Ordinance 4034-24 - Laserfiche WebLink

Park District Planned Development Overlay | Exhibit A.2 – Park District Design Standards Page 10 Exhibit A.2_Park District PDO_Design Standards_24-0703 3. Standards. Table 3.A.3 – Storefront building frontage standards Element Standards Ground-level Land use These standards apply to uses normally intended for public access such as shops, services, public service and civic uses, ground-level office space, and leasing offices. They also apply to the residential building frontages containing entrance lobbies and common areas, even if they are secured from public use. Special standards apply to day care, educational, or similar facilities, as noted below. Tenant space depth 30’ minimum Floor to floor height 12’ minimum Applies to the minimum ground floor tenant space depth. Storefront setback No minimum building setback is required. Ground level façade transparency At least 60% of the ground floor transparency zone (the portion of the ground floor façade between 2’ and 10’ above sidewalk grade) area. For day care, education or similar facilities, at least 40% of the ground floor transparency zone must be composed of windows and may provide for screening or window treatments for visual separation from the exterior to interior activities. Weather protection All storefront entries must include weather protection a minimum of 6’ feet deep for the width of the entry and have 10’ to 15’ of vertical clearance. Weather protection over the storefront is required along at least 50% of the subject storefront elevations, and it must be a minimum of 6’ deep and have 10’ to 15’ of vertical clearance. Exception: Portions of storefronts that feature landscaping planters at least 2’ in width between the sidewalk or plaza and storefront are exempt from this requirement and excluded from applicable calculations. Weather protection must not interfere with street trees, street lights, or street signs. 4. COMPLIANCE ALTERNATIVE criteria/parameters. a. Façade transparency. Reduced transparency (to no less than 40 percent of the transparency zone) will be considered if the façade design between ground-level windows provides architectural variety and mitigates the impacts of blank walls. b. Weather protection. Reduced weather protection depths will be considered for up to 50 percent of the required weather protection features provided the design is proportional to architectural features of the building and helps to articulate the storefront façade (see the standard in subsection 5.2.A).