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MCIJNTAIN HOUSE SPECIFIC PLAN II i'. 1ranalt Facilities. Ail commerciat areas shall be served by transit and shall comply with the applicalhle requirements of the TWITSM. a. Pads. Pad uses shall be deslgned as secondary, supporting elements within Community Commercial areas, utilizing the same architectural style. Service stations and other "pad" uses, including parking areas, shall be carefully designed to not visually dominate the street or intersection. 9. Pedestrian Amenities. Gomm unity Commercial Areas shall provide exterior pedestrian protection from sun and rain, by means such as colonnades or recessed walkways. Each Village Center shall establish one or more areas for outdoor dining and gathering, and elements such as courtyards, awnings, canopies, or trelltses are encouraged, For more guidelines on site furnishings, lighting, and signage, see the Trimafk t:e unities-LLC-_MounWn House Commercial, Mice & Industrial Design Manual. 10. Pedestrian Access. Village Centers shall he easily accessihie from surrounding neighborhoods by pedestrians and bicycles, and shall incorporate the fallowing elements, to the extent Feasible: • Pedestrian walkways through parking areas, • Direct con nectiane of pedestrian walks from storefronts to adjacent streets, Pedestrian "breezewayrs" or access streets Connecting through or between buildings to residential areas adjacent to the Village Canter site, • Direct pedestrian access from transit stops to storefronts, and a Storefronts of buildings facing surrounding streets. 11. Build inst Design. All commercial buildings should express a clear sense of ell try, and should be sited with the primary facades oriented to sidewalks adjacent to streets, for direct pedestrian access. In general, the placement, massing, and scale of buildings shall be oriented to pedestrians and connections to transit. To the extent passible, buildings shall be located with entries and primary facades facing the public streets, with parking and loading areais to the sides or rear. Each Village Center shall display a unified design with an architectural theme to be utilized throughout the site. Building massing in Village Centers may vary, but shaTI rein Force one or mare focal areas, emphasizing pedestrian use. 12, Landscape Design. The landscape concept for commercial and industrial areas shall emphasize the consistent treatment of street corridors, the placement of vertical accent tree plantings at parcet entries and to demarcate large single -user parcels, and the planting of vertical trees at major use areas. In commercial and industrial areas, accent trees shall be used in groups or regular groves at building entries, patios, courtyards, employee gathering areas or other special areas. Setback landscaping in commercial and industrial areas should create an affective separationlbuffar between uses and parools. CHAPTER FOUR DEVELOPMENT AND DES ION PAGE 4.45 Resolution Template 01/2017