§ 16-18U.017. Specific regulations for storefront streets.

Properties which front streets indicated in Exhibit B as Storefront Streets shall meet the following regulations:

1.

Street-fronting buildings including parking decks shall meet the following sidewalk level requirements:

a.

The length of façade without intervening fenestration or entryway shall not exceed 20 feet.

b.

For buildings with ground floor commercial uses, fenestration shall be provided for a minimum of 65 percent of the length of the frontage. For buildings with ground floor residential usage, fenestration shall be provided for a minimum of 30 percent of the length of the frontage. Frontage area shall be determined as follows:

i.

Beginning at a point not more than three feet above the sidewalk, to a height no less than ten feet above the sidewalk or,

ii.

Beginning at the finished floor elevation to a height no less than ten feet above the finished floor elevation when the finished floor elevation is three or more feet above the sidewalk or

iii.

Beginning at a point not more than sidewalk level, to a height no less than ten feet above the finished floor elevation when the finished floor elevation is below the sidewalk.

c.

Fenestration shall not utilize painted glass, reflective glass or other similarly treated or opaque windows. Entrances may be counted towards fenestration requirements.

d.

For parking decks, commercial uses shall occupy a minimum depth of 20 feet of the ground floor street frontage beginning at any building façade along the public sidewalk, except at ingress and egress points. Such commercial uses located in this area shall meet the requirements of section 16-18U.017.

2.

Minimum building façade height: 24 feet along each façade visible from the public right-of-way.

3.

Security gates and screens installed on any façade visible from the public right-of-way shall be constructed of an openwork design, shall be fully retractable, and shall be fully retracted during business hours.

(Ord. No. 2005-51, § 1(Att. A), 8-22-05)