HomeMy WebLinkAboutPowerpoint Presentation 122005 City Council Meeting December 20, 2005 City Of Meridian Downtown Design Guidelines Background Why Design Guidelines? CUP Process/Disincentive Do not want ‘anything goes’ architecture
Respect our history No Design Review Committee Streamline Review Process/Staff level New UDC Process Three Years Design Workshop Developers, Project owners, Architects, Real estate
professionals, Business owners, Meridian Merchants Assn., Historical organizations, Planners, Partner agencies, MDC Subcommittee Refinements On hold for Marketing Strategy/UDC Public
Hearing with P&Z October 3. Guiding Principles Mixed Use/Urban Configuration Compatible with Historic Active Ground Floor Quality Bldg. Materials Multi-modal Transportation Streetscape
Civic ‘Pride of Place’ Setbacks Build-To Lines Plazas optional Parking in Rear and on-street Building Orientation Primary Entrance on Street side Service Areas in Rear Screen Mechanical
Equipment Building Height Minimum: 2 stories/40 feet Maximum at Street: 3 Stories/60 feet Maximum at 10 feet step-back: 4 stories/75 feet Building Form Parapet required Corner elements
encouraged Corner chamfers allowed Projecting balconies/bay windows allowed on upper stories Façade Treatment 50% min. glass at street level, 20% min. above Frequent Active Doors Brick,
Stone, Tile, or Stucco allowed No concrete masonry Alley façade may be of other materials, but painted compatibly Facades, cont. Mid-Block Ped Pathways Mid-Block pathways allowed,
but not required At center of a block 10 to 15 feet between buildings Lighting, visibility required Streetscape TBD with MDC’s Master Plan Until then, match the 1991—1993 streetscape
improvements along Main (similar to Farmers & Merchants Bank). Parking Offstreet parking: 1 per 500 s.f. or in-lieu fee Off-street parking in rear On-street parking throughout downtown
Structured Parking Tenant space on ground level (30 feet deep min.) Upper floors screened to 42” min. Questions? Thank you * * Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Active Doors, Glass storefront/2nd
story Blank storefront/2nd story Brick, Stone, Parapet Metal Siding, no parapet Yes No Yes No Yes No