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Architectural and Design Review Code Amendments Purpose- Image and Character of the built environment are important components of economic development. Aesthetically visually pleasing development encourages increased investment and

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Architectural and Design Review Code Amendments

Purpose-

  • Image and Character of the built environment are

important components of economic development.

  • Aesthetically visually pleasing development

encourages increased investment and provides a sense of community pride.

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Architectural and Design Review Code Amendments

History- 2002

  • The Downtown Neighborhood Commission, now

the West End Commission, adopted architectural guidelines for new commercial development on West End.

  • Compliance with the guidelines was voluntary

unless a Development Agreement was negotiated.

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History- 2009

  • City Council approved Architectural and Design

Guidelines for all commercial development as an appendix to VISTA 2020.

  • Incorporated the west end guidelines.
  • Chapter 151.20 of the Development Code created

which provided for a review process.

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Architectural and Design Review Code Amendments

P&Z Recommendations

  • P&Z Commission held two work sessions,

September 18 and December 4, 2018

  • P&Z approved amendments on February 5, 2019.
  • A number of P&Z recommendations incorporated

within the draft language.

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Architectural and Design Review Code Amendments

Goal of Proposed Amendments

  • Current standards are guidelines and difficult to
  • enforce. Proposed amendments are measured

and enforceable.

  • The amendments will include both flexibility in

design and specific objective standards.

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Architectural and Design Review Code Amendments

Applicability:

  • New buildings and new site development;
  • Exterior façade modifications to existing

buildings requiring a building permit (structural changes);

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Applicability: Exceptions:

  • Single Family Residences;
  • Multi-Family development with less than 4 units
  • n one lot.
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Review Authority:

  • Removes the Architectural Review Committee

and replaces with Director of Community Development or designee.

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Architecture and Design Review Process:

  • Clarifies the overall review process for building

architecture and site design.

  • The architecture and site design can be

submitted with site plan or building plans and reviewed simultaneously.

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Architecture and Design Standards: Two tiered approach-

  • Developer required to meet specific design

standards;

  • Can choose from a selection of Design

standards;

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Architectural and Design Review Code Amendments

Architecture and Design Standards:

  • Total of 8 Design Elements;
  • Façade Materials (Required)
  • Building Color (Required)
  • Building Scale
  • Building Massing
  • Roof Form
  • Location/Orientation of Building Entrances
  • Windows
  • Site Design
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Architecture and Design Standards:

  • Required to include the Façade Materials and Building

Colors Elements in the building design;

  • Developer to choose a minimum of three additional

standards from the six remaining Design Elements.

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Façade Materials-

  • Buildings to be constructed with approved façade

materials such as brick, wood, stucco, and glass, or metal, brick or stone veneers and their artificial derivatives;

  • The total amount of wall façade is based on zoning

and locational considerations; (P&Z Commission

recommendation)

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Façade Materials-

  • Buildings within a commercial zoning district

and adjacent to arterial roadway-

  • 75 percent of the building wall.
  • Buildings within a commercial zoning district

and adjacent to collector and local roadways-

  • 50 percent of building wall.
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Façade Materials-

  • Buildings within an industrial zoning district-
  • 25 percent of building wall.
  • Buildings within residential zoning district-
  • 50 percent of building wall.
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Façade Materials-

  • Façade improvements required on building walls

which face a public street or face an existing residential use.

  • At least two different façade materials shall be used
  • n all applicable building walls.
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Building Colors-

  • Muted colors and earth tones for building and roof

with a light reflectance value of 50% or less.

  • A minimum of 75 percent of the total wall and roof

area shall use muted colors and earth tones.

  • Bright colors only to be used as accents.
  • Not applicable to buildings on the West End. (P&Z

Commission recommendation)

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Building Colors- Earth Tone

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Building Colors- LRV 50 Percent or Less

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Building Scale-

  • Define a rhythm and pattern of windows, columns,

awnings, and other architectural features;

  • Provide a human scale to the primary entrance;
  • Express the position of each floor in the external

design of the building.

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Building Massing-

  • Wall planes divided into modules that express

traditional dimensions-

  • The primary façade plane shall not exceed 75 in length without

a jog which shall divide the façade into subordinate elements each less than 75 feet in length;

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Building Massing-

  • Change the height of a wall plane or building mass by

providing vertical articulation;

  • Change in height shall be at least 20 percent of the vertical

height of an adjacent wall plane or building mass

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Building Massing-

  • Change the roof form to express different modules of

the building mass;

  • Divide large wall planes into smaller components by

changing the arrangement of windows and other façade articulation features

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Roof Form-

  • Incorporate the following features to add architectural

articulation and reduce perceived scale:

  • Overhanging eaves;
  • Multiple roof planes;
  • Cornice or moldings to define top of parapet;
  • A flat roof with parapet;
  • A sloping roof with a minimum pitch of 4:12
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Location and Orientation of Building Entrances-

  • Main entrance shall be clearly identifiable by

emphasizing and enhancing:

  • The level of architectural details such as a change in plane i.e.

porticos, recessed entrance on the street façade;

  • Differentiation in material and color;
  • Enhanced lighting.
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Location and Orientation of Building Entrances-

  • Primary entrance of a building shall be oriented to face

a street, plaza, or pedestrian way;

  • Locate utility, mechanical room, or service entrance

service doors away from the public sidewalks.

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Windows

  • Maximize number of street level façade openings for

windows;

  • Organize placement of windows and doors on the

building elevation relative to each other and the building’s forms to ensure they are balanced and proportionate;

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Windows

  • Set storefront window frames at a height above the

finished grade;

  • Recess window frames from a typical wall plane

surface to provide a shadow line and to accentuate the storefront;

  • For upper level facades, provide a pattern that includes

window openings that are greater in height than width;

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Windows

  • Include operable windows on the upper level facade;
  • Delineate changes in surface material by a reveal or a

recess detail;

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Site Design

  • Pedestrian/Outdoor Amenities:
  • Covered walkways or canopies
  • Textured or raised pavement areas for pavement connections

within a site;

  • Courtyards, pedestrian gathering areas; Seating features such

as benches, landscape planters;

  • Pedestrian scale lighting fixtures;
  • Outdoor lighting areas;
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Site Design

  • Orientation of Buildings:
  • Orient toward views of activities, architectural landmarks, or

natural features to provide visual interest;

  • Orient to take advantage of solar energy that will allow for

passive heating of building, provide natural light, and harvest solar power.

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Waivers

  • The Development Review Committee hears all

requests to waive Architectural and Design Standards.

(P&Z recommendation)

  • Reasons for Waiver (meet at least one):

Superior Alternative; Protection of Significant Features Deprivation of Reasonable Use; Technical Impracticality No Relationship to the Development or Its Impacts