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§30-1026 ELK RIVER CODE the entrance door to a residential (8) Upper floor windows. unit at street level (i.e. a row house Standards: type unit). a. A minimum of three windows or b. Framing materials should be the grouping of windows per floor per same as the overall storefront de- unit width shall be provided in the sign. upper facade. c. Entrance should reflect the charac- b. Only single-hung,double-hung,case- ter and scale of space it accesses. ment and fixed windows shall be (7) Upper facade. allowed. Standards: c. Window widths in the upper Ari- a. An articulated cornice at least 24 mary facade shall not be greater than 36 inches. inches in height shall be required for each building unit width. Cornice _ d. The grouping of windows shall not detailing shall be achieved through, exceed nine feet in width. but not limited to, corbelling, varied e. Windowsills are required on all wid- ornamental moldings and reliefs. ows and shall be articulated with an b. The same cornice detail shall not be acceptable primary facade building the same as the two adjacent units material or architectural precast con to each side. crete. c. Cornice design shall be integrated as f. Mirrored glass shall not be allowed. an overall part of the design and g. Wood and/or metal framing shall be shall be of a primary facade building finished in a color to coordinate with material or architectural precast con- the building's overall color scheme. crete. h. Window air conditioners shall not be d. Medallions on a given unit shall not allowed in primary facades. be the same medallions on the two i. Balconies on primary facades(exclud- adjacent units to each side. ing facades that face the river)shall e. The parapet panel,if greater in height not be deeper than 24 inches. than four feet, shall have at least 35 j. Lintels shall be of an acceptable pri- to 40 percent of the area devoted to a mary facade building material or ar- change in material pattern or as a chitectural precast concrete. relief from the main facade. k. Design and detail of bay,bowed and/or f. Upper facade treatments shall not boxed windows shall be different from extend across multiple units in at- unit to unit. tempts to unify them into a single unit. Guidelines: Guidelines: a. On primary upper facades, the sum of window widths per floor should a. The cornice projection should be pro- equal 40 to 45 percent of the total portionate to the scale of the build- unit width. ing and to the detail of the cornice. b. Upper facade windows are encour- b. Cornice heights are encouraged to aged to align directly above one an- vary in height from unit to unit by at other from floor to floor. least 24 inches. c. All upper primary facade windowsills, c. No more than four medallions are on a given floor in a given unit, are recommended in the upper facade. preferred to be at the same height. Supp.No. 19 CD30:136