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Title 17C
Chapter 17C.120
Section 17C.120.530
 

Title 17C Land Use Standards

Chapter 17C.120 Commercial Zones

Section 17C.120.530 Articulation – Building Design
  1. Purpose.
    To reduce the massiveness of larger buildings.

  2. Articulation Implementation.

    1. Facades longer than fifty feet shall be broken down into smaller units through the use of offsets, recesses, staggered walls, stepped walls, pitched or stepped rooflines, overhangs and other elements of the building’s mass. Simply changing materials or color is not sufficient to accomplish this. (R)

    2. Articulation shall be provided along facades visible from the street, as well as from neighboring residential areas. (P)

Date Passed: Tuesday, May 31, 2005

Effective Date: Wednesday, July 6, 2005

ORD C33636 Section 1