(A) Development within Non-Residential Centers
All proposed buildings within non-residential centers shall be designed to be consistent within the center in terms of architectural design, exterior building materials, colors, and arrangement of buildings and other features. A Statement of Architectural Compatibility (SAC) shall be required prior to the approval of the first development plan within the development; see Section 7.7.4.
(B) Development Outside of Non-Residential Centers
For all other non-residential development located outside of non-residential centers (e.g., subdivisions, buildings on "stand alone" parcels, modifications to existing developments, and infill development), the building design(s) shall be compatible within the subdivision or with adjacent buildings in close proximity to the proposed building. In such cases, a Statement of Architectural Compatibility is not required.
(C) Building Placement
Buildings shall comply with the following standards and those provisions that address building orientation, arrangement, mass, and other elements. All development plans must also follow the provisions in the Town's Community Appearance Manual and Site Design Standards.
(1) All buildings must front a street, park, open space, or pedestrian way. A street may be an external roadway adjacent to a property, or a public or private street within a site. Buildings with one (1) double-loaded bay of parking between them and a street count as being sited to front a street. In addition, in non-residential centers, ten (10) acres or more in size within Mixed Use Overlay Districts, a majority of the tenant spaces forty thousand (40,000) square feet or less must be located on a double fronted street with no more than one hundred eighty (180) feet between buildings. For infill or redevelopment sites, buildings may front adjacent public streets in lieu of the double-loaded requirement.
(2) Drive-throughs with roof structures or canopies shall be oriented away from major roadways. Cantilevered awnings or metal canopies are acceptable as part of a drive through.
(3) Infill development should have the same predominate setbacks and orientation of adjacent existing buildings, unless there is an opportunity to establish a new predominate street-front orientation.
(4) Buildings on adjacent outparcels must be grouped adjacent to one another in groups of two (2) or more. Grouped outparcel buildings must be sited no more than one hundred (100) feet apart.
(D) Review Considerations
The approval authority may consider alternative colors and designs for buildings provided that they meet the intent of this section. The approval authority should consider criteria such as the intensity of the colors, the extent of the design difference and the spatial separation of each building.