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Site Development Standards 9.6700 Purpose of Site Development Standards. Certain standards are required for development on all sites within the city or within a particular area, regardless of the zoning of the site. These standards are necessary to fulfill the general purpose of this land use code in EC 9.0020 Purpose. (Section 9.6700, see chart at front of Chapter 9 for legislative history from 2126/01 through 6/1/02.) 9.6703 Driveways and Internal Circulation (1) Unless otherwise permitted in this code, driveways abutting an arterial or major collector street that serve a commercial, industrial or multi -family development shall be a minimum of 20 feet wide. (2) If eight or more single-family or duplex dwellings will share one access connection, the driveway shall be designed and constructed as a private street in accordance with EC 9.6875. (3) Development sites that will generate 100 or more peak hour vehicular trips in any peak hour per the Institute of Transportation Engineer's Trip Generation shall comply with all of the following: (a) All driveways shall have a minimum 50 -foot internal vehicle stacking area. The internal vehicle stacking area is measured from the back of the sidewalk to centerl ine of the first internal circulation driveway or parking aisle, and is designed to queue vehicles exiting the development site and to prevent vehicles entering the development site from blocking the flow of traffic on the public street or causing unsafe conflicts with the on-site circulation. (b) The development site shall provide internal circulation to accommodate emergency and delivery vehicles accessing the development site. (4) The standard at (3)(a) may be adjusted if consistent with the criteria of EC 9.8030(27). (Section 9.6703 added by Ordinance No. 20457, enacted March 8, 2010, effective April 10, 2010.) 9.6705 Development in Flood Plains - Purpose. It is the purpose of sections 9.6705 to 9.6709 to promote the public health, safety and general welfare, and to minimize 2016 PIDS Manual, Appendix B-4 B-4-1