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A. Multi-unit residential, commercial, and mixed-use developments in Timber Yards are subject to the following design standards. These standards replace design standards of BDC 2.3.500, including the standards in BDC 2.1.900, Architectural Design Standards, and BDC 2.2.600, Commercial Design Review Standards.

1. Building and Entry Orientation.

a. Primary Entrance. Each building must provide a primary building entrance oriented to at least one street or to a street-oriented plaza.

b. Building facades located within 10 feet of SW Bond Street must include a minimum of one entrance every 60 feet onto SW Bond Street.

2. Facade Height Minimum.

a. For buildings located on SW Bond Street, the minimum height for the facade(s) facing SW Bond Street is 20 feet.

b. The minimum height for facades facing other streets is 15 feet.

3. Transparency.

a. Facades that face SW Bond Street must include transparency/glazing (i.e., glass windows and/or glass doors) totaling a minimum of 40 percent of the ground level wall area and 20 percent on the upper level(s) wall area, as shown in Figure 2.7.4750.A. Ground level wall area includes the exterior wall area up to 10 feet above the finished grade.

b. Facades that face other streets must include transparency/glazing (i.e., glass windows and/or glass doors) totaling a minimum of 25 percent of the ground level wall area and 20 percent on the upper level(s) wall area, as shown in Figure 2.7.4750.B. Ground level wall area includes the exterior wall area up to 10 feet above the finished grade.

Figure 2.7.4750.A. SW Bond Street Facade

Figure 2.7.4750.B. Other Street Facade

4. Building Articulation. One or more of the following facade treatments must be incorporated on each level of all street-facing facades:

a. Building offsets (projections or recesses) at least two feet deep and six feet wide;

b. Upper level balconies (projecting or recessed) at least six feet wide;

c. Building canopies, awnings, pergolas, architectural sun shade structures, or similar weather protection (minimum projection of four feet for overhead weather protection when located on the ground level and over a sidewalk or other pedestrian space);

d. Transparency greater than the minimum required by subsection (A)(3) of this section;

e. Recessed building entries at least six feet wide;

f. Use of masonry material (i.e., brick, brick veneer, stone, concrete, or stucco) for a minimum of 75 percent of the total wall area of the street-facing facade level as measured from floor-to-floor height, not including windows; and/or

g. On upper levels, use of two or more facade materials and/or facade colors.

5. Exterior colors shall be of low reflectance, subtle, neutral, or earth tone colors. The use of high intensity, neon, glossy, or fluorescent colors for the facade and/or roof of the building is prohibited except as approved for building trim.

2.7.4750.C Illustration of Use of Architectural Features

[Ord. NS-2476, 2023]