CB Guidelines 7-FacadesGuideline 7: First Floor Facades
• Existing historic storefront elements such as cast iron pillars,
bulkheads, original display windows, transoms, doors, and wall sign
fascias should be preserved. New storefront designs and renovations are
encouraged to incorporate and respect those elements.
• Historic landmark and transitional residential buildings should retain
their traditional patterns of fenestration on the ground floor.
• First floor street facades of theme and anomaly buildings should have at
least half their surface area in clear, non-mirrored, non-opaque glass.
Bulkhead base walls should be built below first floor glass and should not
rise less than 12" above outside grade, nor more than 30".
• Theme or anomaly street facades should have at least one doorway every
40', recessed at least 36" from the sidewalk.
• Replication of a storefront which is as historically authentic as possible
to its building is encouraged, but not required.
• Exterior security bars or shutters on storefronts should be avoided where
possible. Installation of any security measures should not damage
historic materials or features.
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