HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE NO. 08-06-12STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF FULTON
ORDINANCE 08-06-12
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ARTICLE 12111, CRABAPPLE CROSSROADS OF THE
NORTHWEST FULTON OVERLAY DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF MILTON ZONING
ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Milton, GA while in a regularly called council
meeting on June 16, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. as follows:
SECTION 1. That the Ordinance relates to Amending Article 12H1 (RZ08-05), in regards
to the powers of the City of Milton Design Review Board of the City of Milton Zoning
Ordinance, is hereby adopted and approved; and is attached hereto as if fully set forth herein,
and;
SECTION 2. All ordinances, parts of ordinances, or regulations in conflict herewith are
repealed.
SECTION 3. That this Ordinance shall become effective upon its adoption.
ORDAINED this the 16th day of June, 2008
Attest:
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ADOPTED BY THE MILTON CITY COUNCIL DECEMBER 21, 2006
AMENDED ON APRIL 19, 2007
AMENDED ON JUNE 16, 2008
ARTICLE XII -11(1)
Crabapple Crossroads of the Northwest Fulton Overlay District
12H(1).1. PURPOSE AND INTENT. The Mayor and City Council of the City of Milton,
Georgia hereby declares the purpose and intent of this Ordinance to be as follows:
To implement the Crabapple Crossroads Plan of June 4, 2003 and to regulate
development in such a way that it will be consistent with the Crabapple Crossroads
Plan of June 4, 2003 and with Crabapple's character.
To promote the public health, safety, welfare, history and education by ensuring
architectural integrity in the Crabapple area and by preserving the cultural heritage of
the Crabapple area.
To implement and to provide opportunities for mixed-use development which
promote the live work concept and are comprised of commercial, office,
institutional, and residential uses that are compatible with Crabapple's historic and
rural village oriented development.
To preserve and to ensure the harmony and compatibility of the character of
Crabapple by ensuring that building and site design are human in scale.
To provide design standards against which plans will be judged for harmony,
compatibility and appropriateness as developed based on Crabapple's historic rural
character.
To protect 20% of the Crabapple Crossroads as open space. To protect 10% of each
project/development as open space. To encourage open space in areas identified in the
Crabapple Crossroads Plan. To provide open space that is usable, accessible and
lessens the visual impact of development.
To develop an interconnected transportation network and to implement a
pedestrian -oriented core surrounded by residential uses at its perimeter.
To increase transportation modes, to improve mobility, and to improve pedestrian
circulation by planning and promoting pedestrian oriented developments.
To preserve and promote rehabilitation of Crabapple's historic resources and ensure
that existing design characteristics of Crabapple are incorporated into the design
standards and that new construction is compatible and complementary with the
architectural characteristics of historic resources.
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To ensure that new construction is compatible and sensitive with Crabapple's
existing character including the spatial relationships between buildings, proportion,
scale, design, placement, position and architectural qualities and that a building's
architectural elements are carried out in all four elevations.
To ensure that the design of all buildings is compatible with the scale, design, style,
placement, position, uniqueness, historic building elements architectural detailing,
variation in building massing, visual variety, and street -orientation of buildings in
Crabapple, and with planning policies and goals of the Crabapple Crossroads Plan of
June 4, 2003.
To preserve Crabapple's historic development pattern that is characterized
primarily by single-family residences and neighborhood commercial buildings,
many of which were constructed between the late 1800s and early 1900s.
To encourage a variety of housing choices in Crabapple through the construction of a
diverse housing stock.
To promote uses that encourage walking, neighborhood businesses as identified in
the Crabapple Plan and retail uses that promote the village character.
To maintain Crabapple's existing topography, mature vegetation and natural
resources and to minimize severe changes that would impact Crabapple's
established visual character.
12H(1).2. CRABAPPLE CROSSROADS REGULATIONS. The Crabapple Crossroads is
section of the Northwest Fulton Overlay District that applies to all parcels in the
Crabapple Crossroads Plan of June 4, 2003.
The boundary of Crabapple Crossroads section of the overlay shall include all parcels
within the map below. The Crabapple Crossroads section of the overlay,
approximately 511 acres in 119 parcels, contains the historic mixed-use center of
Crabapple and land surrounding it. It is bounded in part by the following subdivisions:
Kensington Farms to the north, Waterside to the west, Crabapple Chase and Arbor
North to the southwest, Westminster at Crabapple to the south and Mid -Broadwell
Trace and St. Michelle to the east.
The center of the Crabapple community is at the intersections of Crabapple Road,
Birmingham Highway, Mid -Broadwell Road, Mayfield Road and Broadwell Road.
