Sec. 24-3825 et seq.

Building-mounted architectural 'accent lights' are permitted when downward facing only.

All exterior building or security lighting must be full cutoff, shielded, or angled downward to focus the light only on the intended doorway or walkway.

Lighting must be designed in such a way as to prevent the direct view of the light source to neighboring residential areas.

Light fixtures located within the interior of a parking lot must not exceed 30 feet in height.

Light fixtures located along the perimeter of a parking area within 50 feet of a property line must not exceed 20 feet.

Light fixtures located along pedestrian walkways adjacent to parking lots or streets must not exceed 15 feet in height.

Light fixtures located along internal pedestrian walkways or paths not adjacent to a parking area or a street must not exceed 10 feet in height.

The Arcade or Gallery must extend a minimum of 75 percent of the building frontage.

Awnings over ground-story doors or windows must not exceed five feet in depth.

Awnings must extend over at least 25 percent of the width of the primary façade.

Balconies must not exceed six feet in depth.

Balconies must extend over at least 25 percent of the width of the primary façade.

In the Mixed-Use Core Development Area of the Brookfield Area Subdistrict, a minimum of 25 percent of the building floor area must be developed or reserved for nonresidential uses. In the Brookfield Area Subdistrict overall, a minimum of 10 percent of the building floor area must be developed or reserved for nonresidential uses.

Monument Signs are permitted along West Broad Street.

All parking must be located in the rear and accessed from a rear alley when present.

A ground-floor shopfront must face the primary street.

Drive-through windows must not be located to the front of the building.

All building façades which face onto a street or public space must comply with the minimum transparency standards in Table 3840A.

All pumps, parking, and drive-through areas must be located behind the building.

A ground-floor shopfront is required. The shopfront must face the primary street and if it is located on a corner lot must be located at the build-to line at the corner of the lot.

When access to a parking structure or deck cannot be accommodated on an alley, the required liner building may have a break of up to 30 feet to allow vehicular access.

Liner buildings must be at least two stories in height with no less than 15 feet in depth.

Liner buildings must be at least two stories in height with no less than 15 feet in depth.

Loading docks and other service entries must not be located on primary frontages.

A minimum front 6' sidewalk must be provided. The sidewalk may be a combination of public and private property.

In addition to the allowed uses established in Article 4: Use Regulations, Auto Services and Auto Sales are permitted.

Minimum porch depth is eight feet.

The finished floor of the porch must be no more than eight inches below the first floor level, and no more than 42 inches above the finished grade of the sidewalk.

All buildings must have a Primary Pedestrian Entrance along the front facade.

The primary entrance of every building that provides access to a principal use must face a street or a public space.

Towers, cupolas, and other architectural rooftop features with a footprint smaller than 15' by 15' may extend up to 20' above the designated height limit.

Shopfronts must have a cornice or expression line between the first and second story. Expression lines must either be moldings extending a minimum of two inches outward from the primary façade or jogs in the surface plane of the building wall greater than two inches.

Shopfront doors must contain at least 50 percent transparent glass.

The entrances to all shopfronts must be covered, either by an awning, canopy, second floor balcony, arcade, colonnade, or gallery, or by being inset into the main body of the building.

Entrances for public access into commercial areas must be provided at intervals no greater than 50 feet.

The ground floor of a shopfront must have untinted transparent storefront windows or doors covering no less than 60 percent of the wall area.

Shopfronts must remain unshuttered at night to provide views of display spaces and are encouraged to remain lit from within until 10:00 PM.

Shopfront windows must extend up from the sill at least eight feet above the adjacent sidewalk.

Shopfront windows must not be made opaque by window treatments. Reflective and frosted glass is prohibited.

The top of all shopfront windowsills must be between one and three feet above the adjacent sidewalk.

In the Mixed-Use Core Development Area of the Short Pump Town Center Area Subdistrict, a minimum of 25 percent of the building floor area must be developed or reserved for nonresidential uses. In the Short Pump Town Center Area Subdistrict overall, a minimum of 10 percent of the building floor area must be developed or reserved for nonresidential uses.

Primary Streets identified on Figure 3878 may be pedestrian only streets where vehicles are not allowed. Such streets must be at least 20 feet wide.

The finished floor of the stoop must be no more than eight inches below the first floor level, and no more than 42 inches above the finished grade of the sidewalk.

Partial walls and railings on stoops must be no higher than 42 inches.

Stormwater management improvements must be integrated with the final landscape design as site amenities (see Article 5, Division 2, Required Open Space).

In the Mixed-Use Core Development Area of the Virginia Center Commons Area Subdistrict, a minimum of 25 percent of the building floor area must be developed or reserved for nonresidential uses. In the Virginia Center Commons Area Subdistrict overall, a minimum of 10 percent of the building floor area must be developed or reserved for nonresidential uses.

The primary façade of buildings wider than 250 feet must include at least one of the following: a break in the façade plane or a change in the roof line.

A minimum number of parking spaces must be provided for each use in accordance with Table 3835: Minimum Parking Spaces.

Parking spaces required may include on-street parking spaces adjacent to the property within 300 feet of the front of the building.

All parking must be accessed from rear alleys where they exist or from side streets if the lot is located on a corner.

The Planning Director may approve a reduction of up to 30 percent of the minimum parking standards based on a parking study.

Where parking accessed by a residential alley is visible from an adjacent street, the parking must be screened from view from the adjacent street by an opaque wall or architecturally compatible screening at least 5 feet in height.

Shared parking is encouraged in all subdistricts for more efficient parking solutions.

Banner signs must not be illuminated.

Banner signs must be mounted only on light poles or other street furniture designed for the purpose of hanging banners.

Banner signs must not exceed four feet in height or 40 feet in length.

Detached signs are prohibited, except as provided in Sec. 24-3864, Brookfield Area Subdistrict: Additional Brookfield Area Standards.

The maximum gross area of all such signs mounted on a building façade must not exceed ten percent of the façade area.

Signs mounted flat against a building façade must be limited to a band having a maximum height of three feet on any building façade.

Signs that are illuminated must be externally illuminated from the front. Back lighting is permitted as an exception only for individual letters or numbers.

Such signs must not exceed nine square feet in area.

Signs mounted on and perpendicular to a building façade must maintain a minimum vertical clearance of eight feet above sidewalks and must not extend closer than two feet from the curb line.