20D.40.145 East Hill Design Area

20D.40.145-010 Intent

(1) Create an area which allows a variety of uses side-by-side that maintain a residential look and feel in terms of design and character, in order to promote and maintain a comfortable and attractive living environment while also allowing limited amounts of nonresidential uses next to residential uses.

(2) Provide opportunities to create mixed use residential, office/retail, and residential-only developments within a neighborhood context and scale. (Ord. 2051; Ord. 1993)

20D.40.145-020 Design Criteria.

(1) Building Orientation and Access.

(a) Buildings should be oriented toward the primary streets.

(b) Primary entrance to buildings shall be oriented to the street. See RCDG 20C.40.105, City Center Pedestrian System.

(c) Yards of ground-oriented residential units fronting on streets should be designed to indicate a separation between public and private spaces, while also providing maximum territorial view of the street front from the units’ private open spaces.

(d) Vehicular access to sites from streets should be minimized. Alley access should be utilized where possible and feasible to minimize curb cuts along street fronts, whereby maintaining available street-front parking.

(2) Building and Site Design.

(a) Buildings shall provide focus and articulation of primary entrances orienting toward streets.

(b) Buildings and private usable open spaces shall be appropriately setback from property lines to provide ample light, air, and privacy for the on-site tenants and adjacent neighbors.

(c) Residential buildings should be designed to provide maximum amounts of usable open space on site for the residents and to provide front yards complementary to the size and scale of the developments.

(d) Parking shall be enclosed within subterranean or semi-subterranean parking whenever possible to provide maximum amounts of usable open space on parking decks and minimize building heights.

(e) Building facades and roof lines shall be articulated to provide visual interest and relief as well as to promote long-term neighborhood and community pride.

(f) Office and mixed use buildings should be designed with a residential character, in terms of building materials, roof design, fenestration, and front yard landscaping.

(g) Open exterior corridors fronting and visible from streets and public spaces shall be minimized in use and length in order to minimize their negative visual impacts on surrounding streets and properties. They should be placed on the interior of developments whenever feasible.

(h) On-site parking, both within structures and outdoors, shall be screened from public streets.

(i) Common usable open spaces and yards shall be adequately lighted and visible from private spaces within the developments to ensure security and safety of the tenants, residents, and their guests. (Ord. 1993)