Planning 2012-05-24 COMPLETE AGENDA PACKET

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Draft Chapter 18.28 Tukwila Urban Center (TUC) District a base. Shopfront massing regulations include a minimum transparency requirement for the area between the height of 2 and 7 feet along the length of the building fagade facing the street or public sidewalk. A minimum 3 foot zone behind the window glazing must provide an unobstructed view of the establishment's goods services. Darkly tinted windows shall not qualify as transparent. Figure 27 Examples of Shopfront Treatments 5. Shopfront and awning design should vary from shopfront to shopfront but a single building may have a uniform design theme (see the Southcenter Architectural Design Manual for additional standards and guidelines on awnings and canopies). 6. Recessed entrances are permitted with a maximum width of 15 feet. 7. Restaurant shopfronts may set back a portion of the shopfront fagade to create a colonnaded outdoor dining alcove that is a maximum of 15 feet deep. The set back portion of the fagade that is oriented towards the street must meet transparency requirements. The alcove must also have columns along the sidewalk at an approximate spacing of 15 feet on center. The alcove may not rely on adjacent buildings for enclosure. 8. Shopfront Length. The Shopfront frontage type is specifically intended to provide block frontages with a multiplicity of doors and display windows so Shopfront width must generally be kept to a minimum and shall not exceed the lengths shown in the Corridor Charts, Figures 3 -10. 9. Articulation Increment. The articulation increment is intended to break up the mass of a building's length, and is measured from centerline to centerline of the permitted Shopfront Length. Articulation increment shall not exceed the maximum length specified in the Corridor Charts. ZADCD n Clerk's \PC Laserfiche Packet \5 -24 -12 PC Packet \FINAL PC BOOK2_5.18.12_clean.docx Page 44 5/18/2012 56