(A) The following standards shall apply to new development, redevelopment, and building expansions greater than 50% of the floor area of an existing building unless otherwise approved by the Zoning Administrator or City Council.
(1) Buildings shall be set back no more than 15 feet from a street property line. Rear and side property line setbacks shall be based on building code requirements.
(2) Building street frontage.
(a) The minimum percentage of a lot street frontage that must be occupied by a building façade, as measured in the area up to 15 feet from a street property line, shall be 60%.
(b) For a corner lot, this requirement shall apply to one street property line.
(c) Recesses in a building façade do not qualify as meeting the minimum building street frontage standard.
Figure 151.02.02. Building Street Frontage
(3) Parking lot entrances and exits shall be located on streets other than Highway 8.
(4) Building entrances.
(a) One or more prominent entries are required on any building façade fronting on a public street, park, or plaza.
(b) Prominent entries should be designed with a canopy, portico, arch, display windows, architectural molding, or other details to announce its location.
(5) Horizontal building façade articulation.
(a) A building façade fronting on a public street, park, or plaza shall have an architectural feature along the top of the ground story and along the bottom of the top story.
(b) A horizontal architectural feature is composed of a decorative, three-dimensional, horizontal element that projects out or is recessed in from the exterior façade of a building at least two inches.
(6) Vertical building façade articulation.
(a) Any ground story façade fronting on a public street, park, or plaza that exceeds 48 feet in width shall be visually divided into smaller sections through articulation of the façade, every 48 feet at a minimum.
(b) For upper stories, façade articulation shall occur for facades exceeding 72 feet in width on a public street, park, or plaza, every 72 feet at a minimum.
(c) Articulation techniques include vertical recesses or projections of the building façade, window bays, balconies, and changes in exterior materials.
(7) Rooftop or ground mounted mechanical equipment and exterior trash and recycling storage areas shall be screened or enclosed with materials compatible with the principal structure.
(8) Building façade transparency.
(a) Tinted windows shall be no darker than 20% tint.
(b) Reflective glass is prohibited for windows and doors on ground story façades fronting on a public street, park, or plaza. Non-tinted, clear low-e window coatings are permitted.
(c) Glass block is prohibited on all façades, ground and upper stories, fronting on a public street, park, or plaza.
(Ord. 20220120-01, passed 1-20-22)