230.345 Building Length and Façade Articulation

230.345 Building Length and Façade Articulation.

A. Purpose. These standards, along with the height and setback standards, limit the bulk of buildings close to the street. These standards help ensure that large buildings will be divided into smaller components that add visual interest and variety to the street environment.

B. Maximum Building Length. The maximum building length for the portion of a building located within twenty (20) feet of a street lot line is one hundred fifty (150) feet. The portions of buildings subject to this standard must be separated by a minimum of twenty (20) feet when located on the same site. This standard is met if two (2) buildings are entirely separated, or when one (1) building includes a recess that is at least twenty (20) feet in length and twenty (20) feet in depth (see Figure 230-5).

(1) Applicability. The façade articulation standard applies as follows:

(a) The standard applies to buildings more than thirty-five (35) feet high that have façade areas of more than three thousand five hundred (3,500) square feet that face a street lot line or a lot line that abuts a residential zone.

(b) Portions of building façades that are vertically separated by a gap of at least ten (10) feet in width extending at least twenty (20) feet in depth from the street property line are considered to be separate façade areas for the purposes of the façade area measurements.

(2) Standard. At least twenty-five (25) percent of the area of a façade that faces a street lot line or a lot line that abuts a residential zone must be divided into façade planes that either recess by at least two (2) feet or project by at least two (2) feet from the rest of the façade. Façade area used to meet the façade articulation standard may be recessed behind or project out from the primary façade plane, but projections into street right-of-way do not count toward meeting this standard.

(Ord. 3-2021 § 1 (Exh. A))