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(3) Residential parking spaces shall be specifically reserved for the use of residents and visitors only, separate from any commercial, office, or other uses on site or nearby, and shall not be counted as part of any shared parking or joint parking arrangement. (4) Parking for restaurants shall be calculated as required in Chapter 11 of this code. (5) If present, on-street parking directly in front of a given building or lot shall count toward fulfilling the total parking requirement. (6) On-grade parking is prohibited in the front yard directly in front of a building, except in areas designated with a Build-to Line B, requiring a maximum setback of 44 feet. Parking shall be provided to the side or rear of buildings in mid-block areas. (7) Where parking fronts a street the maximum parking lot width shall be seventy (70) feet measured at the lot frontage. Parking in driveways at the rear of townhomes may be counted towards the requirements of this ordinance if it does not interfere with other traffic movement. (8) Parking areas on private property shall be prohibited within fifty (50) feet of the intersection of the right-of-way of any streets within the NWQ District. Sec. 6-750. General Provisions. (1) Building Design: A. All buildings in the NWQ District shall be designed to accomplish the goals and policies of the Comprehensive Plan and the Northwest Quadrant Framework plan. B. Façade treatments. 1. Commercial/mixed-use buildings in the NWQ District shall address the street with windows, prominent entrances, and unique corner treatments. 2. Commercial/mixed-use buildings in the NWQ District shall have a well- defined base, middle, and top. 3. The primary facade(s) of buildings of forty (40) feet or more in width shall be divided architecturally by means all or a combination of the following: a. Significantly different materials or textures, or b. Division into storefronts with separate display windows, or c. Ornamental features such as arcades or awnings, or d. Division of the building mass into several smaller segments. e. Horizontal offsets of at least 2 feet in depth C. Ground level design. Commercial/mixed-use buildings in the NWQ district shall use a combination of the following methods to distinguish the ground floor from upper floors: 1. An intermediate cornice line, 2. Use of different building materials or detailing on the ground level, 3. Awnings,trellises or arcades, (Underline reflects new language, St-filetuglt reflects deleted language)