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(3) Block and lot standards, including: block length, lot size, lot width, and lot coverage (4) Building dimensional standards, including: building footprints, yard setbacks, proposed heights, and lot coverage (5) Pedestrian and vehicular circulation systems to include on-site and adjacent properties (6) Parking and loading locations and quantity (7) Location of public facilities (8) Location, type, amount, and ownership of open space as defined below (9) Stormwater management plan (10) Viewscapes of the Elizabeth River as well as viewscapes of the downtown areas of Norfolk and Portsmouth. (11) Conceptual landscaping plans, including: street trees, appropriate buffers and screens, signage and public art. Special attention shall be paid to providing space for outdoor dining and other outdoor spaces and to the interface of the building exterior and these spaces. (b) Design Standards. Design standards in the form of graphics and explanatory text illustrating how buildings, circulation systems, landscaping, and other elements of the Master Plan will be developed by the developer and shall approved by the Director of Planning or his/her designee. As part of the approval process, opinions from professional architects, landscape architects and engineers may be solicited. The design standards shall address, at a minimum, the following: (1) Architectural form, materials, and other guidelines for proposed buildings, especially the interface of the proposed building exterior fal(ade and the proposed open spaces. (2) Parking design (3) Fence and wall standards (4) Exterior lighting standards (5) Signage descriptions, sizes and examples (6) Street hierarchy (collector streets, local streets, alleys, etc.) (7) Traffic Impact Analysis prepared in accordance with Section 40-172.2. (8) Scheduling / Phasing Plan (9) Property owners' association documents specifying maintenance, membership, and member responsibilities, if applicable. The development of the buildings and sites contained in an approved master plan must conform to the requirements of the site plan review process contained within this chapter. As each portion of the development is implemented, the applicant shall submit, in phases, detailed landscaping plans that are consistent with the Master Plan/conceptual landscaping plan. Should, in the opinion of the Planning Director, any item listed in (a) or (b) above not be necessary, the Director may waive the submittal requirement for that item. The waiver shall be in writing and shall become part of the Master Plan. As part of the