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Park District Planned Development Overlay | Exhibit A.2 – Park District Design Standards Page 25 <br />Exhibit A.2_Park District PDO_Design Standards_24-0703 <br />5.2 – Massing and Articulation <br />Purpose <br />• To create a District composed of a variety of building massing through evident <br />differences in the enclosed volumes and how they are shaped. <br />• To further articulate the building massing and architectural expression as a means to <br />provide for secondary scales and patterns that are smaller than the entire façade. <br />Relationship to Other Standards <br />These standards substitute the façade design standards of Chapter 19.12 EMC. <br />Standards <br />A. Façade articulation. Buildings must include at least two articulation features at intervals to <br />meet the purpose of the standard. These standards apply to building elevations visible from <br />streets and parks. <br />1. Maximum façade-articulation interval: 50 feet. <br />2. Articulation features. <br />a. Use of window fenestration patterns. <br />b. Use of weather protection features. <br />c. Use of vertical piers/columns (applies to all floors of the façade, excluding any upper <br />level stepbacks). <br />d. Change in roofline plane. <br />e. Change in building material and/or siding style (applies to all floors of the façade, <br />excluding any upper-level stepbacks). <br />f. Vertical elements such as a trellis with plants, green wall, art element that meet the <br />purpose of the standard. <br />g. Providing vertical building modulation of at least 12 inches in depth if tied to a <br />change in roofline or a change in building material, siding style, or color. Balconies <br />may be used to qualify for this option if they are recessed or projected from the <br />façade by at least 18 inches. <br />h. Window sunscreens. <br />i. Other design techniques that effectively reinforce a pattern of articulated façades. <br />3. COMPLIANCE ALTERNATIVE considerations associated with articulation standards. <br />Proposals must meet the purpose of the standards. The following will be considered in <br />determining whether the proposed articulation treatment meets the “purpose” of the <br />standards. <br />a. Consider the type and width of the proposed articulation treatment and how effective <br />it is in meeting the purpose given the building’s current and desired context (per the <br />Park District Master Plan.