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� . . 8.A. - Page 8 : - What the Guideline What the Applicant Focus of AAC review and Section Page Recommends Proposes recommendation 2.2.4.2-a 51 Maximum Establishment The Bradford and The review focused on the LenQth: Each retail space Middlefield Street sides of SMCU single use along should occupy no more than the 10,000 s.f. retail space long portions of the 25'of frontage on each street are occupied by a single frontage along Bradford which it faces. use, the SMCU use,which and Middlefield as noted. is longer than 25' on each The AAC accepted the street frontage (96' and proposed design variation. 144'feetrespectively). AAC The SMCU represents an existing use with a longstanding presence on this block; therefore, the Response use should be accommodated within the proposed building. Furthermore, the physical space both internally and as expressed architecturally with the exterior storefront bays can easily be demised into 25 foot storefronts should a tenant change occur. The AAC accepted the proposed design variation. 2.8.3.C.2-a 98 BuildinQ Base Facade Sheet A3.0—Detail 3 The review focused on the Comqosition ReQUlations:The indicates a pilaster question if the residential horizontal width of a dimension of 4 feet 8 entry feature warranted a protruding pilaster should be inches wide around the more substantial design at least 18 inches wide, but Residential Common element, or should the should not exceed 4 feet in Entrance. pilaster dimension be width reduced.The AAC accepted the design as proposed. AAC The residential entry feature was considered an entry feature, rather than a pilaster, and Response concluded that it warrants the additional size to be consistent with the proportions of the building. Pilasters are typically used to help define the rhythm of a street wall in a sequence of repetitive elements, such as the 25 foot storefront increments. The entry feature is intended to pronounce the point of access and create a statement, which can be visually distinct from the other architectural components of the building fa�ade, especially at the ground floor. 2.8.3.F.2-a 99 BuildinQ Base Facade Sheet A2.1-The Jefferson The review focused on the Comqosition ReQUlations: and Middlefield frontages fact that the Project has Secondary Entrances,Service have a variety of project tried to minimize this Entrance, Garage Entrance, elements that result in potential issue through and No Entrance Private Inactive Frontages,which variation in finish Frontage types are considered exceed the 25 foot materials and landscaping. "Inactive Frontages." No more increment, such as: The AAC concluded that than 25%or 25',whichever is • Electrical rooms the Project effectively greater,of any fa�ade's • Storage rooms minimizes the inactive Building Base (measured in . Parking Structure frontage areas by linear feet) should be • Detention Tank consolidating and locating occupied by Inactive . Transformer rooms on "away from the Frontages. Downtown Core". AAC The AAC requested that the project design team review the 150 foot increment surrounding the Response residential tower entrance on lefferson Avenue to determine if there is any additional opportunity to activate the spaces immediately adjacent to the entry. For example, the tower entry is flanked by a transformer room and garage entrances. Generally speaking the "Inactive Frontages"have been consolidated towards the north end of the Page 8