§ 68.314. Relationship of Buildings to Streets and Parking.

(a)

Principal Orientation. The primary facades of all buildings in commercial, employment and mixed use centers shall contain the primary entry and face a public street, except in limited circumstances where parking lots may be placed at street edge. In these cases, the primary facade shall front onto a publicly accessible walkway that leads directly from the street to the establishment's front door without crossing a vehicular travelway.

(b)

Primary Entries and Facades. The primary entry(s) of both business establishments and residential uses in commercial, employment, and mixed use centers shall be visible and accessible directly from a public street. Primary facades that front onto a street should be built parallel to the public right-of-way.

(c)

Street-Facing Facades. Street facing facades shall be lined with windows. Blank walls and/or garage doors shall not occupy over 50% of a principle frontage, and a section of blank wall shall not exceed 20 linear feet without being interrupted by a window or entry. Industrial/warehouse building shall not have a section of blank wall exceeding 30 linear feet without being interrupted by a window, entry, pilaster, lattice, change in plane, or similar element. The street-facing portion of industrial/warehouse buildings should have administrative areas, offices, breakrooms, and other uses that require windows and entries in order to maximize articulation and human activity at the front of these buildings.

(d)

Building Frontage and Parking Exposure to Streets. Building frontages shall occupy no less than sixty-five percent (65%) of a block's street-facing frontage, except for Village Center anchor stores and all Neighborhood Center stores and buildings. Outside of these areas, building frontages shall occupy no less than thirty-three percent (33%) of a parcel's street-facing frontage; street fronting parking in these districts should be for visitors and short-term parking and shall consist of no more than one bay, additional parking should be located to the side or behind the building.

(e)

Walkway-Facing Facades. The main entrance of all buildings without street edge facades shall open directly onto a publicly accessible walkway. Anchor stores can have "departments" such as deli's and pharmacies oriented to the street. This walkway shall directly connect to an adjacent street's sidewalk without crossing a vehicular travelway. Specific conditions include:

1.

Village and Neighborhood Center anchor stores (e.g., supermarkets, major drug stores), where parking may be necessary directly in front of the building. In this case, the primary pedestrian entry and windows should be visible from a public street and front onto a publicly accessible walkway;

2.

Mixed use portions of Airport Support District-Medium Intensity areas, where the primary pedestrian entry and windows shall be visible from a public street and front onto a publicly accessible walkway; and

3.

Auto-serving uses in the Airport Support District-Medium Intensity areas (e.g., gas stations, car washes, etc.), where the primary entry need not face a street, however street facing windows should occupy at least 25% of the street-facing facade, and the primary entry should front onto a publicly accessible walkway.

(Ord. of 5-10-1999, § 10, Doc. #32070)