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(e) ibllowing standards apply to stand-alone commercial buildings and to mixed-use buildings with ground-floor commercial uses: Except for building walls that face an alley, ground floor walls shall contain windows (as stated below) at the ground level. The windows may extend a maximum sill height of 4 feet above finished grade to a height at least 3 feet above the sill with no other limits on the height of the window. The windo-ws on any walls that require windows shall occupy at least 60 percent of the length of the ground floor wall area. On corner lots, this provision applies to both street frontage elevations. The transparency is measured in lineal fhshion (e,g. a 100 foot wide building facade shall have a total of at least 60 lineal feet of windows). This standard shall not apply ro parking strucmres~ The bottom of required windows shall be no more than 4 fket above the finished grade at the front building facade. 2. Darkly tinted windows and mirrored windows that block two-way visibility are prohibited as ground floor windows. Along the vertical face of a structure~ offsets shall occur at a minimum of every 50 feet by providing at least 1 of the following: a. Recesses, including entrances~ of a minimum depth of 3 feet. Extensions, including entrances, at a minimum depth of 3 feet. Offsets or breaks in roof elevation of at least 3 feet in height. ~esidence.s Area Along Garden Way in S-CN/C Subarea~. If residences are constructed on land abutting Garden Way, the development must meet the minimmn residential density requirement in Table 9.3125(3 )(g). G~rden Way_.and Marche Chase Drive Development Standards in S-_CN/C Subareas.. The ibllowing development standards apply to commercial buildings adjacent to Garden Way and Marche Chase Drive: Buildi~ Orientation (a) Buildings fronting on Garden Way or Marche Chase Drive must provide a main entrance on the fhcade of the building that is within the 15 foot maximum street setback facing the street. A main entrance is the principal entry through Which people enter the building~ Each commercial tenant, unless an accessory to the primary tenant, shall provide access through individual storefronts facing the street. (b) Buildings having frontage on more than one street may provide at least one main entrance oriented to the corner where two streets intersect, in lieu of 2 entrances, one facing each street. 2. Parking Between Buildings and t~.~ Street. Automobile parking, driving, and maneuvering areas shall not be located between the main building(s) and Garden Way or Marche Chase Drive. 3. All structures along Garden Way and Marche Chase Drive shall comply with EC 9.2173, Commercial Zone Development Standards- Ordinance- 13