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bo <br />1. Standard block, painted for service areas -out of public view, rears of <br />parapets, etc OR <br />2. Split-face CMU's and/or ground face <br />vi. All storefronts and glass walls shall utilize glazing. Reflective and/or mirrored <br />glass is prohibited. <br />d. All buildings shall be designed to incorporate and/or accommodate passive and active <br />alternative energy systems per LEED Standards, <br />e. 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 />f. With respect to roof lines and design, the following standards shall apply: <br />i. Roof designs that serve to enhance the capture of natural light shall be encouraged, <br />ii. All rooftop HVAC equipment, elevator overrides, and other similar devises will <br />either be: <br />1. Clad in exterior materials that are not reflective or illuminated and are <br />stealth-like in their appearance ,OR <br />2. Are designed as an architectural feature, OR <br />3: Screened through some vegetative buffer or fencing. <br />g. Solar panels shall be allowed to be installed along roof tops, including raised panels to <br />allow for tracking of the suns rays, so long as the panels do not create sufficient glare to <br />create a public safety hazard, and <br />The installation of these devises shall be reviewed and approved by the Orange County <br />Planning Department on acase-by-case basis. <br />h. Slopped standing seam metal roofs shall be permitted to long as they are designed to blend <br />in with the architecture of the building and the district, <br />i. Flat roofs comprised of TCP, EPDM, rubber single-ply membrane and other similar <br />products shall be permitted to long as the applicant demonstrates that the roof shall be <br />hidden or shielded from the public's street view through the use of parapets, railings, or <br />balusters. <br />j. 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 of <br />adjacent architectural design, <br />k. Maximum slopes shall be maintained across all parking and pedestrian spaces to guarantee <br />compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), <br />1. 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 slope <br />conflict creating accessibility issues, <br />m. Principal entrances shall have a front fagade serving as the primary means of public ingress <br />and egress that faces either a public space/court yard or a street, <br />n. Parks, green plazas, squares, court yards, etc shall have a minimum area of at least one - <br />tenth (1/10) of an acre,. These areas shall be located, at a maximum, within one-sixth (1/6) <br />