(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) All multiple-family dwelling buildings shall be designed and constructed to have the equivalent of a front appearance on each façade.
(2) All building façades shall include a variety of materials and textures.
(3) All accessory or ancillary structures, including garages, shall be designed and constructed with the same facing materials as the principal structure. The materials shall be used in the same or better proportions as used on the principal structure.
(4) All building entrances shall incorporate arcades, roofs, porches, alcoves, porticoes or awnings that protect pedestrians from the rain and sun. In addition, the primary front entrance shall be clearly articulated and obvious from the street through the use of design features as awnings, canopies, pillars, special building materials or architectural details.
(5) Wall planes shall not run in one continuous direction for more than 36 feet without a change of at least three feet. Any architectural projection or recess used to accomplish this change shall be a minimum of six feet wide and three feet deep.
(6 ) The ground floor of the building shall be distinguished from the upper floors through the use of an awning, trellis, arcade, window lintels, intermediate cornice line, or brick detailing.
(B) Any exterior trash or garbage disposal or storage shall be fully enclosed by screening walls with access gate, made of the similar materials as the principal structure.
(C) Sidewalks shall be provided from parking areas, loading zones and recreation areas to the entrance(s) of the building.
(D) Outdoor swimming pools or other intensive recreation shall observe setbacks required for the principal structure.
(E) Height. When a structure is located within 30 feet of a residentially-zoned property outside of the development, the fourth floor must be stepbacked 12 feet from the third floor building envelope.
(F) A 15 foot buffer meeting the requirements of § 151.04.36 Screening shall be provided along all property lines abutting the R-1 or R-2 Districts.
(G) In addition to the requirements above, apartments in the CBD shall adhere to the following:
(1) For apartment uses immediately adjacent to Highway 8 or North 1st Avenue, exclusive of required entrances, the residential use and any parking may occupy no portion of the front one-half of the first story floor area. For corner or through lots, the standard shall be applied to one street frontage as determined by the Zoning Administrator in consultation with the applicant. As permitted in Table 151.02.01 Principal Uses Table, non-residential uses are allowed in the front one-half story floor area.
(2) The orientation of the apartment structure shall match the orientation of other existing principal structures along the block on which it is located.
(Ord. 20220120-01, passed 1-20-22)