Development Standards—Design Requirements | Town Center
frontage of a lot may be occupied by parking lots or vehicular access areas. Parking lots with more than 64 feet of frontage on a street shall include an architectural feature (in addition to the required landscaping) that maintains visual continuity and interest along the street. Examples could include a landscaped trellis, decorative low wall (perhaps doubling as a sitting ledge), weather protection element, or architectural columns. Exception: Adopted unified zone development plans may include provisions that provide for flexibility in the location and frontage design of temporary surface parking facilities in conjunction with the phasing plan. However, design elements shall be included along the sidewalk edge to mitigate impacts of the parking area on the street and enhance the pedestrian environment, even if the parking areas are only temporary.
vii. Structured parking facilities shall generally be concealed within or under buildings and away from streetfronts. Where in-structure parking is provided on the ground floor, for example, provide residential or retail uses along the streetfront, with parking facilities placed behind the uses and away from streets. Structured parking on upper floors along streets is discouraged, but may be allowed if the facade meets transparency standards herein and articulation standards set forth in SDC 21.07.060C.2. Except for required driveways, ground-level structured parking exposed to the street shall be prohibited, except where the design features that add visual interest to the pedestrian and minimize unwanted views into garage are included. viii. Transparent windows and/or doors shall cover at least 50 percent of the ground floor facade of nonresidential uses between four and eight feet above the sidewalk. For residential uses, the standard for transparency is 15 percent and applies to all vertical surfaces of the facade facing the street as determined by the director. Reduced transparency proposals will be considered provided alternative design treatments create an interesting pedestrian experience and meet the goals and policies of the Town Center Plan and the adopted unified zone development plan. Examples could include, but are not limited to, a vertical trellis with vine plants, a mural, a series of terraced planting beds between the facade and the sidewalk, or distinctive building details that provide interest at a pedestrian scale. A blank wall with no windows and a simple evergreen
vi. Parking lots shall not be located adjacent to street corners. Parking garages may be located at street corners provided commercial uses occupy the ground floor at the street corner. The depth of the commercial space shall be at least 30 feet wide and deep.
Effective | January 1, 2022 Errata Revisions | November 17, 2022
Title 21: Sammamish Development Code | 451
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