The North College Hill Design Guidelines are intended to provide design standards pertaining to commercial and mixed use districts areas, including PUD's, wherever these are located, in order to provide for a clean, visually appealing and cohesive design element in the commercial business districts in the City. These regulations provide basic, general criteria to be used by the Planning and Commission and Building Official when evaluating the appropriateness of proposed development and redevelopment in the City.
Further, these provisions are established to achieve the following:
(a) Strengthen, protect, enhance and improve the existing visual and aesthetic character of the City, and to prevent the creation or perpetuation of nuisances or blight in the City in commercial areas of substantial public and private investment.
(b) To ensure that each new commercial development and redevelopment project will be both functional and attractive.
(c) To protect and improve property values.
(d) To foster and encourage creative application of design principles.
(e) To ensure that these objectives are achieved through a review process which assures that each proposal complies with these guidelines.
(f) To ensure development is consistent with the policies of the Comprehensive Plan. (Ord. 2-2013. Passed 7-1-13.)