Replacing a New Chapter 21, Article 6, Section 21-06.03 Entitled Northeast Neighborhood Zoning Overlay District

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(5) Commercial/Mixed Use Building Design (A) Multiple building developments using one overall architectural theme shall include varied roof forms, facade treatments, sign bands, and details to create the effect of a traditional neighborhood retail street which developed over many years. (B) Building facades shall include design elements (i.e. height of a wall or cornice or parapet line, window lines, belt courses or other horizontal design elements) that substantially replicate the pattern of abutting buildings or sections of the same building. (C) Mixed-use buildings shall express a clear defined retail base, middle, and top. (D) Building architectural details and features include but are not limited to cornices,belt courses, window bays, variations in wall plane, and roof features. (E) Blank or windowless elevations that face primary or secondary streets are prohibited. Walls which do not included window glazing or storefront entrances shall be articulated by the provision of: faux windows trimmed with frames, sills, lintels, awnings; murals; or similar elements. (F) Street-facing facades of buildings with fifty feet(50') or more of horizontal length shall include the use of vertical bays between twenty- five to thirty feet(25'-30') in width to give the appearance of small, individual storefronts. Techniques for implementation include changes in articulation of plane of the building facade such as vertical bays, columns and reveals. Columns or reveals, if used, shall not be less than eighteen inches (18") in width. (G) First-floor retail on a street facing facade shall have a minimum window surface of sixty percent (60%) and maximum of seventy-five percent (75%). Upper-floor residential or office shall have a minimum window surface of twenty-five percent (25%) and maximum of forty percent (40%). (H) Unarticulated, flat front, all glass or metal, Modern Style buildings are prohibited. (6) Commercial/Mixed Use Building Fenestration (A) Window shapes shall be vertically-oriented rectangular, square, or Palladian.