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Design

• Architectural elements

  New primary structures shall include at least one of: terrace, forecourt, backcourt, arcade, gallery. Terraces/forecourts/backcourts shall dedicate at least 50% of area to landscape. Arcade/gallery colonnades shall not screen more than 25% of ground floor façade.

• Articulation

  Building façades shall be differentiated with variations in rooflines, window groupings, and applied elements.

• Entrances

  A pedestrian-accessible entrance shall be required facing a public sidewalk. Shop front entrances shall be recessed with door, transom lights, sidelights.

• Façade composition

  One-story buildings shall consist of a building top and base; multi-story buildings shall consist of top, middle, and base.

• Ground floor design elements

  Any exterior building modification shall include at least one of: trellis/pergola, exterior furniture (benches, bicycle racks, tables with chairs).

• Roof requirements

  Roof shall have a gable, arc raised center, or if flat, molding that crowns the building. Roof-mounted equipment shall be screened.

• Wall openings

  Upper stories shall have window to wall area proportion less than ground floor. Solid roll-up security gates prohibited.

• Wall surface

  Walls shall have same trim and finish as front façade if located 30 ft or more from side/rear lot line. Durable materials required, cinder block prohibited.

• Windows60 pct

  At least 60% of total width and 40% of total area of ground floor façade shall be devoted to windows. Bottom of window no more than 3 ft above sidewalk. Not more than 10% mirrored or densely tinted glass.