DesignGuidelinesChecklist_8-15-07.pdf
Design Guidelines Checklist
This checklist is intended as a summary of the issues addressed by the guidelines. It is
not meant to be a regulatory device or a substitute for the language and examples
found in the guidelines themselves. Rather, it is a tool for assisting the determination
about which guidelines are the most applicable on a particular site.
A. Site Planning
N/ALowerHigher
PriorityPriority
1.Reinforce existing site characteristics
2.Reinforce existing streetscape characteristics
3.Entry clearly identifiable from the street
4.Encourage human activity on street
5.Minimize intrusion into privacy on adjacent sites
6.Use space between building and sidewalk to
provide security, privacy and interaction (residential
projects)
7.Maximize open space opportunity on site
(residential projects)
8.Minimize parking and auto impacts on pedestrians
and adjoining property
9.Discourage parking in street front
10.Orient building to corner and parking away from
corner on public street fronts (corner lots)
B. Bulk and Scale
N/ALowerHigher
PriorityPriority
1.provide sensitive transitions to nearby, less-
intensive zones
C. Architectural Elements and Materials
N/ALowerHigher
PriorityPriority
1.Complement positive existing character and/or
respond to nearby historic structures
2.Unified architectural concept
3.Use human scale and human activity
4.Use durable, attractive and well-detailed finish
materials
5.Minimize garage entrances
D. Pedestrian Environment
N/ALowerHigher
PriorityPriority
1.Provide convenient, attractive and protected
pedestrian entry
2.Avoid blank walls
3.Minimize height of retaining walls
4.Minimize visual and physical intrusion of parking lots
on pedestrian areas
5.Minimize visual impact of parking structures
6.Screen dumpsters, utility and service areas
7.Consider personal safety
E. Landscaping
N/ALowerHigher
PriorityPriority
1.Reinforce existing landscape character of
neighborhood
2.Landscape to enhance the building or site
3.Landscape to take advantage of special site
conditions