Page 76 - Healdsburg, CA Citywide Design Guidelines

Character Area 8: Industrial
Character Area 8 is located in the southeast corner of the city
and is defined primarily by the Russian River on its north and west
boundaries, and the city limits on its south and east boundaries. It
is a key gateway into town.

Current development in Character Area 8 is primarily industrial,
with a few single-family residences. The majority of buildings
are set back significantly from Healdsburg Avenue but maintain
a landscape buffer along the edge of the property fronting the
street. Beyond the landscape buffer, parking lots are most often
located in front of the primary building. Buildings are typically
large in area and one-story in height. In Character Area 8, form
follows function, maintaining access drives for large equipment
and large warehouses as a priority over pedestrian-oriented and
designed development. The primary considerations for design
in this area focus on edges of properties that are visible from the
street.

KEY DESIGN
OBJECTIVES FOR
FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

• Allow new development to
transform the character of the
area to enhance this gateway but
use design features to maintain
the rural character
• Set a building back from the
street and provide a generous
landscape buffer between the
building and the public realm
• Promote variation in front and Current development maintains access drives for large equipment and
side setbacks to maintain rural warehouses, and intermittent landscape buffers.
character
• Use informal planting patterns to
reinforce rural character
• Where a fence is used, ensure it
allows visual permeability, except
when screening outdoor storage
areas
• While larger massing is expected
for industrial uses, encourage
lower-scaled elements close to
Healdsburg Avenue
• Articulate large industrial
facilities to break down the
overall scale of the building

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