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5.3 Design Guidelines

Urban Block Building with Garage Secondary entrances should be located on all sides of the
parking garage and connected to public sidewalks or open
A. Intent Statement
space.
A building designed for occupancy by retail, service, and/ or
office on the ground floor, with upper floors also being configured H. Parking and Access
for office and/or residential uses. Parking is accommodated in Vehicular access for parking and loading is at the rear and side
shared lots or in a parking structures. of the building via access roads only.
B. Façade Width Structured parking is provided at the rear or side of the building.

Maximum of 225 feet. A liner of developable space shall conceal above-ground podium
parking from view.
Facades greater than 175 feet in length must have at least one
façade break of at least 20 feet in length and 10 feet in depth. I. Outdoor Space
At least 10 percent of the lot area shall be provided as outdoor
Where the garage length exceeds 225 feet, a second similar space.
building type may be attached and interconnected, but it must
appear as a separate building and have its own entrance from Permitted outdoor space types that count towards the
the street. satisfaction of the required amount of outdoor space are
designated in Section 5.3.6, Open Space Standards.
C. Building Height and Massing Urban Block Building with Garage Diagram
Maximum building heights vary, see Section 5.3.1, Block Type J. Landscape and Buffering
Development Standards. In mixed-use areas, structure parking that is visible from
central open spaces or plazas should be screened from view by
D. Building Materials and Transparency
using architectural façade treatments, ornamental screens or
Building materials include stone, brick and glass. vegetation.
For street facades: With a storefront or a storefront café a
minimum of 70 percent transparency is required, 65 percent
otherwise.

For non-street facades: Minimum of 65 percent transparency.
Upper story façades: Minimum of 30 percent transparency.

Blank, unarticulated walls facing streets are prohibited.

E. Corner Treatment
The corners of buildings located at the intersection of two streets
should be emphasized in order to create identity, take advantage
of the high visibility and enhance wayfinding.
F. Frontage Types Urban Block Building with Garage Illustrative Photo

Permitted frontage types: storefront, storefront café, urban
frontage and dooryard.

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

G. Pedestrian Access and Entries
Primary entrances for the development concealing the parking
structure shall be on the primary street façade of the building.

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5.0 Implementation Adopted: August 16, 2016