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 Broad Street Village Contemporary. Paying homage to the past with a blend of traditional and contemporary architectural forms, materials, and influences, the Broad Street Village Contemporary Style creates an urban village character unique to this area. Forms and materials are utilitarian and influenced by the area’s heritage with sustainable “green building” features, such as: solar roofs; plaster, brick, or metal exterior walls; raised and/or recessed entries, patios, porches, and balconies; arcades and courtyards; wide roof overhangs; and extensive use of glass, skylights, and sustainable and recycled building materials. This style should be used for any of the building types described in Section 3.5, Form- Based Codes. Figures 5.7, 5.8, and 5.9 depict this architectural style. Figure 5.7. Little Italy, San Diego, California Figure 5.8. Mill Quarter, Bend, Oregon Figure 5.9 Village at Broad 65
South Broad Street Corridor Area Plan – PC Hearing Draft February 2012 5.4 SPECIFIC ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS Exterior Building Walls. Building walls should reflect the traditional materials and techniques of California’s Spanish Colonial Revival architecture and the industrial/railroad history of the plan area. Building walls should express the construction techniques and structural constraints of traditional, longlasting materials. Simple configurations and solid craftsmanship are favored over complexity and ostentation in building form. Wall Materials. Exterior materials should be durable and easily maintained. Building façades should be treated consistently on all elevations. Rough-coat stucco and highly reflective materials are prohibited. Exterior exhausts should be vented into areas without frequent pedestrian activity. The following types of exterior wall materials should be used. Other materials may be allowed if consistent with the architectural styles: Common brick (real, full dimension brick with the appearance of native clays); Smooth-finish cement plaster; Wood board siding, horizontal or vertical; Native stone (not faux stone); Concrete, concrete block, tile and precast masonry units; Metal, painted or unpainted (Paint should be factory applied and not applied on the job site); and Reused materials. Wall Articulation. Large, blank walls, unrelieved with windows, doors, architectural detailing, or other ornamentation, are prohibited. At the street level, buildings should be designed to accommodate residential and/or retail uses. Both types of uses should be entered directly from the street level sidewalk. Where front floor residential units are raised off-grade by podiums or other means, stoops should provide direct access to the street. Handicapped access must be provided as required by local construction codes. Wall openings should not span vertically more than one story. Wall materials should be consistent horizontally (i.e. joints between different materials must be horizontal and continue around corners) except for towers, chimneys and piers. Brick, metal, block, and stone must be properly detailed and in appropriate load-bearing proportions. Roofs and Gutters. Within one building, roof pitches should have consistent pitches and generous eave overhangs to provide visual continuity. Roofs should also respond to climate by utilizing appropriate pitch, drainage, materials, sod roofs or other “green building” strategies to reduce energy costs and provide usable areas for people, such as roof decks. The following types of roof materials should be used. Other materials may be allowed if consistent with the architectural styles: Clay or concrete; Standing seam metal; Tile, barrel, or flat clay, terra cotta, concrete, or slate; Built-up roofing (flat roofs with parapets); Composition shingle (for historic properties); and Gutters and downspouts of copper, aluminum, or galvanized steel. Roof lines should be simple, utilizing gables, hips, and sheds, or combinations of these basic forms. Equipment on top of buildings should be enclosed and integrated into the building form. Unnecessarily complicated roof lines are to be avoided. Where eave overhangs are appropriate, they should be generous and significant as an architectural statement. Rakes (gable end) should overhang at least twenty-four (24) 66
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