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Article 6: Development Standards <br />Section 6.6: Additional Standards for Overlay Districts <br />The external design of chain businesses should consider and complement the <br />existing community character. <br />(2) The Shall crieRted facing toy.faards the fronting stFeet. <br />(3) Building AGGess <br />(a) A functional deoRNay for public or diFeGt eRtFY aGGeSS into a building shall <br />be provided from the fFGRtinn Street <br />(4) Human Scale and Fenestration <br />(a) New bl3uildings shall be designed to contribute to a human scale. Large <br />expanses of blank walls shall be aveided discouraged and fenestration <br />(the arrangement, proportioning, and design of windows and doors in a <br />building) and /or design features (such as brick coursing changes, <br />decorative architectural features, patterns of paint, or murals) shall <br />should be provided in such a way that a building is relatable to humans <br />and does not overpower the area. <br />(b) Additions to existing non - residential buildings should be designed to both <br />complement the existing building and achieve human scale to the extent <br />feasible. <br />(c) The functional use of the building should be considered when <br />determining design features and fenestration. <br />(5) DFi ie th FOUgh far'I'tiec ore nrnhihiterJ nn all nnn_recirlential ys 45 <br />(6) Mirrored glass is prehibited discouraged and in no case shall comprise more than <br />50% of the building fagade. <br />Major Transportation Corridor <br />Landscaping and Buffers <br />n addition to the requirements set forth in Section 6.8 of this Ordinance, the owing <br />st ards shall be met: <br />(1) inimum of 100 feet of buffer area from the edge of the ' erstate highway's <br />righ way, shall be preserved. The purpose of this er is to protect, preserve <br />and pro to the visual appeal, character and val of land adjacent to major <br />transportatio acilities; to provide for the se p tion of spaces; and to promote <br />the public healt , afety and welfare thro minimizing potential nuisances such <br />as the transmission noise, odor, d , litter and glare of lights. <br />(2) In areas of dense mature a ,existing vegetation may be used to fulfill the <br />buffer requirements. Whe e is no existing vegetation in the buffer area, or <br />if existing vegetation s not pro ' e a sufficient buffer, all proposed plantings <br />must be shown o e landscape plan fulfill the buffer requirement. The new <br />plantings shal a predominantly evergree nd shall reach a mature size of at <br />Ilea 30 f New trees shall be located so a establish at maturity a <br />conti us screen in the 100 foot buffer area alon a adjacent interstate <br />h' way. <br />(3 Landscaping shall be in accordance with an approved lands ing plan. <br />(4) Any areas left in a natural state shall remain undisturbed except as Ilows: <br />45 The Efland Area Residents Group has suggested that drive - throughs should be allowed in the Village overlay <br />district, in accordance with existing County regulations. <br />Orange County, North Carolina — Unified Development Ordinance Page 6 -38 <br />