(3) Roof Type Permitted . Roofs shall be hip, shed, gable, or flat configurations.
(4) Building Orientation . All buildings shall be designed and oriented with a primary façade facing toward any off-street parking area, pedestrian space, internal access drive, or a public right-of-way. The same finished building façade treatment, including windows, doors, and other architectural details, shall be applied to each façade oriented toward or visible from a public right-of-way or internal street or drive. All buildings shall be oriented to each other in a similar pattern to create a unified site design and layout. (5) Pedestrian Space . To encourage pedestrian friendly shopping centers, centrally located, pedestrian scale spaces such as plazas, courtyards or other public gathering spaces shall be provided at a minimum of 5% of the total development area (acreage). Pedestrian space may be incorporated into the design of landscaping features required by Article O Landscaping & Tree Protection Standards. (6) Traffic Patterns . Traffic patterns internally and at ingress and egress locations shall complement and support the overall design of the center. The following features and traffic patterns shall be incorporated into the design as follows:
A. Entrance Features . The ingress and egress locations for the shopping center shall provide entrance features such as landscaping and the use of signage and structures complementary of the architectural standards.
B. Travel Lanes . Travel lanes shall be located in front of the buildings as part of the internal circulation traffic pattern.
(7) Building Scale . Building walls shall be divided and proportioned using windows, entrances, storefronts, arcades, arbors, awnings, trellises, or other similarly-scaled architectural details. These features shall be provided across a minimum of 80% of the front elevation, and a minimum of 50% on the side and rear elevations if visible from a public right-of-way.
(8) Building Massing . The façade composition, building massing, shall be composed of a clearly recognizable base, middle, and cap along the entire length of the building façade.
A. Minimum Base . A recognizable base shall consist of a minimum of 20% of the vertical height of the building façade, constructed of a masonry material.
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