(A) Generally. The following criteria shall be considered, when relevant, by the Commission in reviewing applications for a certificate of appropriateness.
(B) List of criteria.
(1) Lot coverage, defined as the percentage of lot area covered by primary structures;
(2) Setback, defined as the distance from the lot lines to the building(s);
(3) Building height;
(4) Spacing of buildings, defined as the distance between adjacent buildings;
(5) Building materials;
(6) Proportion, shape, positioning, location, pattern, and sizes of any elements of fenestration;
(7) Surface textures;
(8) Roof shapes, forms, and materials;
(9) Use of local or regional architectural traditions;
(10) General form and proportions of buildings and structures, and relationship of any additions to the main structure;
(11) Expression of architectural detailing, such as lintels, cornices, brick bond, and foundation materials;
(12) Orientation of the building to the street;
(13) Scale, determined by the size of the units of construction and architectural details in relation to the size of humans and also by the relationship of the building mass to adjoining open space and nearby buildings and structures;
(14) Proportion of width to height of the total building facade;
(15) Effect of trees and other landscape elements;
(16) Appurtenant fixtures and other features such as lighting;
(17) Structural condition and soundness;
(18) Walls, physical ingredients, such as brick, stone, or wood walls, wrought-iron fences, evergreen landscape masses, building facades, or combinations of these;
(19) Color;
(20) Ground cover or paving; and
(21) Maintenance of pedestrian scale and orientation as well as provision for safe pedestrian movement.
(Ord. passed 9-8-1992)