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UPTOWN D2 DISTRICT FORM-.BASED CODE January 26, 2016 BUILDING ENVELOPE STANDARDS (BES). The part of this Code that establishes basic parameters regulating building form, including the envelope (in three dimensions), placement and certain permitted/required building elements, such as storefronts, balconies, and STREET WALLS. The BUILDING ENVELOPE STANDARDS establish both the bOUndarl2S within whlCh things may be done and specific things that must be done. The applicable BUILDING ENVELOPE STANDARDS far p Site are determined by Its STREET FRONTAGE aS per the REGULATING PLAN. ThIS prodUC@S q Coherent STREET- sPACEand allows the building owner greater latitude behind its FACADE. Building face. See FACADE. Civic green or Square. A public open space designated on the REGULATING PLAN. The term sQUARE is generally used to describe spaces that have more paved surface area. The term civic GREEN is generally used to describe a formally configured small public lawn or park that is primarily unpaved. civic GREENS and sQUARES do not include active recreation structures such as ballfields and courts. See the urban space standards for the specific controls on sQUARES and civic GREENS. Civic use buildings. Those buildings that house strictly chic uses located on sites designated on the REGULATING PLAN. CIVIC USE BUILDINGS and publicly-OWned public art afe not SUbjeCt t0 the BUILDING ENVELOPE STANDARD prescriptions Of this Code. See also USE, CIVIC. Clear walkway. An area within the sidewalk that must allow public passage and remain clear of obstructions. The CLEAR wALKwAY width is designated in the street type specifications. Code administrator. The Director of Planning or their designee shall serve as coDE ADMINISTRATOR. The coDE ADMINISTRATOR shall exercise the authority and perform the duties asset forth herein. Common lot lines. Lot lines shared by adjacent private lots. Comparative pedestrian crossing. The measured distance, shown on the street type specifications, that a pedestrian would be within an automobile travel lane (or turning movement) while crossing a street. A crossing time is calculated based on a pedestrian speed of 3.7 feet per second (a generally accepted average). This distance/time is calculated in order to provide a relative gauge of the pedestrian crossing comfort level. Conservation line. A line established to guarantee the preservation of designated areas. Land beyond the CONSERVATION LINE shall not be built upon paved, driven on, re-graded or otherwise disturbed, except as specified in a Master Plan. Corner lot. A lot in which one side lot line is adjacent to a street or srREEr-SPACE. Special building placement, fencing, and landscape requirements may apply. Covered sidewalk. A roofed or built structure attached to the FACADE and extending beyond the REQUIRED BUILDING LINE and over the sidewalk Or SQUARE, open t0 the STREET-SPACE except for supporting columns, piers, or arches. covERED SIDEWALKS shall have a minimum clear height of 13 feet (signage or lighting may encroach) and a minimum clear width (from FACADE frontage or REQUIRED BUILDING uNE) to inside column face of ten feet. The area within. a covERED sIDEwALK shall InCIUde a CLEAR WALKWAY. (See BUILDING ENVELOPE STANDARDS for Complete Specifications.) Detached frontage building. Building form and functions resulting from/as determined by the BUILDING ENVELOPE STANDARD regUlatl0l'1S Indicated On the REGULATING PLAN. 76