Agenda - Planning Commission - 07/09/2015 - Work Session

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TC4 Neighborhood Overview The largest in terms of overall acreage, the Neighborhood Sub- district will define the character and quality of the entire northern half of the Town Center property. With prominent street frontage along most of the major thoroughfares that serve this site, the variety of choices for building type, architectural style and design detailing are crucial decisions that together will promote a safe and attractive residential neighborhood. Integrating contemporary and traditional styles is also an important consideration, central to the notion that a unique and creative model for housing development will be a signature for the Town Center. Architecture to be `4 -sided' at all locations visible to public areas. Emphasis to be on great design along public street frontage. Architecture guidelines include the following: TC4 Building Design, Character and Expression • Provide a variety of building types and styles, expressed both inlarge scale (overall building) and small scale (design details) • Express residential character through definition and identification of individual units within larger buildings • Vary roof styles along street fronts including some recesses and setbacks • Promote interesting, animated architectural features without being thematic or artificial — faux decorative elements are discouraged • Avoid large, unbroken fagades, specifically at 'side elevations' facing streets • Emphasize important intersections and other nodes by placing distinctive architectural elements or interesting fagades at these prominent locations • Provide distinctly different front elevations for each building type along any given block TC4 Scale, Proportion and Building Height • Provide a variety of architectural elements of different heights along any given block that serve to break up the predominant building mass including porches, entry canopies, bay extensions and other features • Emphasize individual building and unit entries through changes in height, scale and massing • Minimize single story portions of any fagade along street frontage • Encourage increased building height, higher density and larger scale buildings along major streets, along park frontage and close to the core sub -district Architecture TC4 Street Presence • Locate building and unit entrances on primary facade; articulate entrances to ensure easy visibility and access • Provide public / visitor access doors on building fagades that face streets having on -street parking; buildings facing streets without on -street parking should treat the street -side elevation as the primary fagade including covered porches, canopies, recesses and projections • Provide windows and other architectural features for end units to enhance building character; blank walls are not allowed • Address both street - facing elevations for corner buildings; treat both fagades equally as primary elevations • Provide outdoor living space (garden,terrace) along all public streets 28 Ramsey Town Center Development Guidelines