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5.3 Design Guidelines

Courtyard Building G. Parking and Access
A. Intent Statement Parking may be accommodated in up to two levels of above
ground podium, below ground, or both.
A grouping of townhouses or multi-family buildings arranged
around a central courtyard or series of courtyards at grade or Above ground surface parking is permitted in the rear of the
above a parking podium. In mixed use areas the building may building. Surface parking areas should be shared between
contain commercial uses and parking is accommodated in up to buildings.
two above-ground podium levels.
In mixed-use areas, residential parking shall be separated from
B. Façade Width retail parking, except for any residential guest parking.
Maximum of 200 feet or 10 attached residential units.
H. Outdoor Space
Building Height and Massing At least 15 percent of the lot area shall be provided as outdoor
space.
Maximum building heights vary, see Section 5.3.1, Block Type
Development Standards. Permitted outdoor space types that count towards the
satisfaction of the required amount of outdoor space are
C. Building Materials and Transparency
designated in Section 5.3.6, Open Space Standards.
Building materials include stone, brick and glass.
I. Landscape and Buffering Courtyard Building Diagram
For street facades: Minimum of 20 percent transparency
Building groups shall be separated by a minimum distance of 20
For non-street facades: Minimum of 15 percent transparency feet.
Blank, unarticulated walls facing streets are prohibited. Service areas should be screened from view by either hedge
rows, walls or fencing.
D. Corner Treatment
None required

E. Frontage Types
Permitted frontage types: forecourt, dooryard, stoop and urban
frontage.

Developments must also comply with permitted frontage types of
the block type development standards (See Section 5.3.1).

F. Pedestrian Access and Entries
The primary pedestrian entrance shall be accessible directly
from the street, through the frontage.
The primary entrance to each ground floor unit shall be
directly from the street or courtyard. Entrances for multi-family Courtyard Building Illustrative Photo
developments shall occur at a maximum interval of 60 feet.

Primary access to units above the ground floor shall be through a
lobby accessed from the street or the courtyard.

The internal courtyard shall be accessible from the street,
through the frontage. Where the internal courtyard is

located above the ground plane, a grand public stair and/or
accessible route is encouraged.

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5.0 Implementation Adopted: August 16, 2016