Extracted standards
20 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Fencing & walls
- Wall articulation
Walls shall not be blank, long surfaces, but rather should be articulated with intervening pillars, alternating heights, offsetting sections.
Lighting
- Light shielding
All light fixtures must be shielded to confine the spread of light within the boundaries of the site.
Other
- Building clustering
Single and multi-structure sites shall be clustered to create plazas or pedestrian malls.
- Building orientation
Freestanding commercial structures shall be oriented with the main entry towards the street and should have the main facade parallel to the street.
- Building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. transition
The height of new buildings shall transition from adjoining buildings to the maximum building height of the new structure.
- Landscaping protection
Landscaping must be protected from vehicle encroachment by means of raised planting areas, walls, and curbs.
- Loading screening
Loading facilities shall be located to the side or rear of commercial buildings and shall be screened from view to the extent possible.
- Maximum number of exterior colors3 count
Most structures should use no more than three colors.
- Maximum roofline length without offset50 ft
Rooflines should not run in a continuous plane for more than 50 feet without offsetting or jogging the roof plane.
- Maximum wall plane length without offset50 ft
Walls should not run in one direction for more than 50 feet without an offset.
- Minimum driveway distance from intersection for major activity centers200 ft
Entrance driveways to major activity centers shall be no closer than 200 feet from the adjacent intersection.
- Minimum driveway distance from intersection for small commercial50 ft
Entrance driveways for service stations, small commercial properties, or neighborhood shopping centers shall be no closer than 50 feet from the adjacent intersection.
- Minimum driveway throat length for major shopping centers100 ft
All entrance driveways for major shopping centers that provide for left and right turning movements on arterial streets shall have a driveway throat of 100 feet.
- Minimum service driveway width25 ft
Service driveways, or private alleys, provided at the rear of commercial buildings for delivery of goods shall have a minimum width of 25 feet.
- Pedestrian amenities
Outdoor spaces between buildings shall be used to provide important pedestrian amenities such as benches, trellises, fountains, artwork.
- Rooftop equipment screening
All roof-mounted equipment shall be screened from public view by materials similar to those used in the overall structure.
- Tree placement in parking lots
Trees shall be located throughout parking lots not simply at the ends of aisles.
Parking
- Parking lot landscaping
Parking areas shall be generously landscaped to provide interior and perimeter treatments.
- Parking lot screening
Parking lots shall be screened from adjoining streets by the use of low earth berms, walls, landscaping, or a combination.
- Pedestrian circulation in parking
Safe pedestrian circulation systems shall be provided in the design of parking facilities.
From the ordinance
Standards that apply in all Commercial zones: site design, parking, landscaping, walls, building design, lighting, driveways.