The intent is to provide a variety of building facades throughout this development for visual interest. This may be accomplished by such things as variety of building types, attention in application of exterior building details, use of various window and door styles, change in building mass or roof forms, and varied use of materials and colors.
A. Buildings should use materials such as brick, stone, stucco, siding or shakes, decorative trim or combination of materials to enhance architectural style and building elements. Exterior designs should implement appropriately scaled trim to provide detailing, rationalize facade changes, and provide visual interest. Changes in materials should generally be aligned with changes in plane or roof form to emphasize these changes in building mass. Structural elements such as posts or columns shall be sized to the scale of the building and detailed appropriately to the style. When used, masonry materials shall start and stop at changes in wall plane or wrap corners a suitable distance to give authenticity to the material. Fenestration (door and window openings) shall be sized to the scale of the building and be compatible to the chosen architectural style.
B. Entrances into buildings should be easily identified through the use of building design and detailing. Buildings in which the garage projects in front of the main plane and/or entry to the house should look for ways to draw visual attention to the entry and away from the garage. Projected or recessed entryways, porches or extended rooflines along with changes in building material are examples that can create this effect.
C. Detached garages should be clad in the same materials and incorporate similar architectural details of the primary buildings with the use of roof forms, windows, doors and other facade detailing. (Ord. 2290, 4-16-2018)