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25-9.5 Garden Apartments. a. When the dwelling units in a garden apartment building are separated by party walls, no facade of such building shall be more than eighty (80) feet long. b. Contiguous lots occupied by a group of garden apartments or garden apartment buildings shall be considered as one (1) lot or tract of land. c. Not more than forty (40%) percent of the area used for residential living purposes in a half story above the second floor shall have a ceiling height of less than seven (7) feet six (6) inches, and no portion of such area shall have a ceiling height less than five (5) feet. d. Roofs of garden apartment buildings shall be of gambrel, hip, gable, or mansard type construction. e. No space may be used for dwelling purposes below the first floor of a garden apartment building, except that in the basement provision may be made for living quarters for employees of the owner necessary to the maintenance of the building. Such living quarters, when provided, shall be included in the computation of minimum required lot area per unit. f. Garages shall conform in architectural design with the garden apartment building to which they are accessory. Each of the dwelling units shall be provided with one (1) fully enclosed garage of not less than two hundred (200) square feet clear area in addition to the exterior parking of one and one-half (1 1/2) parking space for each apartment. g. No parking space in a garage or parking area shall be rented or sublet to anyone other than a resident of the garden apartment buildings, and shall be located between such buildings and their detached accessory uses. h. Garden apartment project sites shall contain two (2) acres or more. (Ord. No. 904-88 § 25-5.3E) 25-9.6 Offices in R-G District. The following supplemental district regulations shall apply to offices located within an R-G District on a site of five (5) acres or more. a. Use of Front and Rear Yards. No use shall be made of any required yard except that entrance and exit driveways may cross the front yard. Further, automobile parking is permitted so as to encroach upon the required rear yard, subject to the subsection 25-8.1. The foregoing notwithstanding, in no cases shall more than fifty (50%) percent

obile parking is permitted so as to encroach upon the required rear yard, subject to the subsection 25-8.1. The foregoing notwithstanding, in no cases shall more than fifty (50%) percent of the required front yard be paved for driveways. b. Parking. Off-street parking shall be provided on the same site as the structure developed under the provisions of this chapter. c. Landscaping and Site Plan. The grounds of an office building site shall be suitably landscaped and maintained and shall be suitably screened from the adjoining residential districts, if any. A landscape plan prepared by a professional landscape architect shall be submitted for review by the Environmental Commission. d. Building Type. All buildings erected under the provisions of this section concerning offices shall have an exterior design so as to present the appearance of a residential structure. (Ord. No. 904-88 § 25-5.3F) 25