(1) The private frontage of buildings shall conform to and be allocated in accordance with Table – Private Frontages.
(2) Buildings on corner lots shall have two private frontages as shown in Figure – Frontages & Elevations.
(3) All facades shall be glazed no less than 15% of the first story. All non-residential uses shall be glazed with clear glass no less than 60% of the first story facades facing a right-of-way. (4) Building heights and setbacks shall conform to Table – Residential Mixed-Use (RMU) Standards, Table – Commercial Mixed-Use (CMU) Standards and Table – Employment Mixed-Use (EMU) Standards. (5) In a parking structure or garage, each above-ground level counts as a single story regardless of its relationship to habitable stories; unless otherwise restricted or regulated by the North Carolina State Building Code. (6) The height limits of these regulations shall not apply to a church spire, belfry, cupola, and dome or ornamental tower not intended for human occupancy, monument, water tower, observation tower, transmission tower, chimney, smokestack, conveyor, radio, or television tower, mast or aerial, parapet wall not extended more than three (3) feet above the roof line of the building, and necessary mechanical appurtenances, unless otherwise regulated by the North Carolina State Building Code. (7) Except for solar panels and geothermal wells, all outdoor electrical, plumbing and mechanical equipment shall be located in the second and third lot layer and concealed from the frontage view. These facilities shall not encroach into the first lot layer.
b. Specific to Residential Mixed-Use (RMU) District
(1) No portion of the private frontage may encroach into the sidewalk.
(2) Open porches may encroach into the first lot layer 50% of its depth (See Table – Residential Mixed-Use (RMU) Standards).
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