(A) Building orientation.
(1) Loading docks, and the like, may not be visible from building entries accessible to the public, residential areas or the highway or other public rights-of-way. For buildings with visibility on all sides of the building, the loading docks or areas must be placed adjacent to the lowest classification road with screening from all the higher classification roads. Views of such areas must be screened as defined elsewhere in this code. The city may allow some flexibility for views from certain portions of the overpasses and entrance/exit ramps that are significantly raised above the average grade of the adjacent properties. Concrete pads may be provided at all loading and servicing bays.
(2) Buildings and other site elements may not be located in strip-like arrangements on one parcel.
(3) Building setbacks:
(a) Public rights-of-way - 60 feet
(b) Interior property lines - 20 feet or the height of the building whichever is greater.
(c) Residential property - 110 feet.
(4) Multiple principal buildings on a single parcel must be designed to complement each other and must be built of similar materials. Emphasis on building position may be made to give visual interest.
(B) Building form.
(1) Buildings must have a highly visible entry and must feature no fewer than two of the following: canopies, overhangs, arcades, outdoor patios, integral planters, display windows, or other architectural details. Developments with multiple buildings must cluster building entries.
(2) Large, uninterrupted planes are not permitted. No wall may have an uninterrupted length exceeding 80 feet without including at least two of the following: changes in plane; changes in color, texture, materials or masonry pattern; windows; or an equivalent element that subdivides the wall.
(3) Building height studies. For all structures over three stories in height, the city reserves the right to require view-shed analysis within 1,000 feet of a development or sun-shadow studies to protect other developments from day-time permanent shadows.
(4) Building Materials. All buildings must have at least two or more of the following facade materials in any combination on each facade: brick, stone, glass. Other materials, such as architecturally textured concrete precast panels but not including smooth concrete block may be permitted at the city’s discretion through the Site Plan Review process if they are determined to be consistent with the surrounding environment and the purpose of this section. The design on facades not visible from a public right-of-way or residential uses may be less ornamental than those visible from public right(s)-of-way, but may still use the same materials as the rest of the building. Walls used for screening must use the same building materials as the principal building(s).
(C) Rooftops.
(1) Roof surface materials and texture may be chosen considering their effect on the views of other sites and structures.
(2) Roof-mounted mechanical equipment, vents, and stacks, may be minimized and positioned so that they will not be seen from public rights-of-way or adjacent properties. If the equipment is visible from public rights-of-way or adjacent properties, the equipment must be screened. Screening must be in the form of parapet walls constructed of the same building materials as the principal building. Long runs of exposed duct-work, pipes, conduits or other similar items are prohibited.
(3) Rooftop solar collectors, skylights, and other potentially reflective rooftop building elements may be designed and installed in a manner which prevents reflected glare and obstruction of views from other sites and structures. Screening may be in the form of walls constructed of the same building materials as the principal building.
(4) In those circumstances, such as freeway overpasses, where parapet walls would be unable to screen the equipment, screening may be accomplished using walls constructed of one or more of the materials used on the principal building, as approved by the City Council.
(Ord. 2000-936; Am. Ord. 2003-997, passed 5-12-03)