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HomeMy WebLinkAbout140-04 RESOLUTION• RESOLUTION NO. 140-04 A RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN COMPLETED BY DOVER, KOHL & PARTNERS BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS: Section 1: That the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas hereby adopts the Downtown Master Plan completed by Dover, Kohl & Partners and requests that implementing ordinances be prepared. PASSED and APPROVED this 7`h day of September, 2004. ATTEST: By: SONDRA SMITH, City Clerk APPROVED: BY: i. .iti id4/ r . . D COODY, ayor /� 1U���E'�'CY�O�. ,pp F. ;FAYETTEVILLE: Ei , ,,,,,,G70t4 :,sss� �auuuW,, NAME OF FILE: CROSS REFERENCE: Item # Date • Resolution No. 140-04 Document 1 08/19/04 memo to mayor & City Council 2 draft resolution 3 Executive Summary 4 Staff Review Form 5 memo to Tim Conklin 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 NOTES: • • 11 I /1/D CITY COUNCIL AGENDA MEMO 014.9W / m/ To: Mayor, City Council, Planning Commission , >tl$V1 Kik( From: Tim Conklin, Community Planning and Engineering Services Director Date: August 19, 2004 Subject: Adoption of the Downtown Master Plan RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Fayetteville Downtown Master Plan. BACKGROUND In 2003, the City hired Dover Kohl and Partners to complete a comprehensive Downtown Master Plan for the City. A very successful public participation charrette process was used to involve the entire community to develop the plan with over 200 citizens attending the work in progress meeting on January 15, 2004. This process has resulted in a tremendous amount of interest and optimism within the community about the future of the downtown area. SIX BASIC PRINCIPLES Six fundamental strategies are established by the plan and are outlined in specific action steps. I. A superbly walkable environment should be produced and showcased as Downtown's hallmark. 2. Downtown Living must be made a priority to get more people, including households of moderate and upper income, living Downtown. 3. Smart Parking must be a priority, so the need can be efficiently and sustainably met but the sense of place is enhanced, not weakened, in the process. 4. Smart rules that outperform the existing zoning should be put in place to attract and secure a caliber of development worthy of Downtown. 5. Special Places which are interconnected should be nurtured and celebrated as Downtown's signature public spaces and best addresses. 6. Experience -based Economy is recognized, supported, and continues to expand the focus on arts and culture and entertainment experiences as Downtown's drawing card. • • The Downtown Master Plan is a comprehensive vision for the downtown area and contains specific action items, management strategies, and policy recommendations to implement the plan. The plan provides a step by step approach for implementation by identifying specific projects as immediate, in our generation, and long term prospects. PROPOSED IMPLEMENTATION — IMMEDIATE PROJECTS 2004 • One-way Street Conversion and On -street Parking Plan — Staff is developing detailed plans for signage, striping, and intersection reconstruction based on the downtown master plan recommendations. Staff will bring the estimated costs and schedule for this project to the City Council in 2004. • Highway 71 East Square Redevelopment District #1. Project Plan — Staff is developing a project plan for the redevelopment district based on Downtown Master Plan recommendations. • New Zoning Districts - Form Based Zoning Code, Zoning Districts, Cultural and Entertainment Overlay District, and Architectural Design Standards will be presented to Planning Commission. • Downtown Park - "Fay Jones Property" offer and acceptance will be brought fonvard to City Council action. 2005 • New Code Adoption — Adoption of Form Based Zoning Code, Zoning Districts Boundaries, Cultural and Entertainment Overlay District, and Architectural Design Standards • College Avenue and Block Street Preliminary Engineering Design • New Parking Deck Location and Funding Decision — Identification of location and funding plan • TIE' District Discussion - Cultural and Entertainment District • • RESOLUTION NO. 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N = O y G G n S 3 8i .D 0 8- w d N m h m g p O r. 3 0 3 C fi 00 °^ 'O 'D G 3 m R n Om-�G n ;- g4, C 3,i S a ca= o s a3rx 0 o i]- 5' p m m y d4G s co d ° d " F �' O' ° 00 E. C n _ 0 00 00 i< O P- STAFF RE. FORM - NON-FINANCIAL OBLIOTION x AGENDA REQUEST For the Fayetteville City Council Meeting of: September 7, 2004 FROM: Tim Conklin Name CP&E CP&E Division Department ACTION REQUIRED: Resolution approval. SUMMARY EXPLANATION: Adoption of the Downtown Master Plan completed by Dover, Kohl & Partners and recommeded by the Planning Commission. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval. Division Head Date i413/0/ City Attorney Date gam ai' Department Director Date Finance & Internal Services Dir. Date inistrative Officer 42, I 0:1324 Date Date Received in Mayor's Office Cross Reference: Previous Ord/Res#: Orig. Contract Date: Orig. Contract Number: New Item: yt Date e /" Yes No FAYETTEVILLE THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS City Clerk Division DEPARTMENTAL CORRESPONDENCE s 113 West Mountain Fayetteville, AR 72701 Telephone: (479) 575-8323 To: Tim Conklin Community Planning & Engineering Services Director From: Clarice Buffalohead-Pearman City Clerk Division Date: September 13, 2004 Re: Res. 140-04 Attached is the resolution passed by City Council on September 7, 2004 approving the Downtown Master Plan prepared by Dover, Kohl & Partners. These items will be recorded in the city clerk's office and microfilmed. If anything else is needed please let the clerk's office know. Thanks. /cbp attachments cc: Nancy Smith, Internal Auditor Downtown District A New District for the City of Fayetteville's Unified Development Code Prepared by: Dover, Kohl & Partners April 30, 2004 4®P.,-.4 FAYETTEVILLE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN Fayetteville, Arkansas -1— f F Nka vs Idealized Buillout E • -•-• TITLE XV UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE 161.26 District D-1, Downtown District (A) Purpose. The City of Fayetteville seeks to create a Downtown District based upon traditional standards for city building. In January 2004 the City of Fayetteville created a plan for the Downtown District through a design charrette process involving the community and a team of design professionals. The Downtown District is form - based and categorizes areas of Downtown into specific transect zones based on the Downtown Master Plan. Traditional urban design conventions have been applied to create a pallette of building and thoroughfare types that form the framework for the Downtown District. These design conventions are derived from a number of sources in planning literature. Where approvals, interpretations, and judgements are left to the discretion of City officials, these officials shall use the following texts for guidance as to best practices: Civic Art by Hegemann and Peets; Great Streets by Allan B. Jacobs; The Charter of the New Urbanism by Congress for the New Urbanism; AIA Graphic Standards. 9th Edition' The Lexicon of the New Urbanism by Duany et al, Congress for the New Urbanism; Shared Parking, by Barton-Aschman Associates, The Urban Land Institute; The American Vignola: A Guide to the Making of Classical Architecture by William R. Ware. In the case of conflict between the standards set forth in the Downtown District and any other local land development regulation, these standards shall apply. (B) Definitions. (1) Appurtenances: Architectural features consisting of awnings, marquees, porches, stoops, balconies, turrets, cupolas, balconies, colonnades, and arcades. (2) Arcade: A colonnade composed of a counterthrusting arches. (3) Awning: A flexible roof -like cover that extends out from an exterior wall and shields a window, doorway, sidewalk, or other space below from the elements. (4) Balcony. An open habitable portion of an upper floor extending beyond a building's exterior wall that is not supported from below by vertical columns or piers but is instead supported by either a cantilever or brackets. CD161:26.1 DRAFT April 30, 2004 (9) Baluster. A short vertical member use to support a railing or coping. Balustrade: A railing together with its supporting balusters or posts, often used at the front of a parapet. Block: A combination of building lots, the perimeter of which abuts streets. Build -to line: A build -to line identifies the precise horizontal distance from a street right-of-way that the building shall be built to, in order to create a uniform line of buildings along the street. Build -to Zone: A build -to zone is a range of allowable distances from a street right-of-way that the building shall be built to in order to create a moderately uniform line of buildings along the street. (10) Building frontage: The vertical side of a building which faces the primary space or street and is built to the Build -to line. (11) Building Height A limit to the vertical extent of a building measured in stories from the mean elevation of the finished grade or sidewalk at frontage line, whichever is higher, to the eave of the roof, or comice for a building with a parapet. Permitted building heights vary according to transect zone. The maximum number of stories is inclusive of habitable roofs and exclusive of true basements. (12) Civic Building: Structure used primarily for public education, cultural performances, gatherings and displays administered by non- profit cultural, educational, govemmental, and religious organizations. (13) Colonnade: A roofed structure, extending over the sidewalk, open to the street except for supporting columns or piers. (14) Cornice: projecting horizontal decorative molding along the top of a wall or building. TITLE XV UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE (15) Cupola: A domelike structure