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Downtown Centerville Master Plan & Development Guidelines C. Document Two; Standards characteristics and qualities of the district in for Private Developments non-technical terms. C. I. Intent of the Standards The section entitled Site Development The Standards describes each district with are intended to provide guidance to the language and terms that are normally selected private developers as they begin to associated with a zoning ordinance. design the individual pieces that comprise the It is the view from 20,000 feet in the air. Site Downtown Area. The Standards will assure Development Standards specify the goals of the Downtown relationship between buildings, their edges, Area are met and that the individual pieces streets and public spaces. The Standards are well integrated and work together to imply a strong link between architecture and create a cohesive downtown within the City of site, how buildings define, the spaces around Centerville. them and the visual and physical connections between the private and public realm. Like a These Standards for Private Development will zoning ordinance, this section will prescribe deal with the two individual districts within the allowable uses, density, building bulk, height, master plan (Mixed-Use Corridor and Floor Area Ratio and parking requirements. It Downtown Neighborhood District) and the will also regulate the relationship of buildings individual buildings within those districts. to streets, pedestrian ways and open spaces. Normally, bulk requirements establish upper The Standards for Private Development limits on the intensity of development in any apply to all future redevelopment and given district. Since a certain intensity of remodeling efforts within the M-1 zoned development will be needed in this area to area. Therefore, all Standards and sustain the public expenditure on Guidelines must be met with future infrastructure improvements, the requirements improvements to existing and new for this plan may also specify lower limits of structures within Downtown Centerville. bulk and intensity. C. I. a. Structure of the Standards Unlike If Site Development Standards are called the guidelines for other projects, these Architectural standards are prepared in a multi-layered Guidelines fashion. They will have three distinct but overall goals prescribed by the Site interrelated parts. Ensuing sections of this Development Standards are established, this document specify the development nearer view, the 5 foot perspective is needed standards of each District individually and in to ensure that the design, the details, the greater detail. They are structured to plainly quality and the craftsmanship of the private components of the development are in each of three categories below. appropriate to and reflective of the overall public goals of the downtown. From 20,000 District Overview feet in the air, an $18,000 Chevrolet looks just Site Development Standards like a $70,000 Mercedes. But from 5 feet, there Architectural Guidelines are distinct differences in quality, detail and amenities. In any development, the quality of For each district, a section entitled District the individual components and the quality of Overview describes the desired the details are equally as import as the plan itself. Just like the car, January 4, 2006 Page 19 of 30