14-7-112 OTHER REQUIREMENTS

A. Signs. Any sign erected in the (DN) Zone shall conform to the sign provisions of this Title. Single family and two family dwellings shall conform to the criteria for the R-4 subzone, and multi-family uses shall conform to the criteria for the RM-13 subzone. All others shall conform to the criteria for the DN zone. Pole signs shall not be permitted. B. Uses Within Buildings. Any commercial use permitted in the (DN) Zone shall be conducted entirely within a fully enclosed building, except as provided in subsections 1 and 2 below. 1. Outdoor Display of merchandise for sale in the downtown area. Businesses located in buildings in the (DN) Zone that have setbacks less than three (3) feet from the public right-of-way may display in the public right-of-way, subject to the following terms and conditions: a. Any display of merchandise on the sidewalk may not exceed three (3) feet into the public right-of-way from the property line of the business, except during the annual “Sidewalk Days” celebration. There may be no display of merchandise in the planter boxes in the public right-of-way. b. During the winter months, a display may not impede snow removal from the sidewalk. c. The display shall not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the width of the lot, parcel, or business. However, businesses with less than forty (40) feet of width may have a display not to exceed ten (10) feet in width. d. Only merchandise sold inside the business may be displayed outside. e. No outdoor display shall exceed six (6) feet in height. f. Each display shall be taken down at the end of each business day. The merchant shall be solely responsible for items displayed. g. Each display shall not create a hazard, sight distance, or other problem to pedestrians on the sidewalk or to drivers on the street. h. Displayed merchandise shall not obscure or interfere with any official notice, public safety sign or device. 2. Any business not listed in subsection 1 may include the outdoor display of merchandise for sale only if all of the following conditions are met: a. The outdoor display of merchandise shall not be located upon any sidewalk, walkway, driveway or within any public right-of-way nor shall it interfere with pedestrian or vehicular movement or with safe and proper ingress and egress of pedestrian traffic. b. The outdoor display of merchandise shall not reduce the amount of off-street parking below that which is required for the associated commercial uses on the premises. c. No item shall be displayed outdoors except for those lawfully displayed and sold inside the business or businesses located on the property. No hazardous and/or flammable materials (such as antifreeze, kerosene, poisons, pesticides and other similar items) may be displayed outdoors. d. The aggregate outdoor display area shall not exceed twenty-five (25) percent of the linear frontage of the store front or 10 linear feet, whichever is greater. A business located on a corner shall be considered as having two (2) store fronts. e. No outdoor display shall exceed six (6) feet in height. f. A maximum of fifty (50) percent of the aggregate outdoor display area may be located in any required landscaping. g. Items shall be displayed outdoors only during the hours that the business conducting the display is open to the public. Live plant material shall be exempt from this requirement. h. Additional signs, beyond those allowed by this Title, shall not be allowed as part of the outdoor display and sales area. i. Outdoor displays for special sales or for one of a kind items which would exceed any of these requirements may be granted a special permit by the Planning Director for a period not to exceed fourteen (14) days provided such special displays do not create parking, access, or traffic hazards. C. Structure Design and Materials. Any structure, except for single and two family dwellings, shall meet the minimum design criteria as set forth in this Title. In addition, the following shall apply. 1. Exteriors shall be maintenance free wall material such as high quality brick, natural stone, weather resistance stucco or masonite type material, or non-wood siding. Stucco, masonite or siding may not exceed fifty (50) percent of the exterior. 2. Each residential unit shall have some private outdoor space in the form of a balcony or patio. 3. The primary entrance of a building must be oriented to face a street, public plaza or approved pedestrian-way. Ground floor residential units located adjacent to the street shall have the primary entrance oriented toward the street. 4. Primary entrance design shall consist of at least two (2) of the following design elements, or a comparable substitute, at the primary entrance, so that the primary entrance is architecturally prominent and clearly visible from the abutting street. a. Architectural details such as arches, friezes, tile work, canopies or awnings b. Integral planters or wing walls that incorporate landscape or seating. c. Recessed entrances that include a minimum step back of two feet (2') from the primary facade and that include glass on the sidewalls. 