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Objective Design Standards for Housina Sites B. ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES The visual impact of buildings on the community and neighborhood should be carefully planned. This section discusses standards and guidelines for building massing, building entrance design,building elements,articulated facades,and other architectural features which help create developments that are welcoming to both the occupants and people walking by. B1. Building Massing Buildings should be designed to break down large building volumes into comprehensible parts. Development Standards Multifamily Development B1.1 Buildings taller than three stories shall provide a stepback at the uppermost story on facades fronting public streets,publicly-accessible open spaces and property lines adjoining existing single-family uses. a. The required stepback shall be a minimum of six feet in depth. b. The stepback shall be required to extend for 80 percent of the building fagade length exclusive of Massing Break width. B1.2 Buildings proposing frontages in excess of 180 feet in length fronting on Public Streets or fronting on designated Group Usable Open Spaces larger than 7,000 square feet in area shall provide a Massing Break to reduce the perceived length of the building. a. Massing Breaks shall provide a minimum clear dimension of 15 feet and a minimum area of 250 square feet. b. Stoneridge Mall Housing Site buildings shall require a Massing Break at 300 feet, maximum.This massing break shall be a minimum of 25 feet deep and 25 feet wide. c. Massing Breaks shall begin at ground level and shall extend to the top of structure: ENCROACHMENT INTO STEPBACKS IS ALLOWED UP TO 20% OF FRONTAGE: / X+Y ` 20%(Z1+Z2) BUILDING fJ STEPBACK - - STEPBACK: 6' 0" MIN. Y . Tp 47. !-MASSING 18 -.. Z 2 BREAK U MAk Fig. 14: Building Massing Standards City of Pleasanton -44- Adopted January 26, 2023