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If standards are not specified in the Northwest Fulton Overlay District, then the City of Milton
Zoning Ordinance shall apply. If standards are not specified in the Crabapple
Crossroads Section, then standards of the Northwest Fulton Overlay District shall apply.
Whenever provisions of this Article conflict with the City of Milton Zoning Ordinance or any
other City of Milton ordinances, or regulations, these standards shall prevail.
12H(1).3 DESIGN REVIEW BOARD.
The City of Milton Overlay District Design Review Board, as set forth in Section
12H.2. of this ordinance shall review for approval all plans for development except detached
single family residential in Crabapple Crossroads for compliance with the standards herein
prior to the approval of a Land Disturbance Permit, Building Permit and Demolition Permits
for both residential and non-residential structures. The Design Review Board shall only make
recommendations to the Board of Zoning Appeals for Primary Variances.
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12H(1).4. DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
A. Site Design
1. On site creeks should be integrated into the site as amenities.
2. New construction shall conform to the existing topography as much as
possible subject to approval by the Manager of the Community Development
Department.
3. Building shall be avoided on sites with slopes greater than 25%.
4. Where retaining walls are required, they shall be faced with indigenous rock
or brick. Use of landscape timber as exterior treatment in retaining walls is
prohibited. Retaining walls above 5 feet shall have evergreen plantings in front
or as approved by Community Development Manager.
5. Detention facilities shall be designed pursuant to the Alternative Design
Standards described in the Milton 2005 Subdivision Regulations.
6. Design shall follow the natural landforms around the perimeter of the basin.
Side slopes of basins shall not exceed one -foot vertical for every four foot
horizontal.
B. Streets
Notwithstanding the provisions of the Milton Subdivision Regulations and
requirements of the City of Milton Transportation Engineer, new streets within ..r
the Crabapple area shall conform to the design standards and location criteria
set forth below. When these standards conflict with the Georgia State
Department of Transportation, the State's standards may prevail.
The Crabapple Plan calls for three types of streets to create an enhanced road
network. Each street type has on -street parking (optional on Neighborhood
Streets -Type C), landscape strips, sidewalks and setback standards.
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1. Village Main Street (Type A):
Mayfield Road and Crabapple Road are designated as Village Main Streets.
The Village Main streetscape standards are:
a. Minimum Landscape Strip: 8 feet
b. Minimum Sidewalk width: 8 feet
C. Building setback: 0 to 10 feet maximum
d. On street parking: To be located in Village Mixed Use and Village
Office/Residential land uses, optional in other land uses. Bulb -outs to be
located at the intersections in Village Mixed Use and Village
Office/Residential.
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2. The Village Secondary Street (Type B)
Birmingham Highway and Broadwell Road and around the mixed-use area and the
schools are designated as Village Secondary Streets.
Village Secondary Street (Type B) streetscape standards are:
a. Minimum Landscape Strip: 7 feet
b. Minimum Sidewalk Width: 5 feet
C. Building Setback: 10 to 20 feet maximum
d. On Street Parking: along Village Mixed Use and Village Office/Residential
land uses, but optional in other land uses.
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To be located around
commercial core, schools
and primary residential
streets, and
Birmingham Hwy and
Broadwell)
Recommended maximum
block depth in mixed use
areas = 400 feet
Maximum block length = 660
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2. The Village Secondary Street (Type B)
Birmingham Highway and Broadwell Road and around the mixed-use area and the
schools are designated as Village Secondary Streets.
Village Secondary Street (Type B) streetscape standards are:
a. Minimum Landscape Strip: 7 feet
b. Minimum Sidewalk Width: 5 feet
C. Building Setback: 10 to 20 feet maximum
d. On Street Parking: along Village Mixed Use and Village Office/Residential
land uses, but optional in other land uses.
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3. The Neighborhood Streets streetscape (Type Q
All residential streets are designated as Neighborhood Streets.
Type C
neighborhood
streets
Discourage through -
traffic
Maximum block
length = 660 feet
Block length
evaluated on case-
by-case basis in
rural residential sub-
area containing
conservation areas
(New neighborhood
internal streets)
In Village Mixed Use, Village/Office Residential and Sub Village Residential A,
the Neighborhood Streets streetscape (Type Q standards are:
a. Maximum design speed: 25 miles per hour
b. Minimum Landscape Strip: 7 feet with curb and gutter and 10 feet with
swales
C. Minimum Sidewalk Width: 5 feet
d. Maximum Building Setback: See table in Residential section
e. On Street Parking: Optional
In all other Residential and agricultural land uses, the Neighborhood Streets
streetscape (Type Q standards are:
f. Maximum design speed: 25 miles per hour
g. Minimum Landscape Strip: 10 feet swales
h. Minimum Sidewalk Width: 5 feet
i. Maximum Building Setback: See table in Residential section or as
determined by the Community Development Manager.
j. Swales shall have a slope of 2% or less.
k. Trees shall not be planted in the center line of water flow.
