Cherry Creek North Design Guidelines - City and County of Denver

URBAN DESIGN STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES
GUIDELINES
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◗ Provide for good visibility into storefront windows.
◗ Use awnings or canopies to reduce glare and reflections on storefront
glass and at the same time shade and protect the pedestrian standing
near the storefront.
◗ Awnings or canopies shall not be supported by posts in the sidewalk.
Awnings and canopies shall be cantilevered from the building face
so as to keep the sidewalk as clear and unobstructed as possible.
Care should be taken to preserve views down the street.
◗ Balconies shall not extend into the right-of-way over the sidewalk.
◗ Building facades should generally align in plan to create a
continuous façade. This produces a comfortable sense of enclosure
◗ Arcades are encouraged where they occupy an entire block or adjoin
a plaza. Where an adjoining, existing building provides for an
arcade, new buildings should continue the arcade.
Only when a development covers an entire block or a half-block
from numbered street to numbered street is a mid-block pedestrian
connection encouraged.
for the pedestrian and a continuous storefront that attracts and
encourages the pedestrian to continue along the street.
◗ If the façade wall is to be set back from the property line to create
courtyards or arcades, use other elements, such as columns, planters,
changes in paving materials, or railings, to define the edge of the
sidewalk.
◗ Give special attention to the design of buildings located at street
intersections. Corner buildings serve special functions as they are
generally more visible than interior lots, serve as landmarks and
provide a sense of enclosure to the intersection.
◗ Mid-block connections should be interesting as spaces in and of
themselves rather than merely hallways to, say, parking or service
loading.
◗ Mid-block connections should be handicapped accessible and well
lighted.
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