Page 134 - Healdsburg, CA Citywide Design Guidelines

Mixed Use Buildings

Coexistence of Different Uses
• Recognize and balance needs of all users.
• Minimize adverse impacts of varied activities (living, retail,
service, employment, etc.) on one another.

Retail Visibility
• Retail uses typically seek high visibility from public areas,
such as streets, sidewalks and active plazas. This will likely
impact the way in which components on a site are located
and oriented.

Parking Location and Access
• Consolidate and coordinate access wherever possible.

Residential Sensitivities
• If housing is included, consider privacy needs and noise
and odor impacts of non-residential uses.

Residential Outdoor Space
• Where a common outdoor space is provided, ensure that it
is well lit.
• Encourage outdoor spaces to interact with the public
realm.

Façade Design
• Consider the internal needs of a given use, such as housing
or offices. This will impact the arrangement of windows and
other building features on a façade.

Retail/Restaurant Buildings

Customer Experience
• Customer needs will strongly impact the design of a
building intended to accommodate a retail or restaurant
use.

Visibility from the Public Realm
• Retail/restaurant uses typically seek high visibility from
public areas, such as streets, sidewalks and active plazas.
This will likely impact the way in which components on a
site are located and oriented. This includes the business
itself, customer parking areas and signage.

Service Areas
• Service and delivery needs may impact the design of a
building or site. Minimize the visibility of these areas from
the public realm.

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