19.61.170 High visibility street corners.
A. Description/Purpose. The high-visibility street corner requirements apply to those sites designated as such on the block frontage designation maps in AMC 19.61.040. The purpose is to accentuate designated street corners with high visibility to the public.
B. Standards. Sites located on high-visibility street corners must meet the following requirements:
1. The maximum building setback from the street corner (measured from the right-of-way edge at the corner) is 20 feet, except where a corner plaza (meeting the pedestrian-oriented space provisions of AMC 19.62.040(D)) or other decorative landscaping design meets the purpose of the standards.
2. At least one of the following special features must be included (Figure 19.61.170 below illustrates acceptable examples):
a. Corner plaza.
b. Cropped building corner with a special entry feature.
c. Decorative use of building materials at the corner.
d. Distinctive facade articulation.
e. Sculptural architectural element.
f. Other decorative elements that meet the purpose of the standards.
Building 1 includes a corner tower. Building 2 features cropped building corners with decorative elements. Building 3 uses a decorative canopy. Building 4 uses a change in building materials and facade articulation at the corner. Building 5 incorporates a plaza at the corner. Image 6 shows a decorative landscaped area with a trellis and neighborhood gateway sign. |
(Ord. 3040 § 2 (Att. A), 2019)