5. All buildings must meet the ground with some form of base element or detailing to visually connect the building to the landscape. The base element may be smooth concrete (architectural grade), masonry or stone. 6. Blank walls shall be prohibited on street-facing facades. At least 50 percent of the width of a new or reconstructed first story building wall facing a street shall be devoted to pedestrian entrances, display windows or windows affording views into retail, office, restaurant, or lobby space. All development shall provide ground floor windows on the building facade and adjacent to a public or private street. Darkly tinted windows and mirrored windows are prohibited as ground floor windows. 7. To preclude large expanses of uninterrupted building surfaces, exterior elevations shall incorporate design features such as offsets, balconies, projections, or similar elements along each face of the building facing a public right-of-way or public plaza. Along the vertical face of the structure, offsets shall occur at a minimum of every 25 feet by providing any two of the following: a. Recesses (elevated decks, patios, entrances, etc.) with a minimum depth of four (4) feet, or b. Extensions (elevated decks, patios, entrances, floor area, etc.) with a minimum depth of four (4) feet, or c. Offsets or breaks in roof elevations of three (3) or more feet in height. 8. Buildings with parking located on the ground floor within the footprint of the structure shall incorporate design features into street facing facades that are consistent with the remainder of the building design and that are pedestrian oriented. Features shall include elements typical of a front façade, including doors, false windows, planters, and/or architectural details providing articulation. False windows shall be integrated into the framing of the building and shall not consist of surface mounted features such as tacked on display cases. Required venting for parking areas, including louvered openings, shall not be located along a street facing façade. 9. Ground Floor Use Requirement: For buildings located at least 200 feet from 100 West and 100 East the ground floor story of structures located adjacent to the street shall be built to accommodate an allowed commercial, institutional, or public use. Required ground floor use shall be located along and oriented toward street frontages and shall be a minimum horizontal depth of 25 feet as measured from the front face of the building. With the exception of buildings fronting on Main Street, residential uses may be permitted within the required area in lieu of the required use, if the ground floor is designed so that it can be converted to an allowed commercial use in the future. To accommodate this conversion, the shell space of the ground floor shall be built to an occupancy standard required by the adopted Building Code that can accommodate conversion of the interior of the space to a future permitted commercial use. The following additional requirements shall apply to the ground floor space if used for residential uses: a. The shell space shall be at least twelve feet (12') in height measured from floor deck to floor deck; b. Each ground floor unit shall have a direct entrance from the sidewalk to the unit; c. Each ground floor unit shall be ADA accessible; and d. Each ground floor unit shall include a porch, patio, stoop or other entrance feature that is a minimum depth of at least five feet (5'). 10. Form and Appearance. Mixed-use or multi-family buildings exceeding ninety (90) feet wide building frontage shall meet the following standards to break up the exterior mass and bulk of the building to appear as separate structures: a. Break the building up horizontally (base, middle, and top) and vertically every forty-five (45) feet or less using step-backs, architectural beams, cornices, windows, etc. Use various materials, colors, and textures approved in the Land Use Code. b. Stagger building heights every forty-five (45) feet or less. Example: D. Neighborhood Compatibility. Each structure, except for existing single and two family dwellings, shall be designed consistent with the adopted Historic Downtown Bountiful Master Plan, particularly with regard to building height, architecture, landscaping and building mass. E. Trash Storage. No trash, used materials, wrecked or abandoned vehicles or equipment shall be stored in an open area. With the exception of single family and two family dwellings, each development in the (DN) Zone shall be required to have adequate, on- site, screened refuse containers maintained in a location approved as part of the site plan. F. Walls and Fences. Any wall or fence erected around a commercial development or mixed use development shall comply with the requirements of the (C-G) zone. Any multi-family development shall comply with the requirements for the RM-13 subzone. Any single family and two family developments shall comply with the provisions of the R4 subzone.