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Section Si. Section 25.8.3 is hereby added and shall read as follows: "Section 25,8,3 Pedestrian-oriented Use. A use which is intended to encourage walk-in customers and which generally does not limit the number of customers by requiring appointments or otherwise excluding the general public. A pedestrian-oriented use may suggest or require appointments for services when primarily for the convenience of the customer, such as reservations with restaurants, beauticians, or optometrists to avoid being turned away due to unavailablility." Section 62. Section 25.8 is hereby added and shall read as follows: "Section 25.8,4 Pedestrian-oriented Design. a. Each commercial structure required by the Zoning Ordinance to be designed with pedestrian orientation shall incorporate the following design elements in a minimum of seventy percent of the building fa(;ade at the street frontage at the ground floor level: 1. Articulated facades at the ground floor street frontage, which may include, but not necessarily require, such measures as indentation in plane, change of materials in a complimentary manner, sensitive composition and juxtaposition of openings and solid wall and/or building frame and projecting elements such as awnings and marquees to provide shade and shelter; 2. A minimum of sixty percent of the fa(;ade below a height of eight feet shall be visually transparent into the building or provide a minimum depth of three feet for window merchandise display. A building may have no more than twenty feet of continuous linear street-level frontage that is opaque. No merchandise storage, which blocks the view of the interior of the building, shall be allowed in the storefront windows; 3. Signage shall be oriented and scaled to the pedestrian; 4. Exterior lighting shall be provided for a secure nighttime pedestrian environment by reinforcing entrances, public sidewalks and open areas with a safe level of illumination which avoids off-site glare; 5. Structures that contain commercial or other pedestrian-oriented uses shall have a minimum of one public entrance at the ground floor address frontage and shall minimize the number and width of driveways from the street frontage. Public entrances at the street frontage shall be accessible to the public during all hours the business is open. 6. Security grates or grills, which recess into pockets or overhead cylinders and are completely concealed when retracted, are permitted only when located inside of exterior windows or 0rd-123 31 f:lsharedlredwoodlcouncil DES:rg 02/20/01 ;02/27/01 R 1130-310