surmounting a roof or dome, often used as a lookout or to admit light and air. (16) Curb Radius: The curved edge of street paving at an intersection, measured at the inside travel edge of the travel lane. (17) Dwelling, live/work: A dwelling unit within which an at-home business is encouraged. Businesses are limited to a maximum of two employees that do not dwell in the principal or accessory dwelling unit. (18) Dwelling, rowhouse: An attached single-family dwelling unit located on land owned by the unit owner and situated in a row of two (2) or more similar horizontally attached dwelling units, each unit having its own separate water, sanitary sewer, ventilation and heating system, inclusive of separate utility service lines and meters, and which is separated from attached adjacent dwelling units by a fire-resistant common wall. (19) Expression Line: A horizontal line, the full width of a facade, expressed by a material change or by a continuous projection not less than two (2) inches nor more than one (1) foot deep. (20) Frontage Line: The property line or lines of a lot which coincide with a right-of-way or other public open space. (21) Habitable Space: Building space whose use involves human presence. Habitable space excludes parking garages, self- service storage facilities, warehouses, and display windows separated from retail activity. (22) Liner Building: A building built in front of a parking garage, cinema, supermarket etc., to conceal large expanses of blank wall area and to face the street space with a facade that has doors and windows. (23) Lintel: a horizontal beam that supports the weight of the wall above a window or door. CD161:26.2 DRAFT April 30, 2004 (24) Marquee: A permanently roofed architectural projection the sides of which are vertical and are intended for the display of signs and which is supported entirely from an exterior wall of a building. (25) Mullions: Strips of wood or metal that separate and hold in place the panes of a window. (26) Parapet: A low guarding wall at the edge of a roof, terrace, or balcony. (27) Paseo: A cross -block, primarily pedestrian passage connecting one right-of-way or paseo to another. Paseos shall be designed for pedestrian comfort, either shaded by trees or by the buildings that line the space. (28) Plaza: An unroofed public open space with a majority of paved surface. Plazas are fronted with buildings. (29) Principal Facade (For purposes of placing buildings along build -to lines or build -to zones): The front plane of a building not including stoops, porches, or other attached architectural features. (30) Rear Access Lane: A publicly or privately owned secondary way that affords access to the side or rear of abutting property. (31) Shared Parking: A system of parking, typically applied to buildings of differing uses that each have peak parking demands at different times within a 24 hour period, thereby allowing some parking spaces to be shared. (32) Square: An open space surrounded by streets or other vehicular passages. (33) Stoop: A small platform and / or entrance stairway at a house door, commonly covered by a secondary roof or awning. (34) Storefront: The portion of a building at the first story of a retail frontage that is made available for retail use. (35) (36) TITLE XV UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE Story. A floor level within a building. Streetwall: The vertical surface of a building or structure that faces public open space. (37) Structured Parking: Layers of parking stacked vertically. (38) Thoroughfare: A group of walkable streets. (39) Thoroughfare, Alley: A traditional, pedestrian scale thoroughfare serving working functions of loading, service and employee pedestrian access at the rear of commercial and mixed-use buildings. (40) Thoroughfare, Boulevard: A principle traditional thoroughfare designed to encourage pedestrian mobility while traversing a community. Boulevards generally have center medians, street trees, sidewalks and parallel parking. Where higher traffic volumes occur, Multi -way Boulevards are specified with center travel lanes, adjacent medians and lower speed, outside access lanes. The outer lanes and medians are pedestrian friendly and the center lanes serve motor vehicle mobility. (41) Thoroughfare, Lane: A traditional, walkable thoroughfare serving the pedestrian mobility and access needs at the rear of residential and mixed-use units. (42) Thoroughfare, Main Street: A traditional thoroughfare with features that encourage pedestrian movement, serving a compact mix of land uses. Main Streets have parallel parking on both sides and, where the uses are more compact and activity is more intense, angle (or diagonal) parking is specified. (43) Thoroughfare, Road: A general traditional 'thoroughfare found in a less dense urban setting. Typically, parking is not adjacent to the travel way and curbs are rare. (44) Thoroughfare, Street: A general, traditional thoroughfare serving pedestrian mobility, with two or four travel lanes and parking