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<br />Downtown Centerville <br />Master Plan & Development Guidelines <br /> <br />architectural features without being thematic or <br />Overall building design is an <br />artificial. The use of decorative wrought iron is <br />important consideration, but <br />encouraged to evoke historical materials used and <br />emphasis on first floor façade <br />fabricated downtown. Faux decorative elements <br />treatments is essential to <br />are discouragedmay be allowed where authentic <br />encourage street-level activity <br />elements prove infeasible; Avoid large, <br />and enhance the pedestrian <br />unarticulated façades; <br />experience. Architecture is to be <br /> <br />Ò4-sidedÓ at all locations visible to <br />public areas. Emphasis is to be on <br />creating highly animated design <br />solutions along all street frontages <br />and pedestrian ways. <br />Architectural guidelines include the <br />following: <br /> <br />st <br />Varied façade treatment at 1 Floor <br />Emphasize Pedestrian Level Detail <br /> <br /> <br /> Provide a variety of building types and <br /> Emphasize important intersections by <br />styles, expressed both in large scale <br />placing distinctive architectural elements <br />(overall building) and small scale <br />or interesting façades at these prominent <br />(design details); <br />locations; <br /> <br /> <br /> Designs should minimize blank walls <br /> Provide a variety of front elevations for <br />along the public rights-of-way and <br />rows of buildings along any given block; <br />should consider all street frontages, <br /> <br />including buildings at corners, as <br />Scale, Proportion and Height: Mixed- <br />primary elevations; <br />Use Corridors (M-1) <br /> <br /> Articulate front façades with projections <br /> Emphasize transparency at street level <br />and recesses; <br />to encourage two way viewing Î both <br /> <br />window shopping and Òeyes on the <br /> Encourage variety in building height <br />streetÓ; <br />along front elevations and allow <br />changes in roof treatments. <br /> Promote interesting, animated <br />January 4, 2006 Page 24 of 30 <br /> <br />81 <br /> <br />