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street. 6. Except for shared driveways and as provided in 8. below, when a driveway and associated parking area is accessed from a street, the driveway and associated parking area shall not exceed 22 feet in width. Shared driveways and associated parking areas shall not exceed 24 feet in width. 7. Except as provided in 8. below, a driveway and associated parking area accessed from a street shall be a minimum of 18 feet in depth and a maximum of 33 feet in depth, measured from the front lot line. The driveway and associated parking area shall be perpendicular to the adjacent street. 8. When a parking area is provided behind the structure and accessed from a street, the driveway shall be perpendicular to the street until it serves the associated parking area and shall not exceed 20 feet in width. 9. All portions of required front yard setbacks not otherwise covered by a legal driveway or by projecting building features as allowed per EC 9.6745(3) shall be landscaped and maintained with living plant material, except that a pedestrian path, not to exceed 4 feet in width, may be allowed from the street to the entrance of a dwelling. The pedestrian path shall be separated from any vehicle use areas by a minimum of 3 feet. The area between the vehicle use area and the pedestrian path shall be landscaped and maintained with living plant material. 10. No parking shall occur in the landscaped portion of the required front yard setback. 11. Adjustments to the standards in subsection 9. may be made, based on the criteria at EC 9.8030(30). (See Figure 9.2751(15)) (16) Area-Specific Accessory Building Standards. The following standards apply to all new accessory buildings associated with a dwelling in the R-1 zone within the city-recognized boundaries of Amazon Neighbors, Fairmount Neighbors and South University Neighborhood Association that are detached or that share a common wall with the primary dwelling for less than 8 feet: (a) In addition to any accessory buildings legally established prior to _____ [effective date of ordinance], one accessory building is allowed. (b) The accessory building shall not exceed 400 square feet in area. (c) Building Height/Interior Sloped Setback. 1. The interior yard setbacks shall be at least 5 feet from the interior lot lines. In addition, at a point that is 8 feet above finished grade, the setbacks shall slope at the rate of 10 inches vertically for every 12 inches horizontally (approximately 40 degrees from horizontal) away from the lot lines until a point not to exceed a maximum building height of 18 feet. 2. The allowances for setback intrusions provided at EC 9.6745(3) do not apply within the setback described in 1. above, except that eaves, chimneys and gables are allowed to project into this setback no more than 2 feet. (See Figure 9.2751(16)(c)1.) (d) An accessory building greater than 200 square feet in area shall have a minimum roof pitch of 6 inches vertically for every 12 inches horizontally. Ordinance - Page 8 of 17