(a) Building walls:
(1) Walls facing a public street or parking area shall be designed in small sections to break up the appearance of a long horizontal wall. Overlay District facades should use building elements such as canopies or projections to break up the appearance of a long wall. Alternately, changes in material or color can be used to break up the appearance of a long wall.
(2) Buildings shall be clad appropriately to suggest an enduring and regional character. Brick, stone, precast concrete, cement siding, smooth finish premium vinyl siding, and stucco are among the materials that may be used. Precast concrete should be used in the manner of stone but panels should not be embossed with brick or stone patterns. Split-face block is discouraged, particularly on front and side elevations, unless it is an accent material. When split-face block is used, alternating coursing, varied block size, and change in material depth should be used to give the appearance of stone.
(3) Standard modular brick is encouraged, but brick face dimensions of up to four (4) inches x twelve (12) inches are permitted.
(4) Stucco or EIFS systems are permitted 4 feet above finish floor level. If stucco is used as a primary material, it shall incorporate changes in depth, plane and other architectural features to add detail and interest to a facade and to avoid the appearance of a monolithic wall.
(5) Metal and other appropriate regional materials may be used as accent materials.
(6) All walls facing a public street or parking area shall be animated by a change in color, material, fenestration, or change in the depth of material.
(7) Brick or stone shall be laid in a true bonding pattern (no stack bond allowed).
(8) The maximum length of a facade that faces a public street or parking area that is "blank", meaning of one contiguous material and color without fenestration, accents, or change in material, color, or plane, is twenty (20) linear feet.
(9) All facades shall be animated with changes in material and/or color. Additionally, designs of facades with a base, middle, and top are encouraged.
(10) Glass storefronts to encourage window shopping should be maximized.
(b) Building elements. Lintels in masonry walls should be articulated with elements such as brick soldier courses, stone, or precast concrete.
(c) Windows and doors.
(1) Windows shall be of square or vertical proportion.
(2) Clear glass shall be the primary glass used at ground level on street facades.
(d) Building roofs, parapets, and cornices.
(1) Roofs may be pitched and flat or a combination thereof.
(2) If roofs are flat, elevations facing the street should incorporate a cornice to top the building. Cornices may be projected brick, stone, precast courses, or molded fiberglass. They should be scaled appropriately to the building mass and be a minimum of one foot in height.
(e) Building height. Buildings of two and three stories are encouraged. The building height for the primary building mass shall be no less than twenty (20) feet. Canopies shall be designed to provide architectural enhancement.
(Ord. 73-2021. Passed 9-27-21.)