Extracted standards
7 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Design
- Facade color recommendations
Facade colors preferably shall be of low reflectance white, earth tone, muted, subtle, or neutral colors. Building trim may feature brighter colors as an accent material. The use of high-intensity, metallic, fluorescent, day glow, or neon colors are discouraged.
- Loading dock and trash screening
Loading docks, trash containers, mechanical equipment and any sites for storage facilities shall be screened from view from public streets.
- Recommended building materials
Wood frame (or fiber cement board), with brick, stone, or concrete foundations; brick construction or brick facing; finished concrete block; roof materials of standing seam metal, asphalt shingle, and rubber membrane/parapet for flat roof forms.
- Mechanical equipment screening
Heating and air-conditioning units, ventilation units, and mechanical equipment shall be screened from view from public streets.
- Site wall materials
Site walls and retaining walls should be comprised of brick, or concrete; brick facing on a concrete or concrete masonry unit wall is permitted. The use of segmental/modular concrete block is discouraged.
Other
- Certificate of appropriateness required for exterior changes
No building or structure, historic landmark, or historic structure within the Historic District Entrance Corridor Overlay (EC) District and visible from the public right-of-way, excluding signs, shall be erected, reconstructed, altered, restored, razed, demolished, or moved unless a certificate of appropriateness has been issued by the Planning Commission or, on appeal, by the Town Council.
Parking
- Parking reduction allowed
The Planning Commission is permitted to reduce the parking space requirement when the interests of the Town are better served.
From the ordinance
No building or structure, historic landmark, or historic structure within the Historic District Entrance Corridor Overlay (EC) District and visible from the public right-of-way, excluding signs, shall be erected, reconstructed, altered, restored, razed, demolished, or moved unless a certificate of appropriateness has been issued by the Planning Commission... Heating and air-conditioning units, ventilation units, and mechanical equipment shall be screened from view from public streets. Loading docks, trash containers, mechanical equipment and any sites for storage facilities shall be screened from view from public streets.