Treatments between any building and the street edge shall utilize the following design standards.
(a) Building orientation and access.
(1) Buildings shall be designed with windows, public access points and signage facing streets, sidewalks and pedestrian ways.
(2) Grade level exterior doors that swing onto a public walkway are prohibited.
(b) The primary building entrance.
(1) A primary pedestrian building entrance shall be located on one or more primary front facades facing the street and sidewalk, rather than the rear or sides of the building, and shall be well articulated and visible from the street as described herein. Secondary access points may be located along other facades.
(2) In multiuse buildings, each building use and street floor tenant space shall have at least one functional entrance directly visible and accessible from the street. Where tenant entrances are via common lobbies, lobby entrances shall create architectural emphasis through design features such as changes in building plane, step backs, fenestration patterns, balconies, towers, bays or similar features.
(3) If the primary building entrance is not located along the primary front facade then the applicant must demonstrate that the primary building entrance may not feasibly be located along the primary front facade and the primary building entrance shall be located to the side of the building in accordance with the following.
A. Buildings with the primary building entrance on the side shall be visually emphasized to make the entry visible from adjacent and nearby public roadways. Architectural emphasis shall be achieved through design features such as changes in building plane, step backs, fenestration patterns, balconies, towers, building entries, bays or similar features.
B. Buildings with the main entry on the side shall be accessible by a public walkway connecting the sidewalk along the site’s street frontage to the parking areas.
(Ord. 951, passed 9-21-2016)