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<baltimore-city-law heading="Subtitle 5 – Design Standards for C-5 District">
  <section prefix="§" num="10-501" heading="Harbor promenade.">
    <text>Within certain areas of the C-5-DC, C-5-IH, and C-5-DE Subdistricts, a harbor promenade is required.  (The applicable areas are shown on the zoning map for the Waterfront Overlay Zoning Districts.)  New development in these areas must comply with Title 12, Subtitle 9 {“Waterfront Overlay Zoning Districts”} of this Code.</text>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 16-581</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="10-502" heading="Open-space plazas.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Permitted in C-5 District.">Public open-space plazas are permitted within the C-5 District.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Design requirements.">Open-space plazas must comply with the following design requirements:<para num="(1)">a plaza must be designed to be accessible from adjoining buildings and for generally unobstructed pedestrian circulation throughout the plaza; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">visibility into the plaza may not be entirely blocked by structures.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 16-581</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 17-015</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="10-503" heading="Parking and access.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="District exempt from parking requirements.">The C-5 District is exempt from the parking requirements of this Code.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="New curb cuts.">New curb cuts are prohibited on primary streets (&lt;em&gt;see &lt;/em&gt;Design Manual).</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Along Pratt Street.">Along Pratt Street:<para num="(1)">parking garages as principal uses are prohibited;</para>
      <para num="(2)">vehicle entries to parking garages are prohibited; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">all parking garages must be faced with active ground-floor uses, whether residential or non-residential.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 16-581</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 22-181</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="10-504" heading="View protection.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Skyways, street bridges prohibited.">Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, skyways and street bridges are prohibited in the C-5 District.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Exception for hospital uses.">For hospital uses, a skyway or street bridge is allowed, subject to conditional use approval from the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 16-581</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
