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15 <br />a.Corner Entrances. Entrances located at corners shall provide an entrance toward both streets or <br />have a corner entrance at a 45-degree angle to the corner. <br />4.Access. All building and dwelling units located in the interior of a site shall have entrances from a <br />pedestrian walkway that is designed as an extension of the public sidewalk and connects to a public <br />sidewalk. <br />5.Finished Floor Elevation, Residential Dwelling Unit Entries. The finished floor elevation of entries of <br />ground floor dwelling units shall be between two and four feet above the adjacent ground level. <br />6.Illumination. Building entries and addresses shall be illuminated to provide nighttime visibility from <br />adjacent streets, public accessways, and common areas. <br />G. Articulation. Buildings shall be designed in accordance with the following standards. An Administrative <br />Exception to the articulation requirements may be granted per Section 2.10.408 where alternative building <br />design or articulation elements have been incorporated to provide visual interest and avoid a large-scale, <br />bulky, or monolithic appearance. <br />1.Major Massing Break. Any building over 100 feet wide shall provide a massing break with a <br />minimum width of 20 feet and minimum depth of 20 feet at least every 100 feet. <br />2.Minor Massing Break. Any building over 50 feet wide shall provide a minor massing break at least <br />every 50 feet that may consist of either: <br />a.A recess with a minimum width of four feet and a minimum depth of four feet; or <br />b.A projection with a minimum depth of two feet. <br />3.Vertical Articulation. The street-facing ground floor of buildings shall be differentiated from upper <br />floors by the use of at least three of the following architectural techniques: greater floor to ceiling <br />height, different colors, different materials, different facade planes, projections, minor massing <br />breaks, individual unit entries for ground-floor residential use, or more frequently occurring <br />windows on ground floors than upper floors. <br />a.Buildings over three stories in height shall use different materials between the first floor and <br />upper floors along a minimum of 75 percent of each facade fronting a street, public accessway, <br />or public open space. <br />4.Horizontal Alignment. Horizontal building elements shall be aligned within three feet of like building <br />elements on the same facade or other buildings on the same block. <br />5.Architectural Details. Buildings shall include three of the following architectural details: reveals, <br />course lines, decorative cornices, columns, canopies, arbors, trellises, fins, louvers, or other <br />architectural detailing. <br />6.Material and Color Palletes. Each facade shall utilize three or more colors and three or more high- <br />quality, durable building materials (not including glazing and railings). Any one material shall <br />comprise at least 20 percent of the building frontage, excluding windows and railings. A change in <br />material shall be offset by a minimum of six inches in depth. <br />7.Consistent Design and Details. All building frontages visible from streets, public accessways, and <br />public open space shall be designed with the same materials and level of detail. <br />H. Balconies. <br />1.Minimum Dimension. Balconies shall have a minimum dimension of six feet if counted towards <br />private open space requirements in Section 2.10.324. <br />383