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UPTOWN D2 DISTRICT FORM-BASED CODE January 26, 2016 Regulating plan. The implementing plans for the development of the district under this Code. REGULATING PLANS allocate the BUILDING ENVELOPE STANDARDS and Sfreef types and prOVide SpeCIfIC information for the disposition of each building site. The REGULATING PLAN also shows how each site relates to adjacent sTREET-sPACES, the overall district, and the surrounding neighborhoods. Required building line (RBL). A line Or plane indicated On the REGULATING PLAN and defining the STREET FRONTAGE which extends vertically and generally parallel t0 the street, at which the building shall be placed. The FACADE shall occur on the REQUIRED BUILDING LINE -this is a requirement, not a permissive minimum. The minimum length and height of frontage that is required at the RBL is ShOWn On the appropriate BUILDING ENVELOPE STANDARD. Sidewing. The portion Of a building extending along a connnnoN LoT LINE toward the ALLEY or rear Of the lot. Stoop. An entry platform On the FACADE Of a building. srooPS may be roofed, but they shall not be enclosed. (See the individual BUILDING ENVELOPE srANDARDS for specifications.) Storefront (Shopfront). GROUND STORY FACADE FENESTRATION for RETAIL and COMMERCE USES. FOr REGULATING PLAN deSlgnated GENERAL and STOREFRONT GENERAL Frontages, the STOREFRONT may encroach Up t0 tW0 (2) feet Into the DOORYARD area. STOREFRONTS have a minimum 40 ~/o FENESTRATION I2V2I. STORY (STORY HEIGHT). That space within a building and above grade that is situated between one floor level and the floor level next above, or if there is no floor above, the ceiling or roof above. sroRY HEIGHT parameters are as specified by the appropriate BUILDING ENVELOPE sTANDARD. STREET FRONTAGE. That portion Of the IOt Or bUllding that IS COInCident Wlth the REQUIRED BUILDING LINE aS required by this Code. STREET LIGHT. A IUminalre Installed On both SIdeS Of the STREET-SPACE, along the STREET TREE ALIGNMENT LINE, Ur11eSS OtherWlSe deSlgnated On the REGULATING PLAN. STREET LIGHTS Shall be between 9 and 16 feet above ground in height. Lighting standards for sTREEr-SPACES and ALLEYS should be developed to meet the minimum standards of the Illumination Engineering Society of North America (IESNAJ, with the design criteria giving equal weight to the lighting of the pedestrian areas and the automobile areas. Street-space. All Space between fronting REQUIRED BUILDING LINES (Streets, SQUARES, plazas, PEDESTRIAN PATHWAYS, civic GREENS, sidewalks, parks)-including any transit service operator passenger platform-but not garage entries or ALLEYS. Street tree. A tree required per this code and listed in the STREET TREE List located in urban space standards that is of a proven hardy and drought tolerant species and large enough to form a canopy with sufficient clear trunk to allow traffic to pass under unimpeded. Street tree alignment line. A line along which STREET TREES shall be planted and sTREET LIGHTS and other such infrastructure are to be placed. It is generally parallel with the STREET-SPACE and, unless OtherWlSe Specified In the REGULATING PLAN, IS: -for TREE LAWNS Of 7 feet or less, 3 feet from the back-of-curb. -for TREE LAWNS greater than 7 feet, 4 feet from the back-of-curb or the TREE LAWN centerline, whichever is closer to the sTREEr-SPACE centerline. -the sTREEr TREE ALIGNMENT uNE for center medians is their centerline. 79