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DRAFT for QPH Attachment 1 9 <br />District shall be required to design the building in <br />accordance with these guidelines. <br />2. Drive- through facilities are prohibited on all non - residential <br />uses. <br />3. Mirrored glass shall be strictly prohibited. <br />4. Similar architectural style and orientation should be <br />observed to compliment surrounding structures <br />5. Similar building materials should be utilized when <br />constructing the new structure including exterior finish. <br />Acceptable materials include: brick, wood, stone, stucco, <br />marble, and other similar materials <br />6. Building elevations shall be designed to be architecturally <br />treated to avoid long, blank building fagades <br />7. Windows on the street frontage side of a building shall be <br />limited to forty percent (40 %) of the total building' fagade, <br />8. The principle, functional doorway for public or direct -entry <br />access into a building should be from the fronting street. <br />Corner entrances should be provided on corner lot <br />buildings. This standard does not preclude the ability to <br />provide additional entrances to a building, <br />9. Decorative cornices shall be provided for buildings with a <br />flat roof, defined as roofs with a pitch less than 3:12. <br />Alternatively, eaves should be provided with a pitched roof, <br />defined as roofs with a pitch greater than 3:12. Pitched <br />roofs are generally preferred over flat roofs, <br />10. All rooftop mechanical equipment (i.e. vents, ducts, <br />communication antennas, HVAC units, etc) shall be <br />screened from view or designed and installed in a manner <br />using materials and colors compatible with the building <br />architecture., <br />11. Highly reflective roofing materials shall be avoided. All <br />proposed metal roofing should be standing seam or copper. <br />Galvanized steel and tin roofs are permitted. <br />Additional Architectural Standards for existing single - family <br />structures being converted into non - residential use: <br />1. The exterior fagade of an existing single- family residence <br />proposed for conversion into non - residential use shall not <br />be altered to accommodate new non - residential land uses <br />except where modifications are necessary to address <br />building or fire code requirements, <br />6 <br />