1. Red Maple, river birch, willow, and birch cypress are recommended for
planting in swales or other trees as recommended by the Milton
arborist.
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C. Landscaping and Buffers
A minimum 6 -foot wide landscape strip between the road the sidewalk is
required along Mayfield Road and Crabapple Road.
2. A minimum 5 -foot wide landscape strip between the road the sidewalk is
required along Birmingham Highway and Broadwell Road around the
mixed use area and the schools.
3. A minimum 5 -foot wide landscape strip with curb and gutter between the
road the sidewalk is required for all new residential streets for Village
Mixed Use, Village Office Residential and Sub Village Residential A. A
10 -foot wide landscape strip with swale is required for all new residential
streets in the other Residential land uses.
4. Specimen trees should be preserved to the extent possible.
5. Street trees in the landscape strips shall be planted in asymmetrical
groupings at a minimum density of one tree per 30 feet of street frontage.
Trees shall be selected from the Milton Tree Preservation Ordinance and
Administrative Guidelines.
6. Street trees may be counted towards the required tree density for a site as
approved by the City of Milton Arborist
7. Trees shall be trimmed up to 7 feet or not impede pedestrians.
8. Street lights and pedestrian lights may be placed in the landscape strip as
Long as long as they don't interfere with future tree growth.
9. Additional landscaping elements of trees, shrubs, grass and ground cover
may be provided in building setbacks.
10. Parking lots shall include landscape islands per the Zoning Ordinance of
City of Milton and the Milton Tree Ordinance
11. Buffers: Parcels at the periphery of the Crabapple Crossroads shall have a
25 foot buffer and 25 ft building setback to provide a transition between the
parcels in the Crabapple Crossroads and those outside of it.
D. Sidewalks and Pedestrian Paths
1. Sidewalks are required along all public and private road frontages and
should be offset as specified in section 12H(1)4.B. Meandering sidewalks
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around existing trees is subject to the approval of the
City of Milton Arborist.
2. Sidewalk materials shall be continuous across the entire length of all
driveways. The driveway shall match the appearance of sidewalk materials, in
color, texture and design.
3. Design and materials of sidewalks along the existing roads (Crabapple
Road, Birmingham Hwy., Mayfield Road, Mid -Broadwell Road and
Broadwell Road) to be determined by the Public Works Crabapple
Streetscape Project.
4. Sidewalks for all new projects shall connect with existing sidewalks and
paths.
5. Pedestrian paths shall be designed to minimize automobile and pedestrian
interaction. In Village Mixed Use and Village Office/Residential land use,
clear pedestrian paths between buildings, sidewalks and parking lots shall
be established with minimal interruption of pedestrian paths by vehicular
circulation, parking lots, and service areas.
6. Pedestrian paths shall connect residential development, open space,
institutional uses and nonresidential developments as reviewed by the
Community Development Department.
E. Streetscape Lighting and Street Furniture
1. The lighting plan for sidewalks shall be included on the site plan submitted at
the time of application for a Land Disturbance Permit. Lighting shall also be
shown on the landscaping plan. Future mature growth vegetation shall not
conflict with proposed lighting.
2. Street lighting and pedestrian lighting shall meet the Crabapple Streetscape
standards.
3. Developments in the Village Mixed Use and Village Office/Residential
shall include street lighting and pedestrian lighting in the streetscape.
4. If provided, street furniture shall be located outside of the minimum
sidewalk width of 5 ft. If installed, benches and trash containers shall be
selected from the Crabapple Streetscape standards.
5. Hardscape elements such as wider sidewalks plazas, street furniture such as
benches, fountains, tables and chairs, and trash receptacles may be located in
the required front yard and side corner yard setbacks.
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6. Awnings can project over sidewalks.
F. Block Size and Block length
1. Land shall be subdivided into block sizes that range from 2 to 10 acres.
Blocks with a mix of uses should be 2 to 5 acres.
2. Each side of residential blocks shall not exceed 660 feet in length.
3. Each side of Village Mixed Use and Village Office/Residential blocks shall not
exceed 400 feet in length.
4. Double frontage lots are not allowed.
5. New streets should not be created which require rear yards of new buildings
nor opaque fencing to face an existing public right of way (except alleys).
