Agenda - Planning Commission - 04/05/2012

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1 Sec. 117 -116 A. Special Requirements and Performance Standards in All 2 Employment and Office Park Districts. 3 4 (A) Building Materials and Design: To ensure attractive industrial development the 5 City has a set of design requirements applicable to all industrial development. 6 This is applicable to the E -1, E -2 and Office Park Districts. 7 8 1. Building Materials: All exterior wall finishes on any building in a 9 Business District shall be: 10 a. Face brick; 11 12 b. Stucco; 13 14 c. Glass; 15 16 d. Natural Stone; 17 18 e. Fiber cement vertical panel siding provided that seam lines are 19 architecturally integrated into the building design so that they are not 20 visible. Seam lines can be filled, covered by other accent material or other 21 method thereby making the seam lines invisible. 22 23 f. Architectural concrete and precast panels shall be acceptable as the 24 major exterior wall surface when they are incorporated into an overall 25 design of the building. 26 27 g. Architectural metal may be considered with matt finish and with 28 neutral or earth tone colors; 29 30 h. Color impregnated decorative block shall also be allowed as a 31 major exterior wall material, and shall be required to be sealed; 32 33 i. All materials shall be color impregnated with the exception of 34 allowing architectural concrete precast panel systems and fiber cement 35 siding to be painted. Painting shall not be allowed on color impregnated, 36 major exterior materials. 37 38 k. Other material as may be approved by the city. 39 40 2. Design Elements: The building design must include architectural interest 41 through the use of a minimum of three (3) of the following elements: 42 43 a. Accent materials; 44 45 b. A visually pleasing front entry that, in addition to doors, shall be 46 accented a minimum of one hundred fifty (150) square feet around the 1