The following standards and criteria are established to guide the Building Commissioner and the Architectural Review Board in their review of proposals:
(a) Materials shall be appropriate for the use of the building, for weathering and for their relationship to other materials, including those used on adjacent buildings.
(b) Colors and textures shall be appropriate for the size and scale of the building, for weathering and for their relationship to the site and adjacent buildings.
(c) Architectural details and ornaments shall be meaningful to the overall design and appropriate for the size and scale of the building and for weathering.
(d) Mechanical equipment shall be considered as it affects rooftop appearance, sidewall openings, sound levels, smoke and other nuisance aspects. Mechanical equipment shall also be considered as it relates to overhead wires, gas and electric meter stations and any other visible appurtenances.
(e) Approaches, drives and parking areas shall be considered as they affect the appearance from the street and from the site as well. The relationship of paving to the building shall be appropriate considered factors such as safety, drainage and landscaping.
(f) Landscaping shall be appropriate for the size and use of the area, and for its relationship to the building, street, parking areas, walks and adjacent buildings.
(g) Lighting shall be considered for the appropriateness of nighttime illumination of the grounds, drives, walks, parking areas and the building, and its effect upon surrounding areas.
(h) Signs shall be considered for the appropriateness of size, scale, shape, color and illumination in relation to the building site and neighboring sites.
(Ord. 2009-014. Passed 4-20-09.)