2.3.500 Architectural Standards.
All developments in the Mixed-Use Districts are subject to commercial design review, BDC 2.2.600, or BDC 2.1.900, Architectural Design Standards, for multi-unit residential uses, as applicable, and shall be reviewed for conformance with the standards in this section unless otherwise specified in this code.
A. In the MU and MN Districts, building facades that are oriented to the street and are within the maximum front setback standard under BDC 2.3.300 (referred to as “street walls”) shall be designed to provide visual interest for pedestrians as follows:
1. Ground-floor windows must be installed for at least 50 percent of the length of the street wall and have an area equal to 60 percent of the ground-floor wall area of the street wall. Ground-floor wall area includes all wall areas up to 10 feet above finished grade. Windows are required to be transparent to foster both a physical and visual connection between activities in the building and pedestrian activities on the street.
2. Weather protection shall be provided along 50 percent of the street wall and at all street-facing entrances. Weather protection projections may include but are not limited to awnings, marquees, balconies, overhangs, or building appendages. Weather projections are required to extend five feet over the sidewalk in order to meet this standard and must not obstruct or prevent the placement of street trees, tree canopies or other improvements within the public right-of-way. [Ord. NS-2423, 2021; Ord. NS-2271, 2016; Ord. NS-2195, 2013; Ord. NS-2016, 2006]