Sec. 32-800.11

Lighting shall be in accordance with section 32-250.200.

A buffer area shall be established in accordance with section 800 of the Design and Construction Standards Manual between any structure (including parking) or residential lot and the right-of-way for any street designated by the Comprehensive Plan as a freeway, interstate parkway, arterial or major collector when abutting a planned development district or planned through it. Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, the buffer area shall remain free of structures except for perpendicular utility crossings, signage, or approved landscaping as provided for herein.

Commercial buildings shall be located and grouped in relation to parking areas to promote pedestrian traffic by use of interconnected walkways.

Facilities and access routes for deliveries, service, and maintenance shall be separated from customer access routes and parking areas.

Areas where deliveries are to be made to customers in automobiles, or where services to automobiles themselves are to be provided, shall be so located as to minimize interference with pedestrian and vehicular traffic within the site.

Uses within the planned development district shall be served by an internal road system. Intersections of the internal road systems with existing public roads shall provide reasonable access and service to uses contained within the planned development district, and planned or shared access shall be required where practicable.

To encourage visual cohesiveness and a park-like atmosphere, and to protect adjoining residential areas, uses, structures and parking areas shall be oriented toward internal roads or travelways, and away from such adjoining residential districts.

Primary access into the site shall be provided from roads constructed in accordance with the requirements of the Comprehensive Plan, Design and Construction Standards Manual, or other standards for projects such as proposed. Direct access by industrial users to major collectors shall be discouraged.

All service and loading areas, as permitted or required, shall be located in interior courtyards serving one or more principal structures, where practicable, or shall be screened from view from public streets and areas, and from adjacent properties, in accordance with section 800 of the Design and Construction Standards Manual.

Sidewalks and trails shall be provided within the planned development district in accordance with the Design and Construction Standards Manual. In addition all commercial, industrial, and residential areas within the planned development district shall be linked by sidewalks/trails. The network of sidewalks and trails shall form a logical, safe, and convenient system for pedestrian access to all dwelling units, on-site structures, and principal off-site destinations. Trails shall be designed in accordance with trail safety requirements of the Design and Construction Standards Manual. The use of pedestrian underpasses and over-passes is encouraged and at-grade street crossings of sidewalks/trails shall be held to a minimum.

All on-site utilities shall be installed underground, including telephone and power lines, in both public and private rights-of-way, except when extreme conditions of underlying rock or other subsurface condition makes this requirement unreasonable.

Principal vehicular access points into the site shall be designed to permit smooth traffic flow, with controlled turning movements, and minimization of hazard to vehicular or pedestrian traffic. Left-hand storage and right-hand turn lanes and/or traffic dividers shall be required where existing or anticipated heavy traffic flows indicate the need.