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2 <br />1. Include show windows on the ground level. Storefront windows are <br />3 <br />to be large and traditional in appearance _and are to include low sills <br />4 <br />and high lintels. <br />5 <br />6 <br />2. Articulate the line between the ground and upper levels with a cornice, <br />7 <br />canopy, balcony, arcade, or other visual device. <br />8 <br />9 <br />3. Include lighting in show windows, which is in conformance with other <br />10 <br />lighting regulations, herein; <br />11 <br />12 <br />4. Project lighting on the sidewalk from about eight feet in conformance <br />13 <br />with other lighting regulations herein, <br />14 <br />15 <br />5. Present the principal entrance to the sidewalk Alternatively, if the <br />16 <br />principle entrance faces onto an interior courtyard, the entrance to the <br />17 <br />courtyard must be presented to the sidewalk <br />18 <br />19 <br />k. The facade of storefront buildings may be separated from the sidewalk surface <br />20 <br />by a landscaped strip of no greater than three feet, except as necessary to <br />21 <br />accommodate open-air, food service establishments. <br />22 <br />23 <br />L The construction of open colonnades over a sidewalk adjoining storefront <br />24 <br />buildings may be permitted subject to an appropriate easement over the public <br />25 <br />right-of-way. <br />26 <br />27 <br />ni. Materials in the exterior of buildings surrounding the greens shall be limited <br />28 <br />to a diversity of brick textures and colors, with wood being subject to the <br />29 <br />review of the Appearance Commission and the approval of the permit-issuing <br />30 <br />authority. Awnings are encouraged. Commercial grade windows and doors <br />31 <br />shall be used, with wood encouraged and other materials being subject to the <br />32 <br />review of the Appearance Commission and the approval of the permit-issuing <br />33 <br />authority. <br />34 <br />35 <br />n. All signage shall: <br />36 <br />37 <br />1. Be affixed to building fagade, canopy, or arcade; <br />38 <br />39 <br />2. Be located within the first story limit; <br />40 <br />41 <br />3. Be visible to both pedestrians and drivers; <br />42 <br />43 <br />4. Contain visual street numbers for each building; and <br />44 <br />45 <br />5. Utilize liglibrig conforming to applicable regulations. <br />46 <br />elage 16 of 35 <br />