Each proposed development shall comply with the following supplemental requirements:
(a) All activities, except off-street parking and loading, and refuse storage and pick-up facilities shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building.
(b) Building sites, parking and service areas, driveway locations, drainage facilities, and other improvements shall be developed with consideration given to minimizing the removal of trees, changes of topography and other factors which will affect the existing character of the Darrow Road corridor.
(c) Maximum visual and auditory privacy for surrounding properties and occupants shall be provided through the design of the relationship among buildings, fences and walls, landscaping, topography, and open space.
(d) Screening of parking areas and service areas from surrounding properties and streets shall be provided through landscaping or ornamental walls or fences to promote harmony with adjacent development and lands. Materials used in any ornamental wall or fence shall be compatible with the character of the proposed development and adjoining properties.
(e) On-site traffic circulation shall be designed to make possible adequate fire and police protection, promote interconnection among parcels when determined necessary by the Planning Commission, and minimize interference with the traffic carrying capacity of adjacent streets.
(f) Refuse storage and pickup facilities shall be indicated on the site plan and shall be fenced, screened, or landscaped to prevent the blowing or scattering of refuse and to provide an adequate visual barrier from locations both on and off site.
(g) For all new buildings and major modifications of existing buildings, the on-site utilities shall be located underground.
(h) Grading and surface drainage provisions shall be designed to minimize adverse effects on abutting properties, stream and public streets, and to minimize the possibility of erosion. To as great a degree as possible increased storm water to be generated by the proposed development shall be detained on site. Such grading plans shall be reviewed and approved by the City Engineer. The costs of any unusual means necessary to alleviate surface drainage problems on adjacent property due to the development in question shall be borne by the developer of the property causing the problem.
(i) Existing residential structures may be reoccupied for uses permitted by these regulations provided each such structure is incorporated into a proposed development pursuant to the provisions of this District and subject to the regulations set forth in Section 1163.04(m) governing the conversion of any residential structure.
(j) All remodeling and new construction of buildings and other structures shall be designed, constructed, and maintained so as to promote and provide acceptability, attractiveness, cohesiveness and compatibility of new buildings with existing development. Remodeling and additions especially shall be designed, constructed and maintained in order to maintain and improve the established standards of property values and qualities within the community and neighborhood and, in DRO-1, to maintain and improve the established architectural and historic qualities of the neighboring properties. The following criteria shall be applied in the design, review and approval of all proposals for remodeling and construction of buildings and structures:
(1) Buildings, structures and uses, whether part of a present or future group, complex or development shall have a unity of character and design with the forms and the use, texture and color of materials shall be such as to create a harmonious whole. When the area involved forms an integral part of, is immediately adjacent to, or otherwise clearly affects the future of any established and developed section of the City, the design, scale and location on the site shall enhance rather than detract from the character, value and attractiveness of the surroundings.
(2) To maintain the residential scale, building roofs shall have a minimum pitch of 6 feet vertical to 12 feet horizontal in the DRO-1 and a minimum pitch of 3 feet vertical to 12 feet horizontal in the DRO-2. All buildings shall be articulated into small and varied masses by having offsets in roof lines and exterior walls.
(3) All building elevations and facades shall be designed to create a harmonious whole, while providing individual identity. Materials shall express their function clearly and not appear as a material foreign to the rest of the building.
(4) Buildings are not required to look alike in order to be harmonious. Harmony can be achieved through the proper consideration of scale, proportions, site planning, landscaping materials and color.
(5) All remodeling and new construction shall comply with Chapter 1182, Design Review and Lighting Standards for Commercial and Office Districts.
(k) If the development is to be implemented in phases, each phase must have adequate provision for access, parking, storm water management and other public improvements to serve the development in accordance with the applicable criteria set forth. Each phase shall be provided with temporary or permanent transitional features, buffers, or protective areas in order to prevent damage to completed phases, to future phases and to adjoining property. A performance bond on all improvements and amenities shall be furnished to the City prior to initiating construction on the first phase of the development.
(Ord. 2007-222. Passed 1-10-08.)