Page 133 - Healdsburg, CA Citywide Design Guidelines

Access and Loading
• Businesses in this category often require access and loading
areas, including for larger delivery vehicles.

Street Edge Design
• Prioritize design of the public edge of an industrial or heavy
commercial site.
• The edge of a development adjacent and visible from
the public street should utilize materials that exhibit an
appearance of permanence and quality.
• Design a street-adjacent fence with high quality, durable
materials. Chain link fences along a public street are
discouraged.
• Provide transparent fencing along a public edge wherever
possible.
• Consider locating an office or a publicly accessible
component closer to the street. Where fencing is not
required for security purposes, it is discouraged.
• Where fencing is provided adjacent to the public street,
integrate landscaping to “soften” the edge.

Façade and Building Articulation
• A building housing an industrial/heavy commercial use
may have very few windows. Massing may be monolithic.
Flexibility in design should be afforded for such buildings,
provided they are set back (suggested 30 feet or greater)
from the front property line.

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