§ 50-818. Design standards.  


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  • (a)

    All buildings in the layout and design shall be an integral part of the development and shall have convenient access to and from adjacent uses and blocks.

    (b)

    Individual buildings shall be related to each other in design, masses, materials, placement and connections to provide a visually and physically integrated development.

    (c)

    Treatment of the sides and rear of all buildings within the planned development group shall be comparable in amenity and appearance to the treatment given to street frontage of these same buildings.

    (d)

    The design of buildings and the parking facilities shall take advantage of the topography of the project site, where appropriate, to provide separate levels of access.

    (e)

    All building walls shall be so oriented as to ensure adequate light and air exposure to the rooms within.

    (f)

    All buildings shall be arranged so as to avoid undue exposure to concentrated loading or parking facilities wherever possible, and shall be so oriented as to preserve visual and audible privacy between adjacent buildings.

    (g)

    All buildings shall be arranged so as to be accessible to emergency vehicles.

(1991 LDR ch. 79, § 6.01(B)(2))