Los Gatos Commercial Design Guidelines FINAL ... - City of Winters

C-1 DISTRICT
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Town of Los Gatos
2.2 SITE DEVELOPMENT
2.2.1 Orient building entries to North Santa Cruz
Avenue
Orient entries to North Santa Cruz Avenue
2.2.2 Place parking behind buildings or
underground, whenever possible
a) If placement behind structures or underground is
not possible or practical, the preferred parking placement
is adjacent to the structures in order to maintain
the presence of active uses along the North Santa Cruz
Avenue commercial street frontage.
b) If the only possible parking location is between the
buildings and Santa Cruz Avenue or other commercial
street, parking area frontages shall be screened and
landscaped as noted below, and parking lots shall be
treated with extensive landscaping.
c) For any parking which fronts on a public street,
provide low walls along with landscaping to soften the
parking area’s visual impact.
Provide substantial landscaping in setbacks
Underground parking is encouraged in the
C-1 District
Avoid large amounts of paving in setbacks
unless used for outdoor dining or other
functional purposes
Flowering plant landscaping is strongly
encouraged
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2.2.3 Provide substantial landscaping along the North
Santa Cruz Avenue and other commercial street
frontages
a) Avoid large amounts of paving between structures
and the street sidewalk. Unless the front setback is
used for a functional use, such as outdoor dining, over
fifty percent of the front setback should be devoted to
green landscaping.
b) Flowering plants are strongly encouraged.
2.2.4 Provide greater landscape buffering adjacent to
residential parcels
Commercial Design Guidelines