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Architecture TC4 Building Design, Character and Expression · Buildings should express a residential neighborhood through the definition and identification of individual units within a larger building · Roof styles to be mixed and varied along any street, and shall have a mix of orientations of the roof structure · Each building along any given block frontage should have a distinctly different elevation or consist of high quality materials and design or establish a strong rhythm. TC4 Street Presence · Design Residential units with ground floor access should have individual entrances on the primary facade · Entrances to be articulated such that each individual unit entry is easily recognized · Public / visitor access doors to be provided on all streets that allow on street parking (at either side of the street). Residential units located on streets without visitor parking (i.e. Bunker Hills Boulevard) are required to treat the street elevation as the primary elevation with architectural features and elements (i.e. covered porches, bay windows etc.) · End units of residential buildings should provide windows as well as other design features to provide character at each end. Mostly blank walls are not allowed at drives or at corners · Corner buildings shall address both street-facing facades and treat both sides as primary elevations ° Outdoor living space should be provided along public streets TC4 Scale, Proportion & Buiidin9 Massing · Individual unit entries should be expressed through changes in height, scale or massing · Single story portions of any facade shall not be greater than 20% of the total length of the street · All street frontage to be provided with diverse elements of different heights that vary from the predominate building height (porches, entry canopies, bay extensions...)