Page 34 - Healdsburg, CA Citywide Design Guidelines

Achieve Design Excellence.
Enhance the public realm.
Encourage creativity.
Maintain Healdsburg’s small-town character.
26 Healdsburg Citywide Design Guidelines
Each development proposal in Healdsburg should express
excellence in design. This includes the use of high quality,
sustainable materials; utilizing high quality construction methods;
and paying attention to the details of the project and its design.
Thoughtful designs should enhance the character of Healdsburg,
be sensitive to its surrounding context and create an enjoyable
pedestrian-oriented experience.
Enhance the Public Realm.
All development projects should contribute to enhancing the
public realm. While the type of public realm differs based on the
Character Area, all projects should provide visually interesting
and engaging architecture, and public spaces, where appropriate.
Sidewalks and public spaces should be designed to invite
pedestrian and public use through thoughtful planning and
design.
Maintain Healdsburg’s Small-Town
Character.
Healdsburg’s charm is enhanced by its small-town character that is
established through a picturesque downtown, a variety of historic
resources and through its walkable core. New development
should reflect and enhance this small-town character by creating
design that enhances the public realm, that is appropriately scaled
to its context and that provides pedestrian-focused features where
possible.