br />to the sidewalk by steps and/or a walk (such features as well as elements <br />like bays should be allowed to extend into front setbacks. <br />o Limiting the elevation of the first floor (ground floor) to be no more than 5 <br />feet above the adjacent sidewalk frontage. <br />o Pedestrian-scaled features and amenities along residential frontages <br />including minimum 6 foot sidewalks, landscape strip (minimum 4 feet to <br />accommodate tree planting), street trees, and pedestrian scaled street <br />lighting. <br />o While exceptions or adjustments to the above parameters may be allowed <br />to accommodate site-specific conditions, the above features should be <br />reflected in the majority of residential-facing street frontages. <br />3 Active frontages are defined in the Housing Sites Objective Design Standards: