Ordinance 2923-06 - Laserfiche WebLink

Example: Other design elements to break up large facade. g. Blank wall treatment. (1) Definition: All exterior building walls visible from a street or publicly accessible open space are considered a blank wall if: (a) A ground floor wall or portion of a ground floor wall over four feet in height has a horizontal length greater than fifteen feet and does not include a window, door, building modulation or other architectural detailing; or (b) Any portion of a ground floor wall having a surface area of 400 square feet or greater that does not include a window, door, building modulation or other architectural detailing. Exceptions: Building walls adjacent to an allev and exterior fire walls built along interior property lines (see Fire Wall Treatments below) shall not be considered blank walls. (2) Blank walls shall be prohibited. Design treatments to eliminate blank walls are subject to Citv approval based on their ability to enhance the pedestrian and visual environment and can include: (a) Transparent windows or doors. (b) Display windows. (c) Landscape planting bed at least 5 feet wide or a raised planter bed at least 2 feet high and 3 feet wide in front of the wall. Such planting areas shall include planting materials that are sufficient to obscure or screen at least 60 percent of the wall's surface within 3 years. (d) Installing a vertical trellis in a raised planter bed at least 2 feet high and 3 feet wide in front of the wall with climbing vines or plant materials sufficient to obscure or screen at least 60 percent of the wall's surface within 3 years. For large areas, trellises should be used in conjunction with other blank wall treatments.