(a) Applicability. These requirements apply in the I District.
(b) Intent. Industrial sites are not frequently visited by the public, but they are often quite visible to Village residents and visitors. Quality architectural design helps offset the perceived impact of industrial uses, and creates a professional environment that reflects positively on the Village and its businesses.
(c) Character and Image. Building design must include predominant materials, elements, features, color range and activity areas tailored specifically to the site and its context. In industrial parks, each building must include predominant characteristics shared by all buildings in the development, so the development forms a cohesive place.
(d) Form and Mass. A single, large, dominant building mass must be avoided in new buildings and, to a reasonable feasible extent, in projects involving changes to the mass of existing buildings. Changes in mass must be related to entrances, the integral structure and/or the organization of interior spaces and activities and not merely for cosmetic effect. False fronts or parapets create an insubstantial appearance and are prohibited.
(e) Exterior Walls and Facades.
(1) Pattern.
A. Facades and walls must include a repeating pattern with an expression of architectural or structural bays through a change in plane >12" wide, such as:
An offset, reveal, pilaster, projecting ribs, fenestration patterns, or piers, and one or more of the following elements:
1. Color change;
2. Texture change; and
3. Material module change.
B. All elements must repeat at intervals of <30 feet.
(2) Four-sided design. All facades and walls must include materials and design characteristics consistent with those on the front facade. Rear and side wall materials that are allowed to be used are: brick, vinyl siding, wood shingles, shakes or siding (except plywood sheeting as the exposed material) or any materials that are greater quality and approved by the Village Architectural Review Officer.
(3) Garage doors. Bay doors must be screened using wing walls, carefully placed berms on the site, or other effective screening and site planning techniques, or otherwise sited so visibility from the public right-of-way is minimized. Bay doors must not face the street. Bay doors must be integrated into the overall design theme of the site with color, texture, and windows. Segmented garage bay doors with windows are preferred to roll-up garage doors.
(4) Primary building entrances.
A. Primary building entrances must be clearly defined and recessed or framed by a sheltering element as an awning, arcade or portico to provide shelter from the sun and inclement weather.
B. High Street accessibility ramp and landscaping planter locations. All future improvements to commercial establishments along the east side of High Street from Third Street to Fourth Street that require a building permit or improve the sidewalk and/or entrances to the commercial establishments along this section of High Street shall require the installation of accessibility ramps to the entrance of the building.
The accessibility ramps must be a minimum of 5 feet - 4 inches in width from the face of the building and leave a remaining sidewalk width of 10 feet - 4 inches to the face of the roadway curb. In cases where the accessibility ramp and remaining sidewalk width is greater than the combined 15 feet - 8 inches, a concrete landscaping planter shall be installed from the distance of 10 feet - 4 inches from the face of the roadway curb to the limit of the 5 feet - 4 inch accessibility ramp. As a result, the limit of the accessibility ramps and/or concrete landscaping planter will be 10 feet - 4 inches from the face of the roadway curb for all of the commercial establishments along this defined section of High Street. Refer to the Accessibility Ramp Standards - Typical Drawings for the typical layout of the accessibility ramps and/or Concrete Landscaping Planters, attached as Exhibit A of original Ordinance 2009-032.
C. High Street accessibility ramp and landscaping planter materials and dimensions. Commercial establishments requiring the installation of accessibility ramps and concrete landscaping planters as previously defined shall be constructed with Class C Concrete placed on an approved compacted granular material foundation. The accessibility ramp railings shall be constructed with metal railings meeting the materials and style as defined by the Accessibility Ramp Standards - Typical Drawings, attached as Exhibit B of original Ordinance 2009-032. All accessibility ramps, concrete landscaping planters and railing dimensions shall be as defined by the Accessibility Ramp Standards - Typical Drawings, are attached as Exhibit C of original Ordinance 2009-032.
All accessibility ramps, concrete landscaping planters and railings shall be submitted for review and approval through the preparation of the site plan as prepared by a registered civil engineer. The site plan submittal shall be in accordance with these Codified Ordinances. All accessibility ramps, concrete landscaping planters and railing installations will require inspection during construction by the Village or the Village Engineer.
D. When the accessibility ramps are built in conformity with the requirements of this section, the accessibility ramps do not have to meet the building or structure setback requirements that are set forth in these Codified Ordinances at Part Eleven - Planning and Zoning Code, Title Three - Zoning.
