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d. No more than ten (10) percent of blocks shall have a block with a perimeter measuring one thousand eight hundred (1,800) feet or more. Within commercial and mixed use areas, no block face dimension shall exceed four hundred (400) feet. Blocks may be defined (divided) by streets or major pedestrian paths. Note: None of the residential blocks measure more than 1,800' in length, and no commercial area block face exceeds 400'. e. The project shall contain a network of interconnected streets, sidewalks, and pathways. Note: The development will have an interconnected system of streets, sidewalks, and community trails, as depicted and noted on the conceptual PD plan. f. Streets shall be designed to balance pedestrian and automobile needs, to discourage high automobile speeds, to effectively and efficiently accommodate transit systems, and to distribute and diffuse traffic rather than concentrate it. Note: The proposed modified grid system, on street parking in certain areas, traffic calming designs, and pedestrian system meet this policy. The project design accommodates a future transit stop located along 58th Avenue, and that location has been approved by MPO staff as a potential future transit stop location. g. Street trees shall be provided so as to shade sidewalk areas and buffer sidewalk areas from automobile traffic. Note: Street trees will be provided along all streets, as noted on the conceptual landscape plan, and will be specified in the streetscape design that will be a part of each preliminary PD, plan. h. Streets and adjacent buildings shall be sited and designed to encourage interactions between the street and buildings through the use of amenities such as reduced building setbacks, "build -to" lines, front porches, stoops, rear and side yard parking lot and garage locations, and other means. Note: The conceptual PD plan incorporates most of the above -referenced design elements to encourage interaction between streets and adjacent buildings and/or common areas. Projects shall decrease the prominence of front yard driveways, garages, and parking lots through one (1) or more of the following: Mid -block alleys, garages located toward the rear of lots, rear and side loaded garages, garages which are not the predominant architectural feature of the front elevation of buildings, off-street parking at the rear of buildings, and restricted driveway connections to streets. Note: For the residential areas, the conceptual PD plan provides a mixture of rear and side loaded garages, detached garages, and on street parking. In the commercial area, buildings will front streets that have on -street parking, streetscape improvements, and sidewalks. The project shall be designed as a compact or clustered development. Projects may include the following mix of uses occurring together in close proximity: 115