(3/22/16)
All #accessory# off-street parking spaces on the #ground floor level# of a #building# shall be wrapped by #floor area# in accordance with paragraph (a) or, where applicable, screened in accordance with applicable provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section.
- Along typical #street wall# frontages
For the ground floor level, or portions thereof, of #buildings# with a #street wall# width of 100 feet or less along a #street# frontage, any portion of an #accessory# off-street parking facility that is located above #curb level#, except for permitted entrances and exits, shall be located behind permitted #floor area# so that no portion of such facility is visible from adjacent public sidewalks or publicly accessible areas. Such #floor area# shall have a minimum depth of 15 feet, as measured perpendicular to the #street wall# of the #building#. - Along wide #street wall# frontages
For portions of ground floor levels of #buildings# with a #street wall# width exceeding 100 feet along a #street# frontage, at least 100 feet of such frontage shall comply with the provisions of paragraph (a) of this Section. Any portion of an such #accessory# off-street parking facility that is located above #curb level# within the portion of such ground floor level #street wall# in excess of 100 feet, may either be wrapped by #floor area# in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section, or shall be subject to the following design requirements:- any non-horizontal parking deck structures shall not be visible from the exterior of the #building# in elevation view;
- opaque materials shall be located on the exterior #building# wall between the bottom of the floor of each parking deck and no less than three feet above such deck; and
- a total of at least 50 percent of such exterior #building# wall, or portion thereof, with adjacent parking spaces shall consist of opaque materials which may include permitted #signs#, graphic or sculptural art, decorative screening or latticework or living plant material.