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"10. The maximum building height for principal uses in the C-N, C-C and C-B zone districts is 35 feet, and 42 feet to the top of the rooftop mechanical screen, except that (a) for the commercial Core Area of Downtown Louisville, as designated in the Design Handbook for Downtown Louisville, the maximum building height for principal uses shall be 45 feet with no more than three stories (inclusive of habitable attic space), and inclusive of any parapet or rooftop mechanical screen or any other architectural element, and subject to further reduction as provided in the following sentence; and (b) for the Transition Area of Downtown Louisville, as designated in the Design Handbook for Downtown Louisville, the maximum building height for principal uses shall be 35 feet with no more than two stories (inclusive of habitable attic space), and inclusive of any parapet or rooftop mechanical screen or any other architectural element, and subject to further reduction as provided in the following sentence. As part of any subdivision or development plan approval, the City Council may require a lower maximum building height within such commercial Core Area or Transition Area of Downtown Louisville based on application of criteria set forth in titles 16 and 17 and the Design Handbook for Downtown Louisville, and in order to ensure varied building heights and the appearance of a two-story building mass from the street pedestrian scale. For any building governed by this note 10, architectural elements such as domes, dormers, spires, towers, etc. may exceed the applicable height limit when authorized through the PUC process." Section 2. Section 17.60.060 of the Louisville Municipal Code is amended to read as follows (words added are underlined; words deleted are stricken through): Sec. 17.12.060. Maximum floor area, Westerly portion of Downtown Louisville. Within the area designated as the westerly portion of Downtown Louisville, as defined in chapter 17.08, the maximum floor area shall be 354,000 square feet. No development shall be permitted within the westerly portion of Downtown Louisville once a maximum floor area of 354,000 square feet has been achieved within such area. To the extent that this section establishes a requirement which conflicts with a yard and bulk requirement set forth in any other applicable section of Title 17, the specific requirement of this section shall control. Any determination of maximum floor area for purposes of this section shall exclude the square footage of buildings owned by the City at the time of such determination. Section 3. Subsection 3) of Section C3, page 34 of the Design Handbook for Downtown Louisville is amended to read as follows (words added are underlined; words deleted are stricken through): C3. Maintain the average scale of one-story buildings at the sidewalk. ... 3) New construction should present a tall one-story or two-story facade at the front property line. This facade height should not exceed 35W feet. See C6.A for further provisions regarding building heights. 3