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BAY FAIR TOD SPECIFIC PLAN Building Design Building Design Guidelines 1. BUILDING ARTICULATION. Facades shall use the following horizontal and vertical articulation strategies: Vertical articulation. Projections, minor setbacks, architectural details and variations in materials shall be used to distinguish between upper and ground floors. Variations in height, massing, and vertical articulation are encouraged. Horizontal articulation. Facades longerthan 100feetshall be subdivided with at least one major massing break (minimum width of 20 feet and minimum depth of 20 feet) every 100 feet. In addition, all building facades shall contain minor massing breaks every 50 feet on average. Building projections. The total area of all architectural projections shall not exceed 50% of the primary building facade area. The primary building facade isthefacade builtatthe property or setback line. • Upper floor treatment. Materials shall vary moving upward to lighten building tops and reduce the appearance of height. 2. BLANK FACADES. Blank walls (facades without doors, windows, landscaping treatments or other pedestrian interest) shall be less than 25 feet in length along sidewalks, pedestrian walks, or open space. 3. FACADE ARTICULATION. All highly visible building facades should be designed with consistent or complementary materials, articulation, and quality. 4. LOCAL STREET BUILDING FACADES. Local street ground floor frontages should support pedestrian interest and accessibility, which may include commercial storefronts and building entrances or stoops in other locations. 5. BUILDING COMPONENTS. New buildings should be designed with a defined base, a middle or body, and a top, cornice or parapet cap. The cornice or top of the building should provide a strong termination and add visual interest. b. GROUND FLOOR FACADE. The ground floor along primary facades shall be composed of a distinctly different character from upper floors (distinguished by a greater floor to ceiling height, greater articulation, finer design details, unique colors, enhanced ground -floor entrances, and/or architectural variation). 7. BUILDING SCALE. Facade elements should establish building scale; for example, windows and doors should appear in a regular pattern, or be clustered to form a cohesive design. Horizontal building elements shall be roughly aligned (within about 3 feet in height) with others in the same block. 8. FRANCHISE RETAIL. Chain or franchise uses should be expected to adapt their standard designs to the unique qualities of the Bay Fair TOD area and San Leandro. 9. BUILDING ACCESS. Doors to common facilities should contain sometransparency and be access -controlled. Courtyard gates and shared building entrances that access individual units should automatically lock when closed. .e