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5.3 Design Guidelines

Stoops
A. Frontage Intent Statement
Stoops are small staircases leading to the entrance of a
residential building. The stoop elevation provides some privacy
between the sidewalk and ground floor uses. Stoops may be
covered by a building awning or canopy.
B. Entries

Entries fronting on public streets shall face the public sidewalk.
C. Dimensions
Stoops shall be at least four feet deep and four feet wide. The
stoop entry should not be raised more than three feet above the
adjacent sidewalk.

D. Paving and Landscaping
Yards should be planted with grass, shrubs or other ground
cover. Walks shall be paved. Stoop Section
Stoops are small staircases leading to the entrance of a residential building.
E. Furnishing Zone
None permitted.

F. Additional Standards and Guidelines
Awnings or canopies may cover stoops. See Section 5.3.2,
Building Type Standards and Guidelines: Building, Massing,
Scale, and Architecutre, for awning and canopy standards.
Where block type standards permit dooryard frontages and stoop
frontage, elements of these frontage types may be combined.
G. Storefront Guidelines
Not applicable.

Stoop Illustrative Photo
The stoop elevation provides some privacy between the sidewalk and ground
floor uses. Stoops may be covered by a building awning or canopy.

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5.0 Implementation Adopted: August 16, 2016