Extracted standards
7 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Design
- Maximum blank wall horizontal length30 ft
Blank wall areas on building façades facing public right-of-way shall extend a maximum of 30 feet in the horizontal direction.
- Maximum blank wall vertical length15 ft
Blank wall areas on building façades facing public right-of-way shall extend a maximum of 15 feet in the vertical direction.
- Maximum uninterrupted façade length100 ft
No uninterrupted length of any façade shall exceed 100 horizontal feet.
- Minimum façade projection depth3 pct
Façades greater than 100 feet in length shall incorporate wall plane projections or recesses having a minimum depth of three percent of the length of the façade.
- Minimum façade projection length20 pct
Façades greater than 100 feet in length shall incorporate wall plane projections or recesses extending a minimum of 20 percent of the length of the façade.
- Minimum ground floor façade features75 pct
Ground floor façades that face public rights-of-way or parking areas shall have arcades, display windows, entry areas, awnings or other such features along a minimum of 75 percent of their horizontal length.
- Minimum wall section heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. change15 pct
No horizontal wall section shall extend for a distance greater than three times its height without a change in elevation of a minimum of 15 percent of such height.
From the ordinance
Façades greater than 100 feet in length, measured horizontally, shall incorporate wall plane projections or recesses having a minimum depth of three percent of the length of the façade and extending a minimum of 20 percent of the length of the façade. No uninterrupted length of any façade shall exceed 100 horizontal feet.