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Porch Design
First-story elements, such as porches and stoops, express a human
scale on the front wall of a building. They create visual interest
and highlight a building’s entrance. A first-story element should
be designed to be in scale with the building and surrounding
residences where compatibility is important, and to be compatible
with the Character Area.

Incorporate a first-story element
5.39 Incorporate a first-story element that defines the that defines the primary entrance
primary entrance of the building. of the building.
a. Orient a first-story element towards the public realm.
b. Consider the first-story element as part of the overall
design of the building. This means that a first-story
element should be in scale with the building, should
utilize a compatible form and should incorporate
materials that are the same or that are compatible with
the primary building.
* Incorporating a first-story element in the design of a
building is particularly important in Character Area 1:
Traditional Residential.

5.40 Where compatibility is important, design a first-story Where compatibility is important,
element to be similar in size, location and proportion design a first-story element to
to those of homes in a Character Area. be similar in size, location and
proportion to those of homes in a
a. Where possible, locate a first-story element to be in Character Area.
alignment with first-story elements seen on neighboring
properties or with the front wall of the primary structure
of neighboring properties.

5.41 Where compatibility is important, design the size, form
and proportion of a first-story element to be in the
range of heights and widths of first-story elements in
the Character Area.

5.42 Encourage the design of a porch to be functional, with
minimum depth of 5’.

Design a first-story element to be compatible with first story elements of
neighboring homes.

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