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Objective Design Standards for Housina Sites <br /> B. ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES <br /> The visual impact of buildings on the community and neighborhood should be carefully planned. This section <br /> discusses standards and guidelines for building massing,building entrance design,building elements, articulated <br /> facades,and other architectural features which help create developments that are welcoming to both the occupants <br /> and people walking by. <br /> 131. Building Massing <br /> Buildings should be designed to break down large building volumes into comprehensible parts. <br /> Development Standards <br /> Multifamily Development <br /> B1.1 Buildings taller than three stories shall provide a stepback at the uppermost story. <br /> a. The required stepback shall be a minimum of six feet in depth. <br /> b. The stepback shall be required to extend for 80 percent of the building façade length <br /> exclusive of Massing Break width. <br /> B1.2 Buildings proposing frontages in excess of 180 feet in length fronting on Public Streets or <br /> fronting on designated Group Usable Open Spaces larger than 7,000 square feet in area shall <br /> provide a Massing Break to reduce the perceived length of the building. <br /> a. Massing Breaks shall provide a minimum clear dimension of 15 feet and a minimum area of <br /> 250 square feet. <br /> b. Massing Breaks shall begin at ground level and shall extend to the top of structure. <br /> ENCROACHMENT INTO <br /> STEPBACKS IS ALLOWED <br /> UP TO 20% OF FRONTAGE: <br /> i X+Y < 20%(Z1+Z2) <br /> i x - <br /> BUILDING <br /> STEPBACK STEPBACK: <br /> / x 6'-0"MIN. <br /> .1804;----_Zi_ <br /> f--MASSING <br /> 186;:a;---2_2 <br /> BREAK --TQ <br /> Fig. 11: Building Massing Standards <br /> City of Pleasanton -33- DRAFT: December 14, 2022 <br />