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Sec. 40.56.2. Downtown Districts - Certificate of Appropriateness; when required. (a) A Certificate of Appropriateness from the Downtown Design Committee is required for those properties within the Downtown Districts so identified on the Zoning Map. (b) The provisions of this code pertaining to a Certificate of Appropriateness and to the Downtown Design Committee shall not apply to those properties within the Downtown Districts designated as not requiring a Certificate of Appropriateness unless otherwise specifically stated. Provided, however, that all such projects involving the proposed construction, alternation, or renovation of any structure shall be generally consistent with the City's Comprehensive Plan and the General Development Standards and Guidelines for the Downtown District and Parking Structure Standards contained within the Downtown Design Manual adopted by the city council as determined by the Director of Planning. In addition, the following shall be adhered to: (1) Building form. The following fenestration requirements shall be applicable to building facades along street frontages: Street-level story a. Nondwelling uses. For nondwelling uses, a minimum of60 percent of the building fayade between two and eight feet in height along the street frontage shall be comprised of glass windows and/or glass doors that allow views to the interior of the building space. On streets designated as "B" Grid streets on the Special Requirements Map of the Comprehensive Plan, a minimum of 50 percent of the building fayade between two and eight feet in height along the street frontage shall be comprised of glass windows and/or glass doors that allow views to the interior of the building space. Windows used to satisfy the requirements of the paragraph shall have a minimum height of four feet. b. Dwelling uses. For dwelling uses, windows shall comprise a minimum of 30 percent of the building fayade between two and eight feet in height along the street frontage, relative to the finished floor elevation. Such windows shall be double-hung, awning, or casement type, and fixed shall be permitted only as a component of a system including operable windows within a single wall opening. c. Distance between entries. At least one functioning street entry door shall be provided along each ground story fayade at intervals not greater than 75 feet. On streets designated as "B" Grid streets on the Special Requirements Map of the Comprehensive Plan, at least one functioning street entry door shall be provided along each ground story fayade at intervals not greater than 100 feet.