G. Colors
All buildings shall meet these color standards. All exterior building materials,
architectural and decorative elements, and sign structure colors must be selected
from the list provided. The numbers refer to Panton Matching System, an
international color matching system. All shades of whites and off whites shall be
allowed.
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6. Awnings can project over sidewalks.
F. Block Size and Block length
1. Land shall be subdivided into block sizes that range from 2 to 10 acres.
Blocks with a mix of uses should be 2 to 5 acres.
2. Each side of residential blocks shall not exceed 660 feet in length.
3. Each side of Village Mixed Use and Village Office/Residential blocks shall not
exceed 400 feet in length.
4. Double frontage lots are not allowed.
5. New streets should not be created which require rear yards of new buildings
nor opaque fencing to face an existing public right of way (except alleys).
G. Colors
All buildings shall meet these color standards. All exterior building materials,
architectural and decorative elements, and sign structure colors must be selected
from the list provided. The numbers refer to Panton Matching System, an
international color matching system. All shades of whites and off whites shall be
allowed.
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Permitted Colors
Base Colors — Primary Building material
Accent Colors — allowed for architectural
Pantone Colors
elements, roof, accents, awnings, structure
Pantone Colors
120C
466 C&U
1807C
4975
1205C
4645
2C -7C
553
160C
468C&U
289C
5363
1815C
4685C
316C
539
2915
4715C
401-405C
548
400C
482U
407-412C
5467
406C
483C
412C
5743U
404C
490C
415-419C
5747U
410C
5455C
423C
5757U
413C
5477C
424-425C
5773U
420C
549U
448-450C
5815U
421-422C
5773C
4485U
5835U
435C
5787U
4495C
625U
4495C
5793U
451C
627U
450C
5803U
4504C
Warm Grey 5-7C
452C
5807U
4515-4525C
Warm Grey 8-11
4525C
5855U
455C
4535C
5875U
462U
4535U
607
464U
4545C
608
476U
454C
623U
478U
4545C
726
484C
Warm Grey 1-4
491C
H. Open Space
1. Each development shall indicate 10% of the site as open space. The
openspace can include environmentally sensitive areas, streams and stream
buffers, multi -use paths, pocket parks and public parks. In the portions of
the study area in the Chattahoochee River basin (i.e the sewered portions of
the study area) a maximum 50% of the required open space shall be
environmentally sensitive areas, streams, stream buffers.
2. The open space shall be accessible for pedestrian use and usable. It shall not
include any portion of lots nor required landscaping and setbacks.
3. To the extent possible, new development projects should provide access to
the three parks which are identified in the Crabapple Crossroads Plan of
2003. The open space should be located adjacent to and connected with
these three parks: along the two streams in the NW quadrant, along the City
of Alpharetta lake in the SW quadrant and along the lake on Mayfield Road
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in the NE quadrant. In addition, open space with paths is encouraged.
12H(1).5. COMMERCIAL, OFFICE and INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
STANDARDS.
All nonresidential standards apply to renovation existing and construction of new
structures, used for non-residential purposes, within the area defined within the
document.
A. Driveways and Parking for Nonresidential Uses
Driveway access to non-residential buildings should be located at the side
or rear of the principal structure.
2. In commercial areas, inter -parcel access and shared driveways are required
to minimize curb cuts and improve street traffic flow.
3. Parking and driveways shall be made out of gravel, concrete or pavers.
Stamped and/or colored concrete surfaces shall also be acceptable surface
treatments. Asphalt shall not be allowed.
4. Any parking over the amount required by the City of Milton Zoning
Ordinance shall be surfaced with gravel or grass pavers.
5. Parking may be shared pursuant Article 18 of the City of Milton Zoning
Ordinance.
6. On -street parking can be counted as part of the minimum number of
required parking spaces.
7. In the mixed use and office/residential land use areas and on Type A
Village Main Streets and Type B Village Main Streets,
streetscape bulb -outs shall be located at all intersections and to the extent
possible one bulb out shall be required for every five on -street parking
spaces. Location, design and plantings in the bulb -outs are subject to the
approval of the City of Milton Community Services Department.
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Figure 1: Bulb out at intersections
B. Non -Residential Building Design
1. The building fagade facing a public right of way shall have exterior building
wall offsets, including projections, recesses every 40 feet in order to add
variety.
2. Pitched roofline offsets shall be provided every 40 feet to relieve the effect
of a single roof and to add variety.
3. Appropriate and safe view angles and pedestrian crossings at exits and
entrances should be provided.
