Downtown Form-Based Code - City of Overland Park

606. Windows and DoorsA. ApplicabilityWhere clearly visible from the street-space.B. IntentThe placement, type, and size of windows and doors on the facade largelyestablishes the scale and vitality of the street-space. For commercial buildings,they allow interplay between the shop interiors and the street-space.Commercial uses (especially restaurants and retail establishments) benefit fromexposure to the passers-by and the street-space benefits from the visual activity.For residences, they form the “eyes on the street” surveillance which provides forthe security and safety for the area.Windows should be divided by multiple panes of glass. This helps the windowhold the surface of the façade, rather than appearing like a “hole” in the wall (aneffect produced by a large single sheet of glass).The illustrations and statements of subsection B. Intent, are advisory only. Refer tothe Code standards on the following page for the specific prescriptions of this section.In commerce frontages, the public space of the street-space and the interior space ofthe storefront intermingle. For residential frontages the interior space should notintermingle with the street-space but rather overlook it and provide surveillance.62 Overland Park Form-Based CodeSeptember 2011