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UPTOWN D2 DISTRICT FORM-BASED CODE January 26, 2016 Part 4. Building Envelope Standards 401. Intent A. The goal Of the BUILDING ENVELOPE STANDARDS (BES) is the creation of a vital, and coherent public realm through the creation of good sTREET-SPACE. The intent of these form standards is to shape the srREET-sPACE-the specific physical and functional character-of the District. The form and function controls on building frontages work together to frame the STREET-SPACE while allowing the buildings greater latitude behind their FACADES. The BUILDING ENVELOPE STANDARDS aim for the minimum level of control necessary to meet this intent. B. The BES set the basic parameters governing building construction, including the building envelope (in three dimensions) and certain required or permitted functional elements, such as FENESTRATION (WIndOWS and doors), STOOPS, balconies, FRONT PORCHES, and STREET WALLS. C. The BES establish the rules for development and redevelopment on private lots, unless OtherWlSe Indicated On the REGULATING PLAN. D. The REGULATING PLAN Identlfl@S the BUILDING ENVELOPE STANDARD fOr all private bUllding SIteS within the Uptown District. 402. General Provisions The following apply to all BES, unless expressly stated otherwise within an individual BES or otherwise designated On the REGULATING PLAN. A. Transitions When the BES designation shown on the REGULATING PLAN Changes along a property's REQUIRED BUILDING LINE (RBL), that property owner has the option, for his property's STREET FRONTAGE Only, Of applying either BES for a maximum additional distance of 50 feet in either direction along the RBL. B. Facade Composition For each block face, FACADES along the RBL shall present a complete and discrete vertical FACADE COMPOSITION (i.e., integral architectural articulation to maintain and protect human-scale for the STREET-sPACE) at an average STREET FRONTAGE length of no greater than 60 feet for Storefront General frontage sites; 75 feet for General and Townhouse frontage sites; and 100 feet for Workshop and Detached frontages. Each FACADE COMPOSITION Shall include a functioning street entry door. This requirement may be satisfied through the use of liner shops for large footprint buildings. Individual infill projects on lots with frontage of less than 100 feet are exempted from the overall FACADE coMPOSITION requirement, but shall still include a functioning street entry. "FACADE COMPOSITION" is the arrangement and proportion of FACADE materials and elements (windows, doors, columns, pilasters, bays). "Complete and discrete" is much like a new FACADE for a new building. To achieve B, above, within a building frontage requires, at a minimum, item 1. below and two. additional items: 1. Clearly different GROUND sroRY FACADE coMPOSIrION (both framing materials and FENESTRATION proportions) .