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86 <br />c. The site plan shall use landscaping and building shapes to form an <br />aesthetically pleasing and pedestrian scale streetscape. This shall include, but not be <br />limited to facilitating pedestrian travel along the street, using architecture and landscaping <br />to provide a desirable transition from streetscape to the building, and providing an <br />integrated linkage from pedestrian and vehicular facilities to building entries. <br />d. Pedestrian and vehicular entries shall provide a high-quality visual focus <br />using building siting, shapes and landscaping. Such a feature establishes a physical <br />transition between the project and public areas, and establishes the initial sense of high <br />quality development. <br />e. Vehicular circulation design shall minimize driveway intersections with <br />the street. <br />f. Site perimeter design (i.e., landscaping, structures, and horizontal width) <br />shall be coordinated with site development to ensure a harmonious transition between <br />adjacent projects. <br />g. Varying degrees of privacy for the individual residents shall be provided, <br />increasing from the public right -of- way, to common areas, to individual residences. This <br />can be accomplished through the use of symbolic and actual physical barriers to define <br />the degrees of privacy appropriate to specific site area functions. <br />h. Parking and service areas shall be located, designed and screened to <br />interrupt and reduce the visual impact of large paved areas. <br />i. The height, bulk, footprint and scale of each building shall be in harmony <br />with its site and adjacent long-term structures. <br />2. BUILDING DESIGN. <br />a. Architectural style is not restricted; evaluation of a project shall be based <br />on the quality of its design and its ability to harmonize building texture, shape, lines and <br />mass with the surrounding neighborhood. <br />b. Buildings shall be of appropriate height, scale, and design/shape to be <br />in harmony with those existing permanent neighboring developments that are consistent <br />with, or envisioned in, the Comprehensive Plan. This will be especially important for <br />perimeter structures. Adjacent structures that are not in conformance with the <br />Comprehensive Plan should be considered to be transitional. The degree of architectural <br />harmony required should be consistent with the nonconforming structure's anticipated <br />permanence. <br />c. Building components, such as windows, doors, eaves, parapets, stairs <br />and decks shall be integrated into the overall building design. Particular emphasis shall <br />be given to harmonious proportions of these components with those of adjacent <br />developments. Building components and ancillary parts shall be consistent with the <br />anticipated life of the structure. <br />d. The overall color scheme shall work to reduce building prominence and <br />shall blend in with the natural environment. <br />W: Word Processing\Ordinances\TSO Zone Residential Development Stds & Design Guidelines 6-15-18 <br />MD:bjs <br />Page 10 of 15 <br />