(A) In connection with the construction of single-family detached residences, the following provisions/restrictions shall apply in order to avoid monotony and yet at the same time provide for complimentary housing styles.
(B) For each single-family detached home, there must be a substantial difference between its exterior style and the homes on both sides of the subject house and the home directly across the street from the subject house; provided, however, this requirement shall not apply (1) where the two houses are on corner lots and face different streets, nor (2) where the two houses are separated by an arterial street. A substantial difference between styles is defined as follows:
(1) Major variations. One major variation plus a color variation shall constitute a substantial difference. Major variations are the following:
(a) Floor plan - different model;
(b) Roof treatment - hip, gable, 25% or greater change in slope;
(c) Location of garage entry - side or front;
(d) Material treatment - full brick vs. half and half; or
(e) Overall architectural style - Mediterranean vs. Colonial, for example.
(2) Minor variations. Three minor variations plus a color variation shall also constitute a substantial difference. Minor variations are the following:
(a) Vertical or horizontal siding;
(b) Colors of materials;
(c) Type of brick treatment - extended porticos, etc.;
(d) Door treatment or design - garage and entry;
(e) Porches;
(f) Window styles - easements, bows and double hung;
(g) Shutter treatment;
(h) Brick arches;
(i) Brick bay projections;
(j) Balconies;
(k) Ornamental treatment - lighting fixture location, posts, fascia;
(l) Reversing plan;
(m) Variety in front setbacks;
(n) Brick wing arms;
(o) Color of roof treatment.
(Ord. 06-18, passed 12-26-06)
Editors note:
The effective date of this section shall be March 1, 2005. Any residential building or structure to be built in any subdivision where the final plat of subdivision, regardless of whether it was a plat of a particular phase of a multi-phase development or of a single subdivisions, was approved prior to March 1, 2005 shall be exempt from the provisions of this section. Further, all lots or parcels of land existing as of December 26, 2006 which are not able to be subdivided under their current zoning shall likewise be exempt from the provisions of this section. All land annexed to the village after March 1, 2005 must comply with the provisions of this section.