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This information was distributed at the April 7, 2014 Public Information Meeting and was the basis of discussions Orange County Planning staff <br />had with a group of residents from August 2014 – January 2015. <br />Efland Village Overlay District <br />Easy <br />Ref. <br />No. <br />Section Number <br />in UDO <br />Revisions <br />Proposed Standard Explanation / Rationale <br />50. 6.6.4 (F)(1) <br />“Architectural <br />Design <br />Standards” <br />In addition to the requirements in Section 6.5 <br />(Architectural Design Standards), the <br />following design standards shall apply: <br />(1) Corporate Franchise Architecture <br />(a) Under no circumstances shall modern corporate <br />franchise building design be permitted. <br />(b) Franchise or 'chain' businesses desiring to locate <br />in the Efland Village <br />Overlay District shall be required to design the <br />building in accordance with these guidelines. <br />(c) For purposes of this Sub-Section, "modern <br />corporate franchise building design" means a <br />building design that is trademarked, branded, or <br />easily identified with a particular chain or <br />corporation and is ubiquitous in nature. <br />The standards in Section 6.5 are requirements that all <br />development projects must meet. Disallowing corporate <br />franchise building design in the Efland Village overlay district is <br />a measure to help protect the unique character of Efland and <br />ensure it does not end up looking like “Anyplace, U.S.A.” This <br />idea is directly from the Efland-Mebane Small Area Plan. <br /> <br />This standard does not mean that chains cannot locate in the <br />Efland Village overlay district area; it means that chains <br />wishing to do so must locate in a building designed to blend <br />with the area. There are many examples across the country of <br />chain businesses locating in buildings designed to complement <br />the area in which they are located instead of the businesses’ <br />typical building design. <br />51. 6.6.4 (F)(2) The principal building shall be oriented facing <br />towards the fronting street. <br />This standard implements a good design principle of having the <br />front of a building actually face the street (as opposed to <br />facing sideways or backwards, which is sometimes done to <br />face the parking lot instead of the community in which the <br />building is located). Orientation of buildings is a factor in the <br />“look and feel” of an area and affects how people relate to an <br />area. <br />52. 6.6.4 (F)(3)(a) <br />(Building <br />Access) <br />A functional doorway for public or direct-entry <br />access into a building shall be provided from the <br />fronting street. <br />This standard implements a good design principle of having a <br />functional doorway facing the street. Design details such as <br />this are a factor in the “look and feel” of an area and affect <br />how people relate to an area. <br /> <br />The standard does not prohibit a building from having <br />additional entrances facing elsewhere (such as towards a <br />parking lot). <br />Page 18 of 20 <br /> <br />40