Oakland Design Review Manual for the Central ... - City of Oakland

3.5AvoidXX Figure 3.5.c: A bank of three, closelyspaced,single-car garages creates toomuch inactive frontage along the street.ENCOURAGE3.5.2 Parking frontage along the waterfront, public plazas andopen spaces and pedestrian pass-throughs is stronglydiscouraged.3.5.3 Bicycle parking should be provided in accordance with thePlanning Code and located adjacent to and visible from theprimary building entrance wherever possible.Parking Location – Guidelines for Specific Uses3.5.4 For warehouse and distribution facilities, provide adequateon-site truck parking to prevent double parking and idling.3.5.5 For parking garage entries serving multi-unit residential (i.e.,duplexes, triplexes, etc.) fronting a primary street, apply acombination of the following:1) Limit parking entries fronting a street where feasible to amaximum of two-car width residential garages per primaryfrontage (See Figure 3.5.c);2) Minimize the impact of multiple garages by locating themaway from each other and separated by a building withactive uses such as living or working space (See Figure3.5.d);3) On corner lots, distribute garage entries along multiplesides of the lot, rather than all along one side.XX Figure 3.5.d: The articulated frontage andseparation of these two one-car garageentries minimize their prominence alongthe street.XX Figure 3.5.e: This parking podium isdesigned as an integral part of thebalcony and screened from the sidewalkby landscaping and a decorative grill.14ENCOURAGEPodium Parking3.5.6 Parking podiums along sidewalk, waterfront, public plazas andopen space frontages should be lined with active ground flooruses, porches, stoops, or stairs and a landscaped setback.See Figure 3.5.e.3.5.7 The landscape setback should screen the podium with a highlevel of detail and a variety of elements such as tall shrubs,landscape structures (e.g., decorative fences, walls, trellises,etc.), trees and ground cover to create a dynamic frontage.3.5.8 Podiums should not extend beyond the main building façadeunless they are designed as balconies and meet blank wallstandards as defined for the associated frontage type in thezoning regulations.3.5.9 Podiums should be designed as an integral, aestheticfrontage of the building. Openings may use decorative grillsor landscape screens to create interested and prevent large,blank voids along the street.OAKLAND DESIGN REVIEW MANUAL FOR CENTRAL ESTUARY