Downtown Form-Based Code

September 19, 2016

Part 9. Definitions

DFD 901. Defined Terms

The following terms are defined for the purpose of this Code. Terms not defined here may be defined elsewhere in the City of Overland Park Zoning Ordinance. In such case, the definition contained in the Zoning Ordinance shall be used. Certain terms in this Code are used in very specific ways, often excluding some of the meanings of common usage. Where there is an apparent conflict or contradiction, the definition herein shall prevail.

Complete and Discrete Facade Composition. The Facade articulation that breaks down the apparent scale of a large building into smaller apparent pieces. The goal/intent is ‘human scale’ for the Street-Space. The objective requirements of the Complete and Discrete Facade Composition section of this Code regulate and ensure that scalar break-down. “Façade Composition” is the arrangement and proportion of facade materials and elements (windows, doors, columns, pilasters, materials, bays). “Complete and Discrete” is much like the Façade of a new building.

Effective on: 1/1/1901