generally on one or two sides. (45) Transect: A categorization system that organizes all elements of the urban environment on a scale from rural to urban. Any lot in the manmade environment belongs to a certain transect zone, which will describe the character and intensity of construction upon that lot. The transect zones for the Downtown District are identified on the Regulating Plan. (46) Turret A small tower or tower - shaped projection on a building. (C) Regulating Plan. (1) The Downtown District is divided into four designated transect zones, as shown on the Regulating Plan. The transect zones reflect the character of the streets in the various places within the Downtown District. The transect zones are identified as: (1) Regional Core (2) Main Street / Center (3) Downtown General (4) Neighborhood Conservation The development regulations for properties within each of the transect zones are described in Section 161.26(D), Urban Standards. (2) In addition to identifying the transect zones, the Regulating Plan identifies the Cultural and Entertainment Overlay District, which lies within the Main Street / Center transect zone. Exceptions apply to properties within the Cultural and Entertainment Overlay District and are described in Section 161.26(D)(5), Cultural and Entertainment Overlay District. (3) The Regulating Plan also identifies future alley locations. These locations are intended to be schematic to allow flexibility in the design of the site plan as properties are redeveloped over time. Future alleys shall: • be a minimum of twenty (20) feet wide; • connect to existing streets or existing alleys; and • not dead-end unless shown on the Regulating Plan. (4) Alleys may be deeded to the City of Fayetteville, or may remain under private ownership. CD161:26.3 DRAFT April 30, 2004 TITLE XV UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE (5) A property intemal to a block that redevelops prior to its neighbors is not required to construct an alley; however, the site plan shall reflect rear or side setbacks that provide enough room for the future connection when neighboring properties do redevelop. (6) When the future alley location shown on the Regulating Plan passes between two properties, each property owner is only responsible for half of the alley. If one of these two property owners chooses to redevelop first, he or she may elect to provide the entire alley, or may seek the cooperation of the neighbor for the other half. (7) Providing the alley may be avoided, at the discretion of the Planning Commission, upon receipt of agreements with neighboring properties granting vehicular cross access through existing drives or parking lots. Exceptions to alleys may also be granted if the construction of the alley negatively affects buildings of historical or cultural significance, or if topographic conditions make the construction too steep and therefore unsafe. CD161:26.4 DRAFT April 30, 2004 TITLE XV UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE (8) Regulating Plan. CD161:26.5 DRAFT April 30, 2004 Downtown District (D -I1 NCultural and Entertainment Overlay District Proposed Alleys Regional Core Main Street / Center Downtown General Neighborhood Conservation OD) TITLE XV UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE Urban Standards. The Urban Standards establish the physical and functional relationships between buildings. The standards set forth rules related to building placement (setbacks, build -to lines, lot coverage, lot frontage), uses, and height. Additional requirements and opportunities regarding affordable housing may apply in the Downtown District [see Section 161.26(G)]. The Downtown District is based on the transect. The Downtown District is divided into four designated transect zones as shown on the Regulating Plan, Section 161.26(C)(8): (1) Regional Core (2) Main Street / Center (3) Downtown General (4) Neighborhood Conservation Additionally, special standards apply to the Cultural and Entertainment Overlay District, located within the Main Street / Center transect zone. (1) Regional Com. (a) Purpose. Development is most intense, and land use is densest in this transect zone. The character of the Regional Core is more urban than the Main Street l Center and is on a major thoroughfare. Uses are primarily destination retail, entertainment venues, offices, and multi -family residential. (b) Uses. (1) Permitted uses. Unit 1 City-wide uses by right Unit 3 Public protection and utility facilities Unit 4 Cultural and recreational facilities Unit 5 Govemment facilities Unit 12 Offices, studios and related services Unit 13 Eating places Unit 14 Hotel, motel, and amusement facilities Unit 15 Neighborhood shopping goods Unit 16 Shopping goods Unit 19 Commercial recreation, small sites Unit 25 Professional offices Unit 26 Multi -family dwellings Unit 29 Dance halls Unit 34 Liquor stores Note: Any combination of above uses is permitted upon any lot within this zone. Conditional uses shall need approval when combined with pre - approved uses. (2) Conditional uses. Unit 2 City-wide uses by conditional use permit Unit 35 Outdoor music establishments Unit 36 Wireless communication facilities (c Density. None. (d Bulk and area regulations. None. (e Setback regulations. Front Buildings shall be built up to a build -to line that runs along the front property line. Side, facing street Buildings shall be built up to a build -to line that runs along the side property line. Side, intemal None Rear, without easement or alley 5 ft. Rear, from center line of an easement or alley 12 ft. Note: If the Regulating Plan shows an alley along the rear, side, or across a property line, adjustments to setbacks might be necessary. See Section 161.26(C)(3)-(8). (f) Minimum buildable street frontage. 80% of lot width. (g) Height regulations. Minimum height is 3 stories. Maximum height is 12 stories. (2) Main Street / Center. (a) Purpose. A greater range of uses is expected and encouraged in the Main Street / Center. Day care, post offices, libraries, small neighborhood retail, live -work units, and places of worship are located here. The Center is more spatially compact and is more likely to have some attached buildings than Downtown General or Neighborhood Conservation. Multi -story buildings in the Center are well-suited to accommodate a mix of uses, such as apartments or offices above shops. Lofts, live/work units, and buildings designed for changing uses over time are appropriate for the Main Street / Center. The Center is within walking distance of the CD161:26.6 DRAFT April 30, 2004 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 TITLE XV UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE surrounding, primarily residential areas. (b) Uses. (1) Permitted uses. Unit 1 City-wide uses by right Unit 3 Public protection and utility facilities Unit 4 Cultural and recreational facilities Unit 5 Government facilities Unit 8 Single-family dwellings Unit 9 Two-family dwellings Unit 10 Three-family dwellings Unit 12 Offices, studios and related services Unit 13 Eating places Unit 14 Hotel, motel, and amusement facilities Unit 15 Neighborhood shopping goods Unit 16 Shopping goods Unit 19 Commercial recreation, small sites Unit 25 Professional offices Unit 26 Multi -family dwellings Unit 29 Dance halls Unit 34 Liquor stores Note: Any combination of above uses is permitted upon any lot within this zone. Conditional uses shall need approval when combined with pre - approved uses. (2) Conditional uses. Unit 2 City-wide uses by conditional use permit Unit 28 Center for collecting recyclable materials Unit 35 Outdoor music establishments Unit 36 Wireless communication facilities (c Density. None. (d Bulk and area regulations. (1) Lot width minimum. All unit types 118 ft. (2) Lot area minimum. None. (e) Setback regulations. Front None Side, facing street Buildings shall be built up to a build -to line that runs along the side property line. Side, internal None Rear, without easement or alley 5 ft. Rear, from center line of an easement or alley 12 ft Note: If the Regulating Plan shows an alley along the rear, side, or across a property line, adjustments to setbacks might be necessary. See Section 161.26(C)(3H8). (f) Minimum buildable street frontage. 75% of lot width. (g) Height regulations. Minimum height is 2 stories. Maximum height is 6 stories. Above four stories there shall be a stepback of the building's principal facade of no less than 15 ft. (3) Downtown General. (a) Purpose. Downtown General is a flexible transect zone, and it is not limited to the concentrated mix of uses found in the Regional Core or Main Street / Center. Downtown General includes properties in the neighborhood that are not categorized as identifiable centers, yet are more intense in use than Neighborhood Conservation. There is a mixture of single-family homes, rowhouses, apartments, and live/work units. Activities include a flexible and dynamic range of uses, from public open spaces to less intense residential development and businesses (b) Uses. (1) Permitted uses. Unit 1 City-wide uses by right Unit 3 Public protection and utility facilities Unit 4 Cultural and recreational facilities Unit 5 Government facilities Unit 8 Single-family dwellings Unit 9 Two-family dwellings Unit 10 Three-family dwellings Unit 12 Offices, studios and related services Unit 13 Eating places Unit 15 Neighborhood shopping goods Unit 25 Professional offices Unit 26 Multi -family dwellings Note: Any combination of above uses is permitted upon any lot within this zone. Conditional uses shall need approval when combined with pre - approved uses. (2) Conditional uses. Unit 2 City-wide uses by conditional use permit Unit 28 Center for collecting recyclable materials Unit 36 Wireless communication facilities CD161:26.7 DRAFT April 30, 2004 TITLE XV UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE (c) Density. I Residential units per acre j 4 to 24 (d) Bulk and area regulations. (1) Lot width minimum. Dwelling (all unit types) 1 18 ft. (2) Lot area minimum. None. (e) Setback regulations. Front The principal facade of a building shall be built within a build -to zone that is located between a line 5 feet from the front property line and a line 20 ft from the front property line. Side, facing street 5 ft. Side, intemal None Rear, without easement or alley 5 ft. Rear, from center line of an easement or alley 12 ft. Note: If the Regulating Plan shows an alley along the rear, side, or across a property line, adjustments to setbacks might be necessary. See Section 161.26(C)(3)-(8). (f) Minimum buildable street frontage. 