§ 331-113.1. Design criteria for colleges, universities, and private schools in DB District.

A. 

The design of academic building facades and appurtenances should ensure visual compatibility with the existing and nearby buildings, public ways and places to which such elements are visually related.

B. 

The building design should maximize fenestration on the ground-floor level and encourage window displays and viewing by pedestrians.

C. 

Entranceways and facade elements should contribute to the creation of an attractive downtown commercial environment.

D. 

Exterior building appurtenances should be visually compatible with the buildings to which they are attached or other buildings in the area or with the character encouraged in the Downtown Business District insofar as materials, texture, colors, and design are concerned.

E. 

Building facades should be built at, or within, five feet of the street-front property line, for at least the first 75 feet of the building facade facing the street.

F. 

Within the street-front facade of the building, from the ground level (zero feet) to 10 feet above ground level, the street-front facade should be glazed by no less than 50% of the entire street-front facade rectangle. Such glazing may be continuous or may be in window frames and should have a sill height of no greater than three feet and a head height of not less than six feet.

G. 

The glazed area should be fully transparent, if adjacent to offices, dining areas, or other academic areas requiring minimum privacy. Where possible, display windows are encouraged, which display window area may be used for exhibits and announcements, to display textbooks, uniforms, sports paraphernalia, and other academic related materials. If such windows or glazed areas provide natural light to classrooms where privacy is necessary or to minimize student distractions, the glazed area may be frosted.

Added 7-16-2002 by Ord. No. 139-2002