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a. Entrance doors should have a minimum 45 percent glass, unless it is the entrance <br /> door to a residential unit at street level (i.e. a row house type unit). <br /> b. Framing materials should be the same as the overall storefront design. <br /> C. Entrance should reflect the character and scale of space it accesses. <br /> (7) Upper facade. <br /> Standards: <br /> a. An articulated cornice at least 24 inches in height shall be required for each building <br /> unit width. Cornice detailing shall be achieved through, but not limited to, corbelling, <br /> varied ornamental moldings and reliefs. <br /> b. The same cornice detail shall not be the same as the two adjacent units to each side. <br /> C. Cornice design shall be integrated as an overall part of the design and shall be of a <br /> primary facade building material or architectural precast concrete. <br /> d. Medallions on a given unit shall not be the same medallions on the two adjacent units <br /> to each side. <br /> e. The parapet panel, if greater in height than four feet, shall have at least 35 to 40 <br /> percent of the area devoted to a change in material pattern or as a relief from the main <br /> facade. <br /> f. Upper facade treatments shall not extend across multiple units in attempts to unify <br /> them into a single unit. <br /> Guidelines: <br /> a. The cornice projection should be proportionate to the scale of the building and to the <br /> detail of the cornice. <br /> b. Cornice heights are encouraged to vary in height from unit to unit by at least 24 <br /> inches. <br /> C. No more than four medallions are recommended in the upper facade. <br /> (8) Upper floor windows. <br /> Standards: <br /> a. A minimum of three windows or grouping of windows per floor per unit width shall <br /> be provided in the upper facade. <br /> b. Only single-hung, double-hung, casement and fixed windows shall be allowed. <br /> C. Window widths in the upper primary facade shall not be greater than 36 inches. <br /> d. The grouping of windows shall not exceed nine feet in width. <br /> e. Windowsills are required on all widows and shall be articulated with an acceptable <br /> primary facade building material or architectural precast concrete. <br /> f. Mirrored glass shall not be allowed. <br />