Common use of Building Design Clause in Contracts

Building Design. i. Building Articulation. SMC 20.50.250.B.3 is modified as follows: Multifamily buildings or residential portions of a commercial building shall provide the following articulation features at least every 35 80 feet of façade along the street, park, public place, or open space. Parking structure façades fronting public streets shall apply to this subsection only as material, color, texture, or opening modulations and not as offset modulations: a. Vertical building modulation 18 inches deep and four feet wide, if combined with a change in color or building material. Otherwise, the minimum depth of modulation is 10 feet and the minimum width for each modulation is 15 feet. Balconies may be used to meet modulation; and b. Distinctive ground or first floor façade, consistent articulation of middle floors, and a distinctive roofline or articulate on 35-foot intervals. ii. SMC 20.50.250.B.5 is modified as follows: Every 150 feet in building length along the street front shall have a minimum 30-foot-wide section that is offset by at least 20 feet throughout floors above the ground level floor.