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metro east mixed-use overlay zone25 <br />The building articulation may include private/ <br />common open space terraces or roof decks. The <br />minimum upper level setback area shall be 10 Ft <br />wide (parallel to the building façade) by 6 Ft deep. <br />c.Buildings facades shall be articulated through the use <br />of separated wall surfaces, contrasting colors and <br />materials, variations in building setbacks, and <br />attractive window fenestrations. <br />Street-facing facade elements <br />Street-facing building elements and massing <br />Building is broken down <br />into distinct elements <br />Arcade at street levelDriveway <br />Upper level setback creates <br />mass articulation <br />5.4 MASSING <br />a.In general, project massing should be broken down <br />into discrete building elements and components that <br />reinforce a continuous street-facing urban block <br />pattern. This pattern should be broken by intervening <br />the required publicly accessible open space areas. See <br />Section 4.5. <br />b.Within this block pattern, individual buildings shall <br />be massed such that individual building planes or <br />architectural masses do not exceed one-hundred-fifty <br />(150) feet in length. <br />c.The design of buildings shall incorporate a variety of <br />massing and forms to introduce variety at the ground <br />plane and skyline of the project. <br />5.5 FACADES <br />a.Street facing facades shall be architecturally enhanced <br />through the use of arcades, colonnades, recessed <br />entrances, window details, bays, variation in building <br />materials, and other details such as cornices and <br />contrasting colors. <br />b.Building step backs at the upper level of buildings <br />along public rights-of-ways in the Neighborhood <br />Transitional, Village Center, and Active Urban Districts <br />shall be provided as a means to provide building <br />articulation.1-72