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Section 18. EMC 19.09.300 is hereby amended as follows, with strikeout text deleted and underlined <br />text added. <br />19.09.300 Building design standards applicable to the LI and HI zones. <br />A. Applicability. The following standards apply to development of properties located within the <br />LI and HI zones. For properties located within the airport/port/navy compatibility overlay zone, <br />see Chapter 19.17 EMC for additional use and development standards. For properties located <br />within shoreline jurisdiction, see the city’s shoreline master program for additional permitting <br />requirements. The design standards in this section apply when any of the following criteria are <br />met. These standards are applicable only to the facade or portion(s) of the building meeting any <br />of the following criteria: <br />1. The proposed building(s) faces, abuts and is visible from a designated gateway <br />corridor street and is located within four hundred feet of a gateway corridor street. See <br />Map 9-1; <br />2. The proposed building(s) faces or abuts and is visible from a residentially zoned <br />property; or <br />3. The proposed building(s) abuts a shoreline public access trail, or is visible from <br />publicly accessible navigable waters (e.g., Port Gardner Bay, Snohomish River). <br />Map 9-1: Gateway Corridors <br /> <br />B. Building Design. <br />1. Building Materials. Prefabricated metal buildings and buildings with corrugated <br />metal siding shall be prohibited. Exterior building materials shall be selected so as not to <br />project or reflect natural or artificial lighting or glare into residential areas. Building <br />exterior materials shall be factory finished, stained, integrally colored, or otherwise <br />suitably treated. Materials may include: <br />a. Split face or fluted concrete masonry units (CMU).