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10. Draft Update to Building Design and Material Standards and Sign Code Update DRAFT Amendment to Building Design and Material Standards Ordinance Page 1 of 3 DRAFT DRAFT ORDINANCE AMMENDMENT FOR THE CLARIFICATION OF ARCHITECHUAL DESIGN GUIDELINES AND BUILDING MATERIAL STANDARDS 3.12 Screening and Landscaping (4) Design Standards and Guidelines. All landscape plans shall adhere to the following: (A) Design Guidelines. Landscape plans shall be reviewed for compatibility with conform to the Scandia Architectural Design Guidelines, as applicable. 3.14 Building Type and Materials (1) General Standards (A) Buildings of all types in all zoning districts shall maintain a high standard of architectural and aesthetic compatibility with surrounding properties to ensure that they will not adversely impact the property values of the abutting properties or adversely impact the community's public health, safety, and general welfare. (B) Except for agricultural buildings, no galvanized or unfinished steel or unfinished aluminum buildings (walls or roofs), except those specifically intended to have a corrosive designed finish such as corten steel, or flat, unpainted concrete block shall be permitted in any zoning district, for walls or roofs. (C) Except for agricultural buildings and buildings covered under the Scandia Architectural Design Guidelines including commercial, office, institutional, and multi-family residential construction the acceptable and/or as otherwise approved by the City Council, exterior building finishes shall consist of materials comparable in grade and quality to the following, unless otherwise provided by this Chapter: 1. Brick 2. Natural stone 3. Decorative concrete block or professionally designed pre-cast concrete units if the surfaces have been integrally treated with an applied decorative material or texture, or decorative block and if incorporated in a building design that is compatible with other development throughout the district. 4. Wood, vinyl, steel, cement fiberboard or aluminum lap siding provided the surfaces are finished for exterior use and proven to have exterior durability, such as cedar, redwood, and cypress. 5. Stucco, cementitouscementitious coating. 6. Architectural metal panels for roofing and accents only. (D) Unless adjacent to a historic structure or fronting an arterial or collector roadway, or if highly visible from an arterial or collector roadway, buildings in the Scandia Industrial Park may be Commented [KC1]: This change clarifies the requirement that landscaping must conform with the Architectural Design Guidelines (ADG). Commented [KC2]: It is recommended that in the future this section be presented in a table form so as to better understand ordinance applicability to general standards and building type specific standards. Not to be presented in this draft. Commented [KC3]: This line is recommended to be struck due to redundancy and confusing form. Commented [KC4]: This line is recommended to be struck due to it being arbitrary and capricious in form. The code must present a set of criteria for such an exception in order to maintain this language. Commented [KC5]: This material option directly conflicts with the ADG. Commented [KC6]: Correction of misspelled word. Formatted: Indent: First line: 0" DRAFT Amendment to Building Design and Material Standards Ordinance Page 2 of 3 DRAFT constructed of decorative concrete block or professionally designed pre-cast concrete units if the surfaces have been integrally treated with an applied decorative material or texture, and if incorporated in a building design that is compatible with other development throughout the district or compatible with the Scandia Architectural Design Guidelines. (2) Architectural Design Guidelines (A) Architectural design and materials for new commercial, office, institutional and multi-family residential structures, or for exterior alterations of such structures, shall comply with the Scandia Architectural Design Guidelines. (B) Architectural design and materials for new industrial structures that are adjacent to historic structures or which are highly visible from collector or arterial roadways, shall comply with the Scandia Architectural Design Guidelines to the extent feasible depending upon the fun ction of the structure. (C) Design Review. 1. Design review will occur concurrently with the application for any Building Permit, Variance, Conditional Use Permit, Administrative Permit, Site Plan Review, Planned Unit Development or other permit(s) as may be required by this Chapter. 2. The Planning Commission shall provide recommendations to the City Council on any project referred to it for review which is subject to the Design Guidelines. The Commission may consult with staff, consultants or other experts or resources as appropriate to the project. The City Council has final authority to interpret the Guidelines. (3) Residential Accessory Structures (A) Accessory buildings on parcels less than 20.0 acres in size shall provide a minimum one-foot overhang on all sides of the building with finished soffits except when the building is accessory to a principal residential home constructed with no or minimal overhang in which case the overhang of the accessory building shall match the overhang of the residential building. (B) All accessory buildings on parcels of 4 acres or less, , shall resemble, in style, materials, color, roofline, and siding type, the principal building on the lot, except the following building types may vary from this standard: 1. Accessory Buildings 120 sq. ft. or less in size, This exception is not applicable to the General Standards set forth in Sec. 3.14 (1).); 2. Greenhouses; 3. Gazebos and decorative shelters; 4. Historic buildings Commented [KC7]: It is suggested removing decorative concrete block (#3) as a general option for all buildings -- and instead insert a letter (D) under General Standards that allows decorative concrete block only for buildings in the Industrial Park -- unless the building is on a major roadway or near a historic structure. Commented [KC8]: Recommendation for SHC to look into the establishment of an Architectural Review Board. This is not to be considered as part of the draft presented at this time. Commented [KC9]: This amendment clarifies the applicability of the exception. Recently, there has been confusion as to the applicability of this exception. Some have stretched this to apply to the General Standards, which is not clearly specified. Normal reading of this text would imply the applicability to (3). Whichever policy direction taken, the applicability of these exceptions need to be more easily understandable. DRAFT Amendment to Building Design and Material Standards Ordinance Page 3 of 3 DRAFT DRAFT ORDINANCE AMMENDMENT FOR THE PERMISSABLITY OF PARK AND CEMETERY SIGNAGE Chapter 1. Section 4.2 Definitions: New Definition: (155) Institutional Use: Institutional uses include governmental offices and facilities, houses of worship, museums, cemeteries, and parks and trailheads open to the public 3.13 Signs (4) General Standards. (P) Institutional Use Signage. Institutional signage is only subject to provisions of this sub-section and shall adhere to the following restrictions: 1. One institutional sign not to exceed 25 square feet per surface, limited to two surfaces, and set back a minimum of ten feet from any property line. 2. In case of multiple structures on one parcel, a second institutional sign may be installed provided there is a minimum distance of 25 feet between the two sign structures. Commented [KC10]: Park and Cemetery Signage are otherwise prohibited in VMU districts because these are dependent on building frontage requirements. This proposed change would provide a temporary correction to this issue. It is recommended that this be reviewed as the sign code is reevaluated in the code update process.