50% of lot width. (g) Height regulations. Minimum height is 1 story. Maximum height is 4 stories. (4) Neighborhood Conservation. (a) Purpose. The Neighborhood Conservation transect zone has the least activity and a lower density than the other transect zones. Although Neighborhood Conservation is the most purely residential transect zone, it can have some mix of uses, such as civic buildings. Neighborhood Conservation serves to promote and protect neighborhood character. (b) Uses. (1) Permitted uses. Unit 1 City-wide uses by right Unit 3 Public protection and utility facilities Unit 4 Cultural and recreational facilities Unit 5 Govemment facilities Unit 8 Unit 9 Unit 24 Single-family dwellings Two-family dwellings Home occupations (2) Conditional uses. Unit 2 City-wide uses by conditional use permit Unit 28 Center for collecting recyclable materials Unit 36 Wireless communication facilities (c Density. I Residential units per acre 1 4 (d) Bulk and area regulations. (1) Lot width minimum. Dwelling (all unit types) 1 40 ft. (2) Lot area minimum. None. (e) Setback regulations. Front The principal fayade of a building shall be built within a build -to zone that is located between a line 5 feet from the front property line and a line 20 ft. from the front property line. Side, facing street 5 ft. Side, internal, 4 adjoining a similar use unit. None Side, intemal, if adjoining a different use unit 5 ft. Rear, without easement or alley 5 ft. Rear, from center line of an easement or alley 12 ft. (5) CD161:26.8 DRAFT April 30, 2004 Note: If the Regulating Plan shows an alley along the rear, side, or across a property line, adjustments to setbacks might be necessary See Section 161.26(C)(3)-(8). (f) Minimum buildable street frontage. 40% of lot width. (g) Height regulations. Minimum height is 1 stories. Maximum height is 3 stories. Cultural and Entertainment Overlay District. (a) Purpose. The Cultural and Entertainment Overlay District is a designated area within the Downtown District in which entertainment venues and cultural activities are encouraged. The Overlay District lies within the Main 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 TITLE XV UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE Street / Center transect zone. To foster a cultural and entertainment environment in Downtown Fayetteville, special standards apply. (b) Signage & Lighting. To emphasize that the Cultural and Entertainment Overlay District is a lively center of activity for Fayetteville, more flexibility is permitted for the design of creative signage. Signage shall comply with the requirements of the underlying zone with the following exceptions: • Maximum gross area of signs on a given facade shall not exceed 30% of the facade area. • Maximum area of any single sign mounted perpendicular to a given facade shall not exceed 75 sq. ft. (c) Noise Regulations. Performance of music shall be permitted both indoors and outdoors throughout the Cultural and Entertainment Overlay District. Outdoor music performances within 200 ft. of residential uses shall conclude by 11:00 pm. No indoor or outdoor performances may be audible by residential uses after 11:00 pm or before 11:00 am. (d) Parking Regulations. See Section 161.26(F), Parking, for requirements and exceptions related to parking in the Cultural and Entertainment Overlay District. (E) Architectural Standards. This section specifies building materials, details and configurations. Building designs which strictly comply with these standards are to be considered approved for matters of aesthetics and shall not require further discretionary review for architectural character or appearance. Building designs which do not comply with these standards may be permitted, but only after review and approval by a board of three local design professionals appointed by the City Council. The appointed board is referred to in this ordinance as the "Board of Architects". The board members shall serve for rotating two-year terms. The Board members shall render a decision within 30 days following the submittal of an application for building permit. If the Board does not review an application within 30 days following the submittal of an application for building permit, the application shall be considered approved for matters of aesthetics. Building designs that are denied approval by the Board may be permitted by majority vote of the City Council. CD161:26.9 DRAFT April 30, 2004