South Broad Street Corridor Plan - the City of San Luis Obispo

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South Broad Street Corridor Area Plan – PC Hearing Draft February 2012 Chapter 5: ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS 5.1 OVERVIEW AND INTENT This chapter establishes general architectural standards that apply to new development within the planning area and specific design standards for individual building types. It also provides standards that apply to site improvements and special design situations. The standards govern a building’s exterior architectural elements and materials and help ensure that proposed development in the planning area meets General Plan goals and Community Design Guidelines for high-quality, aesthetically pleasing, sustainable, and historically compatible development. Figure 5.1. Prevailing building pattern in the South Broad Street Corridor with parking lots adjacent to the street 5.2 APPLICABILITY New buildings (new construction), significant additions (an addition with at least 50% floor-area of the existing building), substantial remodels (50% of value…), and site improvements shall comply with these standards. Historically-designated properties are exempt from these standards. Changes to Contributing or Master List historic buildings shall comply with the United States Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties and the City’s Historical Preservation Program Guidelines and Historic Preservation Ordinance. The Architectural Standards establish a clear identity by creating a coherent character for the district and promote development which is both highquality and architecturally compatible. Buildings must be reviewed by Community Development Staff to verify that they meet the standards set forth in this chapter. Wall treatments, roof materials, and signage are regulated in these standards. 5.3 GENERAL ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS Proposed projects shall comply with the Community Design Guidelines and with the following standards. Where these conflict, the Area Plan standards shall apply. (A) Buildings, walls and fences shall be designed to define the street and public spaces; storage shall not be located between buildings and the street. (B) Buildings on corner lots shall be designed so that windows and architectural detailing extend to all elevations visible from the adjoining streets. 61
South Broad Street Corridor Area Plan – PC Hearing Draft February 2012 (C) Development projects should integrate public spaces and public art into the design to promote pedestrian character and sense of place. (D) Building surfaces over two (2) stories high or forty (40) feet in length should provide vertical and horizontal wall plane off sets. (E) Primary building entrances shall be designed as highly visible and prominent architectural features. (F) The following elements shall be located in rear yards or side yards not facing Village Courts: Trash enclosures Utility meters Air conditioning compressors Irrigation and pool pumps Window and wall conditioners (G) The following elements are prohibited: Reflective glass Glossy finish or backlit awning Inoperable or plastic window shutters Street or side yard fences made of chain link, barbed wire, or wire mesh (H) Building designs should promote social interaction and defensible space through the use of balconies, patios, stoops, bow windows, and windows placed to capture views of streets and public and common use areas (e.g. interior parking courts and driveways). (I) Architectural styles shall reflect the planning area’s historic connection to the railroad as well as to the mix of Victorian and simple, utilitarian service-commercial buildings. The area’s buildings are eclectic and simple with no single, predominant style. New buildings shall be designed to incorporate the common architectural forms, materials, features, and details of the following styles: Railroad Vernacular Bungalow/Little Italy Style. This architectural style incorporates Bungalow and Italianate design elements into a simpler, local Railroad Vernacular style common in the City’s railroad neighborhoods when the Imperial Addition was subdivided and the area’s residential character was established. These buildings are rectilinear in plan, single or multi-story on raised foundations, and are marked by traditional architectural details, such as composition hip and gable roofs, covered porches, eave overhangs with exposed rafters, horizontal wood board siding, double-hung wood frame windows, and covered porches. This architectural style may most appropriately be used for industrial shed, multi-family, and courtyard building types. The style is reflected in several houses located at 743, 774, 796, and 797 Caudill; 2502, 2546, and 2663 Victoria; and 762 Woodbridge (Figure 5.3). Figure 5.2 Single-story Italianate architectural style influenced early house designs in the railroad area 62
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