21.50.050

Design

• Maximum balcony guardrail opacity75 pct

  and a maximum of seventy-five percent opacity.

• Maximum balcony projection10 ft

  When private balconies project from a building façade, the maximum depth shall be ten feet

• Maximum blank wall length20 ft

  The maximum length of any blank wall visible from the public right-of-way, meaning without a window, opening, or other massing break, shall be limited to twenty feet in length.

• Maximum wall plane encroachment into setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.2 ft

  Up to fifty percent of the wall plane variation requirement shall be allowed to encroach into a required front setback by a maximum of two feet

• Minimum awning clearance over sidewalk8 ft

  Any awnings that encroach into the public right-of-way shall maintain eight feet clear as measured from grade

• Minimum awning width relative to opening5 pct

  Awnings shall be a minimum of five percent larger than the width of the opening

• Minimum balcony depth (counts toward open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.)5 ft

  balconies shall be a minimum of eight feet in width, five feet in depth, and eight feet in height.

• Minimum balcony heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. (counts toward open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.)8 ft

  balconies shall be a minimum of eight feet in width, five feet in depth, and eight feet in height.

• Minimum balcony guardrail opacity50 pct

  occupiable private balcony guardrails/enclosure walls shall not be transparent and shall maintain a minimum of fifty percent

• Minimum balcony width (counts toward open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.)8 ft

  balconies shall be a minimum of eight feet in width, five feet in depth, and eight feet in height.

• Minimum eave projection1.5 ft

  Have eaves, rakes, or overhangs, extending the length of the roof, with an eighteen-inch minimum projection.

• Minimum ground floor heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. (nonresidential)12 ft

  The minimum interior floor-to-floor height of nonresidential ground floor spaces shall be twelve feet.

• Minimum roof pitch (non-flat)3 ratio

  Have a pitch of at least 3:12 when not flat

• Minimum ground floor transparencyGround-floor transparencyThe share of a ground-floor street wall that must be windows rather than blank surface. (primary street)30 pct

  Windows and openings of nonresidential uses on the ground floor visible from the primary street shall constitute a minimum of thirty percent of the ground-floor building faces.

• Minimum ground floor transparencyGround-floor transparencyThe share of a ground-floor street wall that must be windows rather than blank surface. (secondary street)20 pct

  Windows and openings of nonresidential uses on the ground floor visible from any secondary street shall constitute a minimum of twenty percent of the ground-floor building faces.

• Minimum transparencyGround-floor transparencyThe share of a ground-floor street wall that must be windows rather than blank surface. (residential)15 pct

  Windows and openings of residential uses shall constitute a minimum of fifteen percent of all building faces.

• Minimum upper floor transparencyGround-floor transparencyThe share of a ground-floor street wall that must be windows rather than blank surface. (nonresidential)10 pct

  Windows and openings of nonresidential uses on upper floors that face streets shall constitute a minimum of ten percent of upper floor building faces

• Required wall plane variation25 pct

  All façades facing the public right-of-way shall include variation that cumulatively equals at least twenty-five percent of the total façade plane area