Design review standards and guidelines shall be developed to provide specific standards for each Design Review Overlay District. Such standards shall address preferred methods for modifications and reuse of historic structures and methods to encourage compatible new development within the Design Review Overlay District.
(a) The specific standards and guidelines developed for each Design Review District shall include the following:
(1) Design review standards and guidelines shall not limit new construction to any one historical period or architectural style, but shall seek to insure compatibility with relevant historical or contextual urban design considerations of a neighborhood, district or corridor.
(2) Design review standards that address historical areas shall utilize the review criteria and standards contained herein.
(3) The use, lot area, and bulk regulations in a particular Design Review Overlay District shall be in accordance with the applicable underlying zoning district, except as the use, area, and yard regulations may be expressly modified or revised in accordance with this section.
(b) Design Review Guidelines may address:
(1) Design.
(2) Building height.
(3) Building width.
(4) Roof type.
(5) Building materials consisting of the type characteristic of the century or period.
(6) Ornamentation of features such as window and door lintels, quoins, soffits, cornices, fences, railing and the like.
(7) Walkway paving materials.
(8) Building setback from the street line.
(9) Color or colors of the exterior as related to color or colors of surrounding structures.
(10) Arrangements of the structures on the lot.
(11) Scale, placement and design of signage.
(12) Exterior lighting.
(13) Exterior landscape elements.