A. Multi-Family Buildings: Architectural design for multi-family buildings shall attempt to express a creative presentation of exterior building materials, exterior details and texture, treatment of windows and doors, and use of angles and multiplicity of planes within the wall and roof design to lessen the plainness of appearance which can be characteristic of large residential buildings. The use of building articulation that breaks up the building mass into modules which reflect proportions similar to the single-family residential dwellings on the adjacent parcels shall be required. Methods used to create intervals which reflect and promote compatibility and which respect the scale of the single-family detached residential dwellings include:
1. Facade modulation - stepping back or extending forward a portion of the facade,
2. Repeating the window patterns at intervals equal to articulated intervals,
3. Providing the porch, patio, deck, or covered entry to the articulation interval,
4. Changing the rooflines by alternating dormers, stepped roofs, gables, or other roof elements to reinforce the modulation or articulation interval,
5. Changing materials with the change in building plane,
6. Providing a lighting feature, trellis, tree, or other landscape feature with each interval,
7. Using paint and materials that blend with the single-family residential areas and to reinforce the modulation or articulated intervals.
Asphaltic shingles shall be allowed provided the shingle materials are of a heavier grade that produces a shake or shadowing effect and is consistent with the color and materials used for the multi-family residential developments on parcels A, C, and E.
(Ord. 1573, 3-15-2004; Ord. 2408, 3-16-2020)