Town Center | Development Standards—Design Requirements
better provides a safe, comfortable, and inviting entrance:
to concurrently satisfy subsection 1. of this section, Details Toolbox: a) Special or ornamental doors, windows, or other architectural elements; b) Special paving or materials (e.g., decorative tile work);
i. Pedestrian Covering. Building entrances shall be covered by at least 50 square feet of pedestrian weather protection and be at least six feet wide. Entries are encouraged to satisfy this requirement by being set back into the building facade; ii. Lighting. Pedestrian entrances shall be lit to at least four foot-candles as measured on the ground plane for commercial buildings and two foot-candles for residential buildings; iii. Building or Business Name. Primary commercial use entries shall be identified with respect to building and/or business; iv. Visibility. Building entrances shall be visible from the roadway and/or major public pedestrian pathway; v. Transparency. Primary commercial use entries shall feature glass doors or glazing near the door so that the visitor can view people opening the door from the other side; vi. Security. To the extent feasible, entries shall be visible from areas with high pedestrian activity or where residents can view the entry (passive surveillance); and vii. Architectural or Artwork Enhancements. Primary building entrances shall be enhanced by two or more of the following measures, which can be used
c) Special architectural lighting;
d) Landscaping;
e) Artwork as approved by the arts commission; and/or
f) Other similar feature approved by the director.
The director’s decision on the applicability of an element or treatment to meet this requirement is final. d. Secondary Public Access for Commercial Buildings. Whereas these standards require businesses on a pedestrian-oriented street within the downtown to front on streets rather than parking lots, a large number of customers use the “secondary” entry off of a parking lot. Such businesses that have secondary public access shall comply with the following measures to enhance secondary public access (applies only to entries used by the public):
i. Weather protection at least three feet deep is required over each secondary entry;
494 | Title 21: Sammamish Development Code
Effective | January 1, 2022
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