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DESIGN CRITERIA Design Guidelines: The following guidelines, for the most part, deal with general rather than specific design elements in order to provide direction, yet stimulate and encourage architectural innovation. • Pedestrian-Oriented Design—The design of the building should help make the street enjoyable, visually interesting, and comfortable. Individual buildings should be integrated with the streetscape to bring activity in the building in direct contact with the people on the street. • Trademark Building _DesignDesign—Trademark buildings are prohibited. • Setback—Infill buildings shall be built to the downtown street front property line, flush to adjacent buildings. Exceptions may be granted if the setback is pedestrian oriented and contributes to the quality and character of main street. Arcades adjacent to downtown street sidewalks are encouraged to increase the effective width of the narrow sidewalks and provide a sheltered pedestrian path along store display windows. No side setbacks are allowed unless next to a public pedestrian way. • Proportion—The proportion of infill buildings should be sympathetic to the proportion of their neighbors. • Hecht—The height of new buildings shall conform to the average height of buildings on the block street face. The height of new buildings shall not exceed two stories and 35 feet maximum. Two story buildings are preferred if adjacent to existing two story buildings. Infill building roofs shall be flat or gently pitched and hidden behind flat parapet walls. Roof edges should be related in size and proportion to adjacent buildings. • Parking—Parking lots should be screened from the street and sidewalk either by walls or plantings or both. If walls are used, their material should be compatible with the walls of existing adjacent buildings. Walls should be at least 18 inches high. Parking structures should take advantage of the topography of the site to conceal the structure to the extent possible from public view. The same care should be taken in the design of the parking as with any other building regarding setbacks, height,proportions, facade opening, detailing and materials. The structure should compliment the streetscape through accent landscaping or other pedestrian amenities. Parking structures shall be designed to minimize the use of blank concrete facades. • Rear Entrances —Rear entrances should be provided for buildings in order to develop double street frontages. The rear facade entrance should be lean and well maintained and present a 38