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A. Applicability: The following standards shall apply to all multi-family residential buildings in the R-4, R-5, R-Flex Medium, R-Flex High, OR, MX-N, MX-M, and MX-L zone districts, unless otherwise stated in Subsections B through G below.
C. Materials:
1. Primary exterior finish building materials used on multi-family residential dwellings shall consist of two (2) or more of the following:
a. Wood or cementitious siding (including horizontal lap, tongue-and-groove, or board-and-batten siding);
b. Stucco or synthetic stucco (including EIFS);
c. Natural and cultured stone;
d. Brick, split face block, or ground face block;
e. Cast concrete;
f. Other materials that replicate the look and durability of the above materials, as approved by the Manager.
2. EIFS shall not be used to cover more than fifty (50) percent of any façade of a building (excluding façade areas occupied by windows and doors) facing a highway or a public or private street, unless the façade is not visible from that highway or public or private street due to changes in terrain or intervening permitted structures (not including landscaping, fences, and walls).
3. In the WUI-O district, all building material shall comply with the City of Colorado Springs Fire Prevention Code and Standards.
D. Façade Consistency and Articulation:
1. All sides of the façade of a multi-family residential building shall be designed to provide architectural and visual interest and shall provide consistent architectural treatment on all building facades. A consistent architectural treatment is one in which all building walls have defined levels of articulation and use different combinations of the same materials, although facades that face streets or that contain primary pedestrian entrances may include additional features such as doors, windows, canopies, awnings, or arcades.
2. Each facade shall be articulated through variations in the following elements:
a. Color and use of materials;
b. Wall planes that are offset from the main building façade;
c. Window and door openings; or
d. Other elements that contribute to the visual interest of the building, as approved by the Manager.
3. No horizontal length of any façade that lacks variation in its material, color, and/or wall plane shall exceed fifty (50) horizontal feet.
E. Building and Entrance Orientation: The orientation of the primary entrance and building façade shall be oriented towards and accessed from the front yard and street. Multi-family residential development located along arterial roadways may orient primary entrances away from the arterial road if direct pedestrian connections are provided from primary entrances to all adjoining roadways.
F. Garage and Carport Standards:
1. To the maximum extent feasible, detached garages, carports, and garage entries associated with multi-family buildings shall not be located between a multi-family building and an adjacent perimeter street, but shall instead be internalized in building groups so that they are not visible from adjacent perimeter streets.
2. Detached garages associated with multi-family buildings shall incorporate materials, color, and details similar to those used on the nearest façades of the primary multi-family buildings.
G. Site Elements Adjacent to Certain Residential Uses: If the property is adjacent to a lot in the R-E, R-1 9, R-1 6, R-2, or R-Flex Low zone districts or a lot designated for Single-family Detached, Single-family, or Two-family dwellings in a PDZ district, multi-story structures with balconies, patios, or other public gathering spaces more than twenty-four (24) feet above existing grade shall orient those features to avoid direct views into rear yards of the adjacent R-E, R-1 9, R-1 6, R-2, R-Flex Low, or PDZ residential lot. (Ord. 23-03)
A. WUI-O District Development: In the WUI-O district, all residential building material not otherwise addressed in Section 7.4.1103 (Mixed-Use and Non-Residential) shall comply with the City of Colorado Springs Fire Prevention Code and Standards. (Ord. 23-03)
A. Applicability:
1. The standards in this Part 7.4.12 shall apply to each of the following:
a. All new building construction that requires a Development Plan with on-site lighting;
b. Any change in a primary use of property to a different use listed in Table 7.3.2-A (Base and NNA-O District Use Table). Changes of use for individual tenants in a commercial or mixed-use development with multiple nonresidential primary uses shall not require the individual tenant or the entire development to comply with the provisions of this Section;
c. All expansions of the gross floor area of an existing primary structure, or the number of dwelling units, or the number of parking spaces, by fifty (50) percent or more; and
d. All modifications, replacements, or additions of outdoor lighting fixtures constituting fifty (50) percent or more of the permitted lumens for the parcel, regardless of the actual amount of lighting already on a site.
2. Alternate requirements for lighting may be included as a part of an FBZ regulating plan.
B. Exemptions: Notwithstanding Subsection A above, the standards in this Part 7.4.12 do not apply to:
1. Lighting for the Temporary Outdoor Festival or Amusement use, or an Outdoor Stadium or Auditorium use, provided that such lighting shall be turned off within thirty (30) minutes after the last event;
2. Emergency lighting used by police, fire fighting, or medical personnel, or at their direction;
3. Public street lighting;
4. Private residential street lighting;
5. Pedestrian lighting between four (4) feet and existing grade;
6. Traffic control lighting;
7. Building-mounted residential lighting;
8. Outdoor lighted flags; and
9. Holiday lighting and seasonal decorations using typical unshielded low-intensity lamps. (Ord. 23-03)
All development subject to this Part 7.4.12 shall comply with the following standards.
