§ 9-557. Customer convenience treatments.

(a)

The intent of this section is to provide protection from the sun and adverse weather conditions for customers and employees of commercial businesses. These requirements are not applicable to single-tenant buildings with a gross floor area of ten thousand (10,000) square feet or less, or multiple-tenant buildings and projects with a gross floor area of less than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet.

(b)

Except as provided under subsection (a) of this section, the following customer convenience treatments shall be required:

(1)

Single-tenant buildings, with a gross floor area of over ten thousand (10,000) square feet or less than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet, shall have a highly visible primary customer entrance.

(2)

Single-tenant buildings with a gross floor area of twenty thousand (20,000) square feet or more shall have a highly visible primary customer entrance incorporating decorative landscape planters or wing walls that incorporate landscaped areas.

(3)

Multiple-tenant buildings and projects with a gross floor area of twenty thousand (20,000) square feet or more shall have the following:

a.

Anchor tenants shall provide highly visible primary customer entrances.

b.

Decorative landscape planters or wing walls and intermittent shaded outdoor community space shall be provided. Such area shall be located adjacent to the primary customer entrance, or circulation path of the complex.

(Ord. No. 98-29, § 1, 10-20-98; Ord. No. 2001-14, § 2, 6-19-01; Ord. No. 2001-26, § 1.V., 12-18-01)