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`~~ DRAFT, -CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL - BUCKHORN VILLAGE May 7, 2008 ' <br />ii. Split-face CMU's <br />f. All storefronts and glass walls shall utilize glazing. Reflective and/or mirrored <br />glass is prohibited. <br />3. All buildings shall be designed to incorporate and accommodate alternative ,energy <br />systems, <br />4. Streetscapes, for connected or individual buildings, connected via a court yard or plaza, <br />shall utilize similar design elements and compositions to ensure uniformity, <br />5. ' With respect to roof lines and design, the following standards shall apply: <br />a. Roof designs that .serve to enhance .the capture of natural light ..shall be <br />encouraged, <br />b. All rooftop HVAC equipment, elevator overrides, and other similar devises will <br />either be: <br />i. Clad in exterior materials that are not reflective or illumuzated and are <br />stealth-like in their appearance ,OR <br />ii. Are designed as an architectural feature, OR <br />iii. Screened through some vegetative buffer or fencing. <br />c. Solar panels shall be allowed to be installed along roof tops, including raised <br />panels to allow for tracking of the suns rays, so long as: <br />i. The panels do not create sufficient glare to create a public safety hazard, and <br />ii. The panels are screened from view at street level, <br />The installation of these devises shall be reviewed and approved by the Orange <br />. County Planning Department on a case-by-case basis. <br />d. Slopped standing seam metal roofs shall be permitted to long as they are designed <br />to blend in with the architecture of the building and the district, <br />e. Flat roofs comprised of TCP, EPDM, rubber single-ply membrane and other <br />similar products shall be permitted to long as the applicant demonstrates that the <br />roof shall be hidden or shielded from the public's street view through the use of <br />parapets, railings, or balusters. <br />6. 'Any and all accessory buildings and enclosures whether attached to or detached from the <br />main building, including automatic teller machines, shall be designed to complement the <br />site architecture and shall be integrated with the same scale, texture, color and detailing <br />of adjacent architectural design, <br />7. Maximum slopes between two percent (2%) and five percent (5%} shall be maintained <br />across all parking and pedestrian spaces to guarantee compliance with the Americans <br />with Disabilities Act (ADA), <br />$. Any required deviation to address NC DOT drive slope requirements shall be limited to <br />occur along access drives and/or between individual districts to avoid internal District <br />slope conflict creating accessibility issues, <br />