§ 5.2.0. Parking Decks and Structures

(Parking Decks and Structures include but are not limited to multi-story parking decks and parking structures.)

5.2.1

Exterior Wall Design

A.

The front, sides, and rear facades shall incorporate materials, finish, color, style and features that match and are compatible with the adjacent buildings on the same block. Applicant shall submit a site location plan and photographs of all buildings located within the same block of the proposed project. The site location plan shall include photograph markers that key to the photographs of the adjacent buildings.

B.

The front, sides, and rear facades of parking decks shall have opacified glass, brick, stone, and/or architectural pre-cast concrete finish that relates to the finishes of the adjacent primary building. The main parking deck entrance shall incorporate a brick and/or stone finish entrance feature.

C.

The front, sides, and rear facades shall incorporate changes in façade material and color. Facade panels/walls shall incorporate features such as building mass offsets, tower elements, pilaster projections and/or recessed panels that match the scale of the adjacent buildings and are compatible with the design of the adjacent buildings on the same block. Facades shall have interesting architectural horizontal and vertical features and patterns that are designed to articulate mass and scale.

D.

The first level of the parking deck that is adjacent to public or private streets shall incorporate a full height screen utilizing opacified glass, brick, stone, false windows, decorative grills, or dense vegetative screening. Deck floors above the first level shall include a continuous screen a minimum of 42 inches in height utilizing opacified glass, brick, stone, false windows, or decorative grills. Cabling alone will not be sufficient to meet this screen requirement.

E.

Facades facing public streets or private driveways shall incorporate landscape areas immediately in front of the parking structure.

F.

Openings for ventilation, service, or emergency access located in the façade of the first level must be decorative and be an integral feature of the overall façade design.