Chapter 21.50 (Objective Design Standards)
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Applies to multi-familyMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive. residential districts (R-2-R-5) and mixed-use developments in the office professional zoning districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. and mixed-use overlayOverlay districtA second set of rules laid over the base district, adding requirements without replacing it. zoning districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.
Extracted standards
15 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Maximum balcony projection10 ft
When private balconies project from a building façade, the maximum depth shall be ten feet, measured from the building footprint, regardless of the setback.
- 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.
- Minimum awning depth3 ft
For nonresidential uses, provide awnings with a minimum three-foot depth
- Minimum balcony size to count toward open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.
balconies shall be a minimum of eight feet in width, five feet in depth, and eight feet in height.
- Minimum eave projection18 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. for nonresidential uses12 ft
The minimum interior floor-to-floor height of nonresidential ground floor spaces shall be twelve feet.
- Number of colors on building exterior
The number of colors appearing on the entire building exterior shall be at least two and not more than four (or four tones of the same color).
- Minimum roof pitch
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. for nonresidential primary street30 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. for nonresidential secondary street20 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 upper floor transparencyGround-floor transparencyThe share of a ground-floor street wall that must be windows rather than blank surface. for nonresidential10 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 visible from the public right-of-way.
- Minimum transparencyGround-floor transparencyThe share of a ground-floor street wall that must be windows rather than blank surface. for residential uses15 pct
Windows and openings of residential uses shall constitute a minimum of fifteen percent of all building faces.
- Minimum upper story stepback depth5 ft
Provide an upper story (top-most) front stepback, a minimum of five feet in depth by fifteen percent of the façade's total length.
- Minimum 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 that faces the public right-of-way.
- ProhibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. exterior building materials
Vinyl, plastic, mirrored/tinted/reflective glass, gloss tiles, plywood, composite wood panel, rough stucco are prohibited.
From the ordinance
This chapter applies to the following development projects in the multi-family residential districts (R-2-R-5) and to mixed-use developments in the office professional zoning district and mixed-use overlay zoning district: New development of residential units; and certain remodels and additions.