(A) Identification of the Gary Avenue Corridor and North Avenue Corridor Overlay Districts.
(1) For any lot that abuts Gary Avenue directly, other than a single-family residential lot, the lot line abutting the Gary Avenue right-of-way shall be considered the front lot line.
(2) For any lot that abuts North Avenue directly, other than a single-family residential lot, the lot line abutting the North Avenue right-of-way shall be considered the front lot line.
(B) Uses permitted within the Gary Avenue and North Avenue Overlay Districts. Uses within the Gary Avenue and North Avenue Overlay Districts shall be permitted pursuant to the Unified Development Ordinance, as amended, of the village.
(C) Site design.
(1) Service areas and drives shall not hinder consumer access, parking, driveways, walkways or entries. Service areas shall be out of sight from the public roadways, paved, curbed and internally drained.
(2) Pedestrian facilities shall be provided within the site and between adjacent sites to improve circulation, increase safety, or promote decreased use of the automobile.
(3) Stormwater management facilities and post-construction best management practices shall be incorporated as an integral part of the project design to provide attractive open space in order to enhance the overall quality and aesthetics of a site.
(4) All parking lots will be curbed. Ideally, the building will be slightly elevated on a foundation constructed on the excavated soil to reduce the visual barrier caused by automobiles adjacent to the roadway and result in better visibility for the owner/tenant.
(D) Required setbacks.
(1) Building locations shall reflect consideration for roadway visibility, existing site features and parking lot circulation.
(2) The minimum building setback from the Gary Avenue right-of-way shall be 60 feet for properties in all zoning districts, except for the residential districts which shall be as required by the Unified Development Ordinance. The maximum building setback from the street right-of-way for all buildings shall be 100 feet; except that, no maximum setback shall apply to single-family residences.
(3) The minimum building setback from the North Avenue right-of-way shall be 100 feet for properties in all zoning districts.
(4) For both the Gary Avenue Corridor and the North Avenue Corridor, no road or parking lot pavement of any type shall be within the first 30 feet of property from the right-of-way except for approved entry drives and properties which were improved with buildings or parking lots at the time of the adoption of this section, which shall be permitted to encroach no more than ten feet into this required setback.
(5) Required front setbacks shall be improved as Transition Area Type D as detailed in § 16-5-5(B)(4) of the Unified Development Ordinance.
(E) Architectural design. This section provides architectural regulations and guidelines to the Plan Commission, village staff and owners and occupants of land along Gary Avenue and North Avenue in order to promote the objectives of the Gary Avenue and North Avenue Overlay Districts regulations.
(1) Multi-tenant, mixed-used developments shall be constructed with compatible materials and design characteristics including building material, roof lines, color and landscaping.
(2) Each building in B-1, B-2 or B-3 Zoning Districts shall have a pedestrian arcade or canopy fronting the store for shade, identity and pedestrian scale. Arcades should visually and/or physically link retail and office functions within a shopping center to protect pedestrian patrons of the center.
(3) Design improvements shall be compatible with the existing built and natural environments. New materials shall be the same or complement existing materials.
(4) Monotony shall be avoided within projects and between a project and its surroundings. Site characteristics to be evaluated for this purpose include building and plant materials, colors, textures, shapes, massing, rhythms of building components and details, signage, height, roof-line and setback. Facades of buildings shall incorporate such design features as changes in materials, color, fenestration or other significant visual relief provided in a manner or at intervals in keeping with the size, mass and scale of the building and its views from public ways.
(5) The following materials shall not be used in any front facade or side facade:
(a) Unfinished pre-cast concrete or unfinished poured-in-place concrete;
(b) Fabricated metal, not to include high-quality decorative architectural material, covering more than 25% of the wall area visible from any public way; and
(6) The following materials shall not be used on any part of a building:
(a) Materials with no proven record of durability or ease of maintenance in the intended application; and
(b) Materials or construction methods used for one aspect or portion of a project that are significantly lower in quality than those used for the balance of that project, such that this one aspect or portion is or rapidly becomes an eyesore or detriment to the project as a whole.
(7) Building designs and configurations that tend to catch and accumulate trash, leaves and dirt shall be avoided. In addition, provisions for washing and cleaning buildings, other structures and building grounds shall be considered and included in the design.
(8) All building components, such as windows, doors, wall signs, eaves, soffits and parapets, shall be proportionate to the facade of the building and shall relate well to one another.
(Ord. 2021-05-15, passed 5-3-2021)