(A) Purpose: The purpose of this overlay district is to establish design standards pertaining to the commercial and residential uses along the Highway 3 corridor in Farmington. The design standards are intended to do the following:
1. Encourage integrated site planning to create a cohesive, sustainable built environment.
2. Establish architectural requirements for commercial and multi-family residential uses.
3. Unify and articulate building facades.
4. Place a strong emphasis on improving the visual aesthetic of the corridor.
5. Provide for the compatible integration of commercial and residential uses along the corridor.
6. Encourage replacement or remodeling of architecturally incompatible buildings.
(B) Overlay District Boundary: The Highway 3 overlay (HW3-O) district shall be defined with a northern limit of Vermillion River Trail (County Hwv 66). a southern limit of 225th Street W. and extending one block east to 7th Street and one block west of Highway 3 to 9th Street.
(D) Applicability: All new construction and renovations or additions of existing commercial, multi-family, and mixed use buildings in the HW3-O overlay district will be reguired to meet the standards in this chapter, unless otherwise provided. Projects exempt from meeting the standards are those buildings that are comprised of any of the following project types:
1. Interior remodels:
2. One- and two-family (duplex) residences, twin homes, and townhouses;
3. Normal or routine maintenance and repair of existing structures;
4. Construction that does not reguire a building permit.
(E) Building Materials and Design:
1. Commercial Buildings:
(a) The exterior materials shall consist of brick, stone, vinyl or cement siding only.
(b) Metal paneling is allowed as an accessory material but shall not consist of more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the total building facade.
(c) Tilt-up concrete paneling is not permitted.
(d) A mix of materials is reguired to enhance the overall aesthetic of buildings and of the corridor as a whole.
(e) Multi-tenant buildings shall provide variation in roof line to depict individual commercial businesses.
(f) Transparent glass shall comprise a minimum of forty percent (40%) and a maximum of seventy-five percent (75%) of the total wall area of the first floor elevation on any street facade.
(g) Transparent glass shall comprise a minimum of twenty percent (20%) and a maximum of fifty percent (50%) of the total wall area on the upper floor elevations of any street facade.
2. Multi-family Residential Buildings:
(a) The exterior materials shall consist of brick, stone, vinyl or cement siding only.
(b) Metal paneling is allowed as an accessory material but shall not consist of more than ten percent (10%) of the total building facade.
(c) A mix of materials is reguired to enhance the overall aesthetic of buildings and of the corridor as a whole.
(F) Signage Standards: In addition to the reguirements of Chapter 10-6-3 of the City Code, the following architectural standards are reguired for pylon and monument identification signs:
1. Pylon and monument signs shall be designed to be complementary to the buildings and uses to which they relate and shall be harmonious with their surroundings.
2. The supporting pole or structure of a pylon sign may not be solely metal: it shall be wrapped in a material complementary to the building to which it relates.
(G) Exterior Commercial Lighting Standards: In addition to the reguirements of Chapter 10-6-8 of the City Code, the following exterior lighting standards are reguired for commercial buildings:
1. All building facade and parking lot lighting shall be downcast so as to eliminate light pollution spreading into adjacent residential areas. (Ord. 021-761, 8-16-2021)