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BUILDING FORM Building form shall contribute to the unique characler desired for Midtown's various activity districts. . Cluster taller buildings on Main Slreel from Civic Cenler Drive to Washinglon Avenue, tapering heights and inlensities lowards Washington Avenue, 10 reintorce existing office lowers, and to express the Civic/Professional and Financial Districts' role as employment cenlers. A tower form is most appropliate for Main Street, because il relleets the form of existing oHice structures. There shall be only one new tower of 6 to 8 stories in the Financial District, with other buildings of one and two stories. . Use lower buildings to define and protect pedestrian space and creale an aclivity edge along Main Street and the mid.block extensions of Ninlh, E!eventh and Fourteenth Slieets. . The form and siting of otder structures of character on Broadway north of Washington and Bush (siled on small lots with lront and side yards) shall be reflected by new development and revitalization of existing buildings along these slreets. Eslablish specific height zones to regulate building height, with the greatest heights on Main Street between Civic Cenler Drive and Washington, intermediale heights on Broadway and on Main Slreet north of Washington, and the lowest building heighls along Broadway and Bush Slieels. (See Exhibit 6, General Building Heighls.) OPEN SPACE NODES Main Street shall be accented by two open space nodes, one atlhe inlersection of Tenth, and one at Washington. These nodes are intended 10 provide open space relief in the center of Midtown. These nodes shall be connected by a finear open space strip along Sycamore south of Tenth Street and north of Washington, which will funclion as an integral parl of Midtown's central open space resource. PEDESTRIAN SPACE Pedestrian space sheU reinlorce the ground floor activities within districts and provide convenient and allractive routes and social spaces throughout Midtown. Main Slreel and the Ninth Street pedeslrtan way are the primary shopping streets with conlinuous storefronls defining the street space. Wherever possible, the sidewalk will be widened to encourage pedestrian activity and provide space lor enhanced landscaping and streetscape amenilies. Strengthen the qualities 01 pedestrian space on Broadway and Bush by mainlaining mature street trees, landscaped Iront yards, clear Jdestrian paths, and by requiring future development to provide mesa fealures. Chapter 3: Specific Plan Principles Mid/own Specific Plan ~ Note: These height districts Bre general Refer to desIgn gUIdelines. tor speclf1c requirements Exhibit 6 General Building Heights Ordinance NS-2649 pag.. 1. of ~2 21