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C. Permitted Street Level Uses
1. The Street Level of a structure containing parking spaces shall be occupied by a use permitted in the applicable C-
CCN zone district for 100% of the structure’s primary street frontage(s), except the following uses are prohibited
from occupying any portion of the structure’s street frontage(s):
a. Parking, Garage,

b. Parking accessory to a primary use otherwise permitted in the same building or structure,
c. Household Living, and
d. Automobile Services, Light or Heavy, except as otherwise allowed in Section 11.4.18.3.

2. Residential lobbies and other similar pedestrian access to and through the subject structure from the primary street
side(s) of the building may be credited toward compliance with the 100% Street Level use frontage requirement in
Section 7.3.5.2.C.1 above.

3. When vehicle access to on-site parking or loading spaces from a primary street is allowed under Section 7.3.5.3,
the width of such vehicle access may be credited toward compliance with the 100% Street Level use frontage
requirement in Section 7.3.5.2.C.1 above.
See also C-CCN zone district use limitations related to ground-story Household Living uses in Section 11.2.5 of this
Code, and C-CCN zone district uses limitations related to ground-story Automobile Services, Light or Heavy uses in
Section 11.4.18.3.

7.3.5.3 Vehicle Access in the C-CCN Zone Districts

A. Intent
Vehicle driveways that access zone lots in the C-CCN zone districts directly from a public street create conflict points
with pedestrians and detract from the objective of encouraging active uses along public street frontages in Cherry Creek
North. This section’s standards will improve the pedestrian experience along the Street Level in Cherry Creek North by
requiring vehicle access to zone lots be taken from public alleys to the maximum extent feasible.
B. Applicability
This Section 7.3.5.3 applies to development in the C-CCN zone districts that proposes either new vehicle access or a
change in location of existing vehicle access to the subject zone lot. This Section shall apply to all proposed vehicle access
points to the same zone lot.
C. Location of Vehicle Access

1. All vehicle access to a zone lot in the C-CCN zone districts shall be from an alley, when alley access is present.
2. If alley access is not present or if alley access is not feasible due to lot configuration, an Applicant shall first give
preference to vehicle access to the zone lot from a named street before proposing vehicle access from a numbered
street.
3. Whenever street (not alley) vehicle access to the zone lot is allowed, the width of the vehicle ingress/egress ways
from the street shall be minimized.

7.3.5.4 Vehicle Access in all other Zone Districts

A. No Alley
Where a building form specifies “street access allowed when no Alley present”, vehicle access from the street is allowed
when a Zone Lot is not bounded by an Alley.

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