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5.3 Design Guidelines

9. Lighting be provided adjacent to the enclosure to screen them and
Lighting on buildings shall be oriented to pedestrians in terms deter graffiti.
of scale, design, and location. Architectural lighting should
encourage a pedestrian- friendly environment and enhance both Trash areas that are visible from public streets or other
community safety and business exposure. properties shall be enclosed by masonry walls. Entrances shall
be enclosed by an opaque metal door.
Lighting fixtures attached to a building or utilized elsewhere on
site are encouraged to be architecturally compatible with the 12. Sustainability
building style, with each other, and with the adjacent public All new development shall be designed with a commitment to
streetscape. sustainability at both the site and the building level.

Building lighting may include low-level exterior lights adjacent Where consistent with the proposed street network, new
to buildings and along pathways for security and wayfinding buildings should be oriented and designed to provide passive
purposes and low-level accent lighting to highlight architectural solar energy gain.
features and landscape elements.
Site and building design should use natural ventilation and
Increase lighting at entries to buildings and parking areas and landscaping to reduce interior space cooling requirements.
structures to improve wayfinding and security.
Where rooftop solar panels are not installed and are not Walls, Hedges and Fences
Lights should use LED and other technologies to maximize greened, use roofing materials that have a Solar Reflectance Garden walls, retaining walls, hedges and fences may be used to define the
energy efficiency. Use minimum allowable foot candles Index (SRI) equal to or greater than 78 for low sloped roofs (> edge between adjoining private properties.
(measurement of light intensity) for security and visibility to 2.12) and 29 for steeply sloped roofs (<2.12) for a minimum of
reduce unnecessary lighting of the night sky and residential 75% of the roof surface of all buildings within the project.
dwellings. House-side shields and automatic controllers could Project proposals must outline the construction materials
be utilized to further reduce unnecessary lighting and energy proposed for use and should include green construction
consumption.
materials including, materials with high recycled content,
10. Building Materials natural or renewable materials, locally manufactured building
Use high quality craftsmanship and materials at the ground products (within 500 miles of the site) salvaged and refurbished
level, with ample use of texture, articulation and use of natural materials, and materials that can be reused or recycled at the
materials like brick, wood, and stone. Natural materials and end of their useful life, consistent with the U.S. Green Building
tones are encouraged; metals should primarily be used as Council’s (USGBC) LEED-CS (Core and Shell) Guidelines.
accents or roofing.
Light, natural tones are encouraged for expansive wall surfaces.
Strong, bright colors should be used as accent colors.

Building colors that turn a building into an extension of a brand
are strongly discouraged.

11. Service and Utilities Lighting Building Materials
Service, utility, and mechanical functions, including retail Building lighting may include low-level exterior lights adjacent to buildings Use high quality craftsmanship and materials at the ground level, with
loading, shall be located in alleys whenever present. When and along pathways for security and wayfinding purposes and low-level ac- ample use of texture, articulation and use of natural materials like brick,
alleys are not present, service functions shall be placed behind cent lighting to highlight architectural features and landscape elements. wood, and stone.
buildings and provisions for access shall be made.
Service, utility, and mechanical equipment that is visible from
the street shall be screened from view with landscaping or
enclosures. Backflow preventers and fire standpipes, along with
utility box transformers shall be screened.
All screening devices shall be compatible with the architecture,
materials and colors of adjacent buildings. Landscaping should

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Adopted: August 16, 2016 Implementation 5.0