DESCRIPTION
An enclosed window assembly extending from the face of a building element to permit increased light, multi-directional views, and articulate a building facade.
STANDARDS
- Bay windows must be visually supported by brackets, corbels, or a beam along their full depth or, when built at the first floor, may extend visually to the ground plane.
- Bay windows may only attach to the main building mass, additions, accessory buildings, towers, porte-cocheres, connectors, cross-gables, extended shopfronts, and penthouses.
- Bay windows may intersect with and occupy the same space as porches, balconies, galleries, arcades, and decks.
- Bay windows must attach to a single building face and may not wrap around corners.
- Bays windows may be two sided, multi-sided, or curved.
- Bay windows may provide openings for doorways or windows.
DIMENSIONS
| Setback from facade |
n/a |
| Width (A) |
16 ft max |
| Projection (B) |
6 in min, 4 ft max |
| Absolute Height |
n/a |
| Fenestration |
30% min |
| Height |
n/a |
| Length |
n/a |
| Area |
n/a |
| Eave Height |
n/a |
| Gable End Setback |
n/a |
| Top Plate Height (C) |
Max equal to total number of full building stories. |