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Final Draft proposed for Adoption Attachment 1 10 <br />7. Architectural Standards: <br />i. Buildings: <br />1. Under no circumstances shall modern corporate franchise <br />building design be permitted. Franchise or `chain' <br />businesses desiring to locate in the Highway 70 Overlay <br />District shall be required to design the building in <br />accordance with these guidelines. For purposes of this <br />paragraph "modern corporate franchise building design" <br />means a building design that is trademarked, branded, or <br />easily identified with a particular chain or corporation and <br />is ubiquitous in nature. <br />2. Drive-through facilities are prohibited on all non-residential <br />uses. <br />3. Mirrored glass is prohibited. <br />4. Similar architectural style and orientation must be observed <br />to compliment surrounding structures. <br />5. Similar building materials must 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 facades. <br />7. Windows on the street frontage side of a building shall be <br />limited to forty percent (40%) of the total building facade. <br />8. The principle building shall be oriented facing towards the <br />fronting street. <br />9. A functional doorway for public or direct-entry access into <br />a building shall be provided from the fronting street. Corner <br />entrances should be provided on corner lot buildings. This <br />standard does not preclude the ability to provide additional <br />entrances to a building. <br />10. 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 shall 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 />11. 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 />