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maintenance surface materials such as pavers, bricks, or scored concrete to enhance pedestrian safety and comfort, as well as the attractiveness of the _ walkways. ('n Interior Yard Landscaping. Interior yards abutting a lot with a residential zone shall be provided with landscaping that meets the requirements in EC 9.6210(7) Massed Screening Standard (L -7). The required landscaping maybe pierced by pedestrian and vehicular access ways. (8) Service and Loading Areas. (a) Loading docks, outdoor storage, utility meters, mechanical equipment, trash collection, trash compaction, and other service functions shall comply with the standards stated in EC 9.2170 Commercial Zone Development Standards - General. (b) Outdoor areas for the display and sale of seasonal inventory shall be permanently defined and landscaped as set forth in EC 9.2171(11) Outdoor Merchandise Display. (9) Delivery and Loading Facilities. On lots abutting parcels zoned for residential development, delivery and loading facilities shall be set back a minimum of 30 feet from property lines with required setbacks landscaped to at least the standards in EC 9.6210(4) High Wall Landscape Standard (L -4). (10) Exterior Wall Articulation, Facades, and Ground Floor Windows. (a) Exterior building walls shall not continue along an uninterrupted plane for more than 100 feet. An uninterrupted plane is a wall that has no variation in exterior surface along its length. Except for building walls facing an alley, ground floor facades 100 feet or greater in length, measured horizontally, shall incorporate wall plane projections or recesses having a depth of at least 3 percent of the length of the facade and extending at least 20 percent of the length of the facade. (See Figure 9.2173(10)(a) Large Commercial Facilities- Exterior Wall Articulation.) (b) Ground floor facades that face streets adjacent to the development site shall have arcades, collonades, display windows, entry areas, awnings, or other such features along no less than 50 percent of their horizontal length. (See Figure 9.2173(10)(b) Large Commercial Facilities- Exterior Facades.) (c) Except for building walls facing 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 any head height. The portion of window area meeting this standard is from the sill (bottom edge) to the head (top edge) including portions up to 9 feet above the finished grade. Alcoves, entryways, and extruding portions of the wall shall be treated by measuring through such areas as though along the flat wall of a building. (See Figure 9.2173(10)(c) Large Commercial Facilities- Ground Floor Window Calculation.) Solid walls are prohibited along street frontages. This standard does not apply to parking Ordinance - 64