Los Gatos Commercial Design Guidelines FINAL ... - City of Winters

Town of Los Gatos
LOS GATOS BOULEVARD
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5A.2 SITE DEVELOPMENT
5.A.2.1
5.A.2.2
5.A.2.3
Los Gatos Boulevard setbacks should be
substantially landscaped
a) A minimum landscaped setback of 15 feet shall
be maintained from fronting sidewalks. (Note: Current
zoning code requires only a 10 foot setback but larger
setbacks along the Boulevard are common)
b) The inner edge of front setbacks (i.e., away from
the street edge) should be treated as a positive edge
with one or more of the following:
• Low wall
• Hedge
• Trellis structure
• Buildings
c) Front setback edge treatments should be three
feet in height to screen the view of automobile grilles
in the parking lot from street view.
d) Front setback landscaping shall include large species
trees.
e) Flowering plants are strongly encouraged.
Automobile entries to projects and individual
buildings shall be given special treatment
with paving and landscaping
a) Provide special textured and/or colored paving
at pedestrian crossings of project entries.
b) Special accent landscaping should be provided
at entries to include flowering plants.
c) Care should be given in the development of
project site plans to provide substantial focal points
at the terminus of project entries (e.g., major building
entries or architectural forms, groupings of landscaping.)
All projects shall have a clear and direct walkway
between fronting streets and one or more of
the primary building entries
a) Provide pedestrian amenities (e.g., benches, landscaping,
special paving) and pedestrian scale lighting.
Provide landscaped setbacks along Los Gatos
Blvd.
Flowering landscaping is encouraged at project
entries
Provide
pedestrian
amenities
5.A.2.4
Parking lots should be located behind or to
the side of buildings facing Los Gatos Boulevard,
whenever possible
a) The exception to this guide would be for projects
that would block significant views to the surround-
Commercial Design Guidelines
Link street sidewalks to project buildings
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