Ordinance 2921-06 - Laserfiche WebLink

CHAPTER Figure 43. The side of this parking garage includes some storefront retail space (left), decorative grillwork, and a raised brick planter to enhance the pedestrian environment. Figure 44. This building uses openings on its second level parking area to resemble windows. (g) Parking garage design. Parking garages must be designed to obscure the view of parked cars. Where commercial or residential space is not provided on the ground level adjacent to the sidewalk to accomplish this, features such as planters, decorative grilles, or works of art as approved by the City shall be required. Specific standards and considerations for parking structures: • No more than 120 feet of ground level building frontage can be occupied by parking. Parking structures wider than 120 feet must incorporate other uses along the streetfront to meet this requirement. • Small setbacks with terraced landscaping elements can be particularly effective in softening the appearance of a parking garage. • Where the garage wall is built to the sidewalk edge, the fagade shall use a combination of artwork, grillwork, special building material treatment/design, and/or other treatments as approved by the City that enhance the pedestrian environment. In order to meet transparency requirements, garages can incorporate openings with grillwork or other treatments to resemble windows. • Upper level parking garages must use articulation treatments that break up the massing of the garage and add visual interest. See Figures 43 through 45 on this page for example parking garage treatments. Figure 45. Design parking garages to obscure the view of parked cars. 58 MAKERS architecture and urban design 0509_rpt_draft.doc - 6/29/06