The requirements of this section have resulted from a contextual study of building height and architectural patterns in the Old City Height District. The requirements of this section reflect the predominant building height trends of the areas to which they are applied, and reinforce the principles cited in the Downtown Plan, adopted in 1999, that higher structures be located along spine streets of the Peninsula, with heights of structures tapering down towards the waters' edges. The requirements of this Section are intended to clarify acceptable heights of buildings in areas of the Old City Height District.
