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SEC. 940. HEIGHT, BULK AND ARTICULATION OF BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES. (a) MB-R and MB-NC Districts. In MB-R and MB-NC Districts the height (within the permitted maximum) and bulk of buildings and structures shall be consistent with Residential Design Guidelines Section 2.2 in the Mission Bay Plan. The fronts of buildings shall be articulated and varied and wide buildings shall be visually divided into narrower segments in the manner provided in Residential Design Guidelines Section 2.6 and Neighborhood Commercial Design Guidelines in the Mission Bay Plan. (b) MB-O and MC-CI Districts. In MB-O and MB-CI Districts, the height (within the permitted maximum) and bulk of buildings and structures shall be consistent with, and buildings and structures shall be articulated in the manner provided in, Commerce and Industry Design Guideline Sections 2.4 and 2.7 in the Mission Bay Plan. (c) MB-H District. In the MB-H District, the height (within the permitted maximum) and bulk of buildings and structures shall be consistent with, and the buildings and structures shall be articulated in the manner provided in, the Hotel Design Guidelines (Commerce and Industry Design) Section 5 of the Mission Bay Plan. (d) MB-CF Districts. In MB-CF Districts, the height (within the permitted maximum), bulk and articulation of buildings and structures in MB-CF shall be consistent with the Community Facilities Design Guidelines in the Mission Bay Plan and with the policies of the Urban Design and other elements of the Master Plan. (e) MB-OS Districts. In MB-OS Districts, the height and bulk of buildings and structures shall be consistent with the Recreation and Open Space Design Guidelines in the Mission Bay Plan and with the policies of the Urban Design, Recreation and Open Space and other elements of the Master Plan. The commercial uses permitted by Section 916 are limited in height to a single story. (Added by Ord. 63-91, App. 2/27/91) SEC. 941. SETBACKS AT BUILDING BASES IN MB-R DISTRICTS. In order to facilitate the articulation and architectural embellishment of the building base, all buildings in MB-R Districts, up to the height of 10 feet, shall be set back 3 feet from the line of the public sidewalk on frontages adjacent to streets and parks without an intervening street, and 1½ feet from the public sidewalk on frontages adjacent to a midblock lane or a park pathway. In this setback area horizontal projections such as stairs, stoops, porticos, porches and other entry treatments, columns, planter boxes, bay windows, sills, window frames, belt courses and rusticated materials are permitted provided that at least one-third of the setback zone to the full height of the zone is free of all horizontal projections except for (1) minor architectural project