4. Corner building facades shall be parallel with the street (see illustration).
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5. The buildings materials and design applied to the fagade, shall continue
with the same proportion on all other exterior elevations of the building.
This proportion shall be calculated on a per side basis.
6. Architectural accent material may include hard coat stucco.
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7. The permissible roof types are gable, pyramidal, and hip as well as flat roof.
A minimum four foot parapet wall on all four sides or sufficiently high
enough to screen roof mounted equipment from views from the right-ofway,
shall be required. Shed roofs are permitted over porches, additions,
and accessory structures.
8. There shall be no pitch requirement for a roof.
9. Window standards are as follows:
a. Sash windows shall have divided lights.
b. Muntins and mullions shall be true divided lights or simulated
divided lights with muntins integral to the sash and permanently
affixed to the exterior face of glass.
C. The scale of the window and doors should be appropriate to the wall
in which it is placed. The front fagade shall have windows and door
openings to consist of a minimum of 20% of the size of the front
fagade. The other elevations shall have window and door openings
to consist of a minimum of 15% of the size of the corresponding
elevation. Windows shall be provided on each floor.
d. No window shall exceed 32 square feet and no grouping shall
exceed 100 square feet. Metal mullions are prohibited.
e. Windows in elevations facing a public right of way shall be
predominantly vertical in orientation. Store front type windows are
allowed on the front fagade.
f. Window sills shall be placed a minimum of two feet above finished
grade.
g. Window frames on front facades shall not be metal.
10. Exterior machines, for the purpose of vending and dispending prohibited.
11. Propane tanks and other gas tanks and their storage containers shall be
either screened and located on the side or rear or as directed by the Fire
Marshall so that items cannot be seen from the street.
12H(1).6. RESIDENTIAL STANDARDS.
A. Applicability
The Crabapple Crossroads Residential Standards shall apply to townhomes and
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multi -family residential properties and structures. However building setbacks
and frontage requirements shall apply to all residential uses.
B. Residential Site Requirements
1. The required lot frontage and building setbacks are as follows:
Building Setbacks and Frontage Requirements
Lot size
Lot Frontage
Front Yard
Side Yard
Rear Yard
(square feet)
(minimum)
Setback
Setback
Setback
-
(maximum)
(minimum)
(minimum)
Over 21,600
90 feet,
50 feet
15 feet
25 fee
16,200 feet and
90 feet
30 feet
15 feet
25 feet
up to 21,600 feet
feet 1
10 15
15
10,800 feet and
60 feet
20 feet
10 feet
1, 0 feet
up to 1+6,200 feet
6,000 feet and
60 feet
20 feet
7 feet
7 feet
up to 10,800
Building Setbacks and Frontage Requirements
Lot size
Lot Frontage
Front Yard
Side Yard
Rear Yard
(square feet)
(minimum)
Setback
Setback
Setback
-
maximum
(minimum)
(minimum)
4,800 feet and
48 feet
15 feet
5 feet
5 feet
up to 6,000 feet
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feet 1
10 15
15
2. Building separations shall be subject to the requirements of the Standard
Building Code and the Life Safety Code.
C. Driveways
I Turnarounds and permanent off-street parking are not permitted between
the principal structure and a public street.
2. No more than one driveway shall be allowed per single family residence.
3. A driveway serving a single residential unit shall not exceed 12 feet in
width up to the front fagade of a house, including the flare at the street.
4. Driveways shall be gravel, concrete or pavers. Asphalt driveways are
prohibited.
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5. Driveways shall be located at least 5 ft from a parcel line.
D. Building Orientation
1. The front fagade, front porches, and front doors of the principal residential ""
structure shall face and be parallel to the street.
2. There shall be no double frontage lots (except for private alleys).
3. Duplex units shall be located side by side or above and below facing a
public street. Duplexes shall not be of a frontiback configuration.
E. Garages
1. Garages shall not extend beyond the front fagade or primary building line of
the residential structure. Garage entrances are prohibited on the front
fagade of the residential structure (see exemption in item 3 below).
2. Garages can be located in the rear or the side of the residential structure.
Garages can be located in the rear of the lot and house (either attached or
detached) accessed from an alley or in the rear of the house and lot (either
attached or detached) accessed from a side drive.
3. Garages can be located to the side of the house with a front garage entrance
set back at least half the distance of the depth of the house.
4. The garage can be flush with the front fagade of the house with the entrance
on the side elevation as long as the garage feature is undistinguishable from
the front elevation.
F. Fences and Walls
1. Fences shall be constructed of brick, stone, ornamental iron, wood pickets
or wