§ 16-36.014. Relationship of building to street.

The regulations contained in this section apply to all buildings and structures, including parking structures.

1.

Building floors shall be delineated to, and including, the third story above the sidewalk-level executed through windows, belt courses, cornice lines or similar architectural detailing.

2.

The primary pedestrian entrance to all sidewalk-level uses with public street, private street or BeltLine Corridor frontage shall be architecturally articulated, face, be visible from, and be directly accessible from said required sidewalk along such street or BeltLine Corridor. The use of fire-escape, entrance-only and exit-only doors as primary entrances is explicitly prohibited.

a.

For residential uses:

i.

All such buildings, except assisted living, with more than four residential units shall have individual entrances to such units directly accessible from the sidewalk and shall open directly onto the adjacent sidewalk, supplemental zone, terrace, porch, plaza, or park adjacent to the sidewalk.

ii.

Said buildings shall have porches, stoops or wheelchair access at each sidewalk-level entrance.

b.

For non-residential uses:

i.

Shall remain unlocked during business hours.

ii.

Shall be at-grade with the closest portion of the adjacent required sidewalk.

3.

All residential uses not located at sidewalk-level shall have pedestrian access to the required public sidewalk via a lobby fronting and accessible from said sidewalk.

4.

A street address number shall be located directly above or beside the primary building and business establishment entrances, shall be clearly visible from the sidewalk, and shall have a minimum height of six inches.

5.

No walls, except retaining walls, shall be located between a public street, private street or BeltLine Corridor and any building, with the exception of screening for authorized off-street loading areas. Retaining walls shall be finished poured concrete or shall be faced with stone, brick or smooth stucco. See subsection 16-29.001(25).

6.

Fences and walls shall meet the following regulations.

a.

For all uses not adjacent to a street or BeltLine Corridor: Fences and walls not exceeding six feet in height may be erected.

b.

No barbed wire, razor wire, uncoated chain link fence or similar elements shall be visible from any public plaza, sidewalk-level outdoor dining area, the BeltLine Corridor or any other public right-of-way.

7.

Fenestration: Shall be provided at the minimum percent as specified herein and in the beltline: fenestration table. fenestration shall not utilize painted glass, reflective glass or other similarly treated or opaque windows. tinted glass shall have a transmittance factor of 50 percent or greater and shall have a visible light reflectance factor of ten or less. (for additional parking deck requirements see subsection 16-36.017(3)):

a.

Street-fronting non-residential uses along the BeltLine Corridor and along streets that function as arterial streets and collector streets shall meet the following sidewalk-level requirements, with the exception of churches and fire stations:

i.

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

ii.

Fenestration and entrances shall be provided for a minimum of 65 percent of the length of all street frontages:

a)

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

b)

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

c)

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.

b.

Street and BeltLine Corridor fronting residential uses and non-residential uses along local streets, with the exception of churches and fire stations: Fenestration and entrances shall be provided for a minimum of 30 percent of the length of all street frontages.

c.

Such buildings shall have windows at sidewalk level on each street frontage façade which are substantially similar in size to the sidewalk level front façade windows.

BeltLine: Fenestration Table

Street or Corridor Classification
USE	Arterial or Collector	Local	BeltLine Corridor
Residential	30% minimum length	30% minimum length	30% minimum length
Non-Residential*	65% minimum length	30% minimum length	65% minimum length

 

* No minimum fenestration requirement for churches and fire-stations.

(Ord. No. 2007-09, § 1(Att. A), 2-28-07)