Reso24-05 0025 - PC Reso Adopt Amendments To The Zoning Code 2023 2031 Housing Element

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ATTY/RESO.0025/PC RESO ADOPT AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING CODE – 2023-2031 HOUSING ELEMENT – EXHIBIT A REV: 06-20-24 VR Page 94 of 158 Table 54-3 Height, Density, and Intensity Development Standards MUN Specific Regulations 2 Eligible projects may request an FAR bonus as described in Article 32.4: Floor Area Ratio (FAR) Bonus. (Ord. No. 1130-359, § 11(Exh. J), 4-8-13; Ord. No. 1130-386 , § 4(Exh. A), 7-24-23) 54.8 - Façade Composition and Architectural Regulations. [Subsections 54.8 A through C and E through G remain unchanged. Only changes are to Subsections 54.8(D) and 54.8(H).] D. Pedestrian Entrance Frequency. At street frontages for residential, retail, and office uses, ground- related entrances shall occur at least once every one hundred (100) feet, as measured along the front property line. Ground-related entrances include entrances to ground-floor uses, residential units, clusters of residential units, lobbies, or private courtyards. Retail-related uses with multiple tenants in a single building shall have ground-related pedestrian entrances that occur at least once every fifty (50) feet. Single tenant buildings with building length exceptions, per Section 54.5.G.1, may have an alternative pedestrian entrance frequency with the approval of the Community Development Director or his/her designee, following a recommendation by the Architectural Advisory Committee.Buildings with a single tenant on the ground floor may have an alternative pedestrian entrance frequency where other design treatments or articulations are used to maintain visual interest and sense of security for pedestrians including, but not limited to, windows, wainscots, decorative light sconces, statuary, bas relief panels, and murals with the approval of the Community Development Director or his/her designee. H. Architectural Articulation. Mixed-use buildings in the MUN district that exceed three (3) stories or forty (40) feet in height shall be designed to minimize the appearance of massing and provide for articulation and high-quality design. Buildings that exceed three (3) stories or forty (40) feet in height shall incorporate at least one (1) of the options provided in items 1 through 4 below. Alternatively, new development may provide a narrative with comprehensive site plans explaining how massing is minimized in other ways. Compliance with this requirement shall be evaluated by the responsible review authority in the review process. 1.Façade Plane Modulation. Exterior walls that vary in depth and/or direction, exhibiting offsets, recesses, or projections with depth of at least eighteen (18) inches, or a repeated pattern of offsets, recesses, or projections of smaller depth. 2.Feature Projections and Recesses. Projecting eaves and overhangs, balconies, porches, canopies, trellis features, arcades, andwindow recesses, and other features that provide human scale and help break up building mass. (Ord. No. 1130-359, § 11(Exh. J), 4-8-13)