A. Measurements:
1. Initial Lumens: For the purposes of this Part 7.4.12, "lumens" means "initial lumens." The acceptability and shielding restrictions applicable to a particular lamp are decided by its initial lumen output, not wattage.
2. Light Trespass Measurements: Measurements of light readings shall be taken from the midpoint of each property line of the subject property with a light meter at a height of three (3) feet above existing grade and pointed at the light source, and the maximum reading shall be used to confirm compliance with this Part 7.4.12.
B. Prohibitions:
1. Laser Source Light: The use of laser, strobe, or flashing source light or any similar high intensity light for outdoor advertising or entertainment is prohibited.
2. Towers: Tower lighting shall not be permitted unless required by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
3. High Pressure Sodium Lights: High pressure sodium lights shall not be used for any type of site lighting.
C. Lighting Standards:
1. Light Trespass: All lighting fixtures shall be installed so that light trespass from any property line, except a property line adjacent to a public street, shall not exceed one (1) footcandle at the property line.
2. Glar e: All light ing fixtu res shall be insta lled so as not to cause glar e at or beyo nd the property line and shall not be aimed toward traffic.
3. Shielding:
a. All lighting fixtures, including wall packs (see figure to the right), except motion detector-activated lighting, shall be fully shielded so that the lighting element is not visible to an observer at any property line, except as stated otherwise in this Part 7.4.12.
b. Unless otherwise specified, all lighting fixtures shall be full cutoff type as installed. Full cutoff light fixtures are those in which no more than ten (10) percent of emitted lumens can be detected at an angle more than eighty (80) degrees from the vertical axis of the light fixture, and no more than two and a half (2.5) percent of emitted lumens can be detected at an angle more than ninety (90) percent from the vertical axis of the light fixture, as shown in this figure.
c. A lighting fixture may beam light upward only if all upward light is reflected back down by a canopy, roof, or other such structure.
d. Full shielding is not required for:
(1) Motion detector activated lighting of less than one thousand, eight hundred (1,800) lumens, provided the light cycles off no more than ten (10) minutes after coming on;
(2) Underwater lighting in swimming pools and fountains.
4. Floodlights and Spotlights:
a. Floodlights and spotlights shall be fully shielded so that the light element is not visible to an observer on any prope rty in a reside ntial zone distri ct or used for reside ntial purposes and is not visible to an observer on any public right-of-way.
b. The centerline beam of a floodlight or spotlight shall be aimed no higher than forty-five (45) degrees above vertical; however, light fixtures that cast illumination over more than ninety (90) degrees shall be aimed such that no light shall be cast above the horizontal.
5. Lighting Efficiency: All exterior light fixtures shall generate at least eighty (80) lumens per watt of energy consumed, as shown on the manufacturers' specifications for the fixture.
6. Parking Lot and Service Area Lighting: The maximum height of light poles and wall-mounted light fixtures to illuminate parking lots and service areas shall comply with the following standards, unless Subsection 7 below requires a lower height:
a. In residential zone districts, twenty (20) feet;
b. In Mixed-Use zone districts, and the BP, LI, PF, and PK districts, thirty-five (35) feet; and
c. In all other zone districts, fifty (50) feet.
7. Lighting Adjacent to Residential Lots: The maximum height of light poles and wall-mounted exterior light fixtures shall not exceed twenty (20) feet in the following circumstances:
a. Light fixtures on a lot containing a multi-family dwelling or a non-residential use that are located within seventy-five (75) horizontal feet of any property line with an adjacent lot in the R-E, R-1 9, R-1 6, R-2, or R-Flex Low zone districts or a lot designated for Single-family Detached, Single-family Attached, or Two-family dwellings in a PDZ district; and
b. Light fixtures on a lot in a Mixed-Use or Industrial zone district that are located within seventy-five (75) horizontal feet of any property line with an adjacent lot in a Residential zone or a lot designated for residential use in a PDZ district. (Ord. 23-03)
PART 13 SIGNS
SECTION:
7.4.1301: Purpose
7.4.1302: Applicability
7.4.1303: Exemptions
7.4.1304: General Provisions
7.4.1305: Sign Measurement And Orientation
7.4.1306: Sign Allocation
7.4.1307: Sign Types And Criteria By Sign Category
7.4.1308: Coordinated Sign Plan
7.4.1309: Prohibited Signs
7.4.1310: Signs Along State Highways And Interstates
7.4.1311: Nonconforming And Abandoned Signs
7.4.1312: Off Premises Advertising (Billboards)
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