(A) Parking shall be located to the rear of the principal use or principal building; provided that, up to two rows of parking may be located to the front, or to the side abutting a residential use, of the principal use or principal building.
(B) Buildings shall contain ground-level fenestration (e.g., transparent windows and openings at street level) consistent with the commercial building design standards (§ 153.0999 of this chapter).
(C) (1) Buildings shall be articulated so that facades, which face public streets and exceed 50 feet in horizontal length, shall include vertical piers or other vertical visual elements to break the plane of the facade.
(2) Such vertical piers or any other vertical visual elements shall be between 15 and 40 feet apart along the facade.
(3) This provision does not apply to the conversion of a residential building to a commercial use.
(Ord. 3020, passed 9-10-2013, § 3.17.5)