E. When the accessibility ramps are to be installed in the road right of way, the accessibility ramps shall be maintained in a safe condition and the accessibility ramp, landscaping planters and railings shall be maintained in good repair by the property owner who is contiguous to the accessibility ramp. The property owner who is contiguous to the accessibility ramp shall indemnify, protect, and hold harmless the Village from any claim, loss, or damage arising in any way from property owner who is contiguous to the accessibility ramp use or the user’s use of the right-of-way including, but not limited to traffic control, OSHA, or the construction, operation or maintenance of the user’s facilities or from any user’s negligent or wrongful act or omission. In addition to other requirements set forth herein, each property owner who is contiguous to the accessibility ramp and/or the user of the right-of-way shall:
1. Locate the accessibility ramp within the right-of-way in accordance with the provisions of this section;
2. Use its best efforts to cooperate with other users and the Village for the best, most efficient, most aesthetic, and least obtrusive use of the rights-of-way, consistent with safety, and to minimize traffic and other disruptions, including street cuts;
3. Ensure that above ground structures and facilities do not constitute a hazard to traffic and would not cause undue damage to any person or vehicle using the rights-of-way;
4. Upon notification by and at the direction of the Village and at the sole cost of the property owner who is contiguous to the accessibility ramp and landscaping planter, promptly remove as necessary during any construction, repair, or modification of any Village improvement or for any other reasonable cause as determined by the Village;
5. Perform all work, construction, maintenance, or removal of the accessibility ramp and landscaping planter and facilities within the right-of-way in accordance with good engineering and construction practice and ODOT traffic control guidelines, including any appropriate safety codes, and use best efforts to repair and replace any street, curb, or other portion of the right of way or facilities or structures located therein to a condition materially equivalent to its condition prior to the work or to Village standards, whichever is greater, in a manner which minimizes any inconvenience to the public, the Village, and other users; and
6. Each user or property owner who is contiguous to the accessibility ramp shall ensure that any subcontractors or others performing any work or services in the right-of- way on behalf of the user or property owner who is contiguous to the accessibility ramp comply with all applicable provisions of this section and the user and property owner who is contiguous to the accessibility ramp shall be responsible and liable hereunder for all actions of any subcontractors or others as if the user had performed or failed to perform any obligation.
(Ord. 2009-032. Passed 6-2-09.)
(f) Roofs.
(1) Required features. Roofs must have one of thee following features:
A. Parapet walls that serve to screen rooftop mechanical equipment.
B. Overhanging eaves, extending >3 feet past the supporting walls.
C. Sloping roofs that do not exceed the average height of the supporting walls, with an average slope >1 feet of vertical rise for every 3 feet of horizontal run and <1 foot of vertical rise for every 1 foot of horizontal run.
(2) Mechanical equipment screening. Rooftop and ground-mounted mechanical equipment must be completely screened (visually and acoustically) from the public right-of-way and adjacent properties.
(g) Materials and Color.
(1) Building materials. Durable, high quality building materials must be used. Masonry, brick, stone, integrally colored concrete masonry units, and highly detailed tilt-up concrete panels are examples of appropriate building materials.
(2) Building colors. Building colors must be low-reflecting, subtle and neutral or earth-toned. High-intensity colors, bright primary colors, metallic colors, black or fluorescent colors are prohibited. Shiny, glossy or reflective materials, or brighter colors may be used on building trim and accents with a cumulative surface area of <0.25% (1/400th) of a wall.
(3) Material or color changes. Material or color changes must occur only at a change of plane or reveal line. Material or color changes at the outside corners of structures that give the impression of “thinness” and artificiality are prohibited. Piecemeal embellishment and frequent material changes are prohibited.
(h) Pre-Fabricated and Pre-Engineered Buildings. Pre-fabricated and pre-engineered buildings must also conform to the following standards.
(1) All exterior building materials must be equal or better in quality to what would be found on a site-built building. Exposed metal and corrugated surfaces (except standing seam and split seam roofs) are prohibited. Exterior doors must include plate hinges (not surface hinges), panels and windows.
(2) Fenestration must be used to create a strong visual presence.
(Ord. 2008-133. Passed 12-16-08.)