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Chapter 135. Planning and Design
Article 2. DeSiGN reQUireMeNtS

135-2.1. GENERALLY .............................................................................135-2-2
2.1.1 Applicability .................................................................................135-2-2
2.1.2 General Intent .............................................................................135-2-2
2.1.3 Exceptions ...................................................................................135-2-2
135-2.2. FACADE AND ROOF MATERIALS ...........................................135-2-2
2.2.1 Intent .............................................................................................135-2-2
2.2.2 Major Materials ..........................................................................135-2-3
2.2.3 Minor Materials ..........................................................................135-2-3
2.2.4 Pitched roof Materials ..............................................................135-2-4
2.2.5 Materials Installation Quality ...................................................135-2-4
135-2.3. BUILDING FACADE ELEMENTS .............................................135-2-5
2.3.1 Applicability .................................................................................135-2-5
2.3.2 Windows .......................................................................................135-2-5
2.3.3 Awnings, Canopies, & Light Shelves ......................................135-2-5
2.3.4 Balconies ......................................................................................135-2-6
2.3.5 Shutters ........................................................................................135-2-7
2.3.6 Principal Entryway ......................................................................135-2-7
2.3.7 Rear Parking Facade Design ....................................................135-2-7
2.3.8 Garage Doors ..............................................................................135-2-8
2.3.9 Building Articulation ..................................................................135-2-8
2.3.10 Treatments at Terminal Vistas ................................................135-2-9
2.3.11 Garage Doors. ...........................................................................135-2-9
2.3.12 Arcade Design .............................................................................135-2-9
2.3.13 Ground Story at Sloping Facades ........................................135-2-10
2.3.14 Parking Structures ...................................................................135-2-11
135-2.4. DOWNTOWN HIGH-RISES .................................................. 135-2-12
2.4.1 Applicability ...............................................................................135-2-12
2.4.2 Building Type .............................................................................135-2-12
2.4.3 Base, Middle, Cap. ...................................................................135-2-12
2.4.4 Base Requirements .................................................................135-2-12
2.4.5 Middle Requirements .............................................................135-2-12
2.4.6 Cap Requirements ...................................................................135-2-13
135-2.5. MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT & APPURTENANCES ............ 135-2-14
2.5.1 Intent ..........................................................................................135-2-14
2.5.2 Mechanical Equipment in Building ......................................135-2-14
2.5.3 Rooftop Mechanical Equipment ...........................................135-2-14
2.5.4 Mechanical Equipment/Appurtenances on Facades .....135-2-14
2.5.5 Mechanical Equipment on Other Horizontal Surfaces ..135-2-14

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