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Window Size – Street-facing Wall:
This standard is intended to encourage the use of appropriately sized windows on the street-
facing wall of a building. Windows are one of the primary opportunities for breaking up large,
expansive wall planes and allowing air and light into a structure. Incorporating windows in
addition to the principal window also helps create a human scale and enhance street level
interest.
Window Size – Street-facing Wall applies to: Single-Family, Two-Family, 3-Plex/4-Plex/Mansion
Apartment, Cottage Court, and Rowhouse

Entry Presence – Facing Street:
The entry presence is one of a group of standards that intends to establish a relationship
between a primary building’s entrance and the street. It also seeks to establish visual continuity
along the street with a rhythm of clearly demarcated entries. Figure 4.16 below illustrates an
entrance that opens onto a porch rather than toward the public realm, which is one of the ways
that may be appropriate for a building to visually connect an entrance to the street.
Entry Presence – Facing Street applies to: Single-Family, Two-Family, 3-Plex/4-Plex/Mansion
Apartment, Cottage Court, Rowhouse, flats, Mixed-Use A, and Mixed-Use B/Commercial

Figure 4.16
Entry Location (On Street-Facing Wall):
The entry location is one of a group of standards regarding entry design that intends to establish
a relationship between a primary building’s entrance and the street. It also seeks to establish
visual continuity along the street with a rhythm of clearly demarcated entries. Figure 4.17 below
illustrates an entry that is located setback from the front-most wall. The permitted distance of
this setback depends on the building form.
Entry Location (On Street-Facing Wall) – Facing Street applies to: Single-Family, Two-Family,
3-Plex/4-Plex/Mansion Apartment, Cottage Court, Rowhouse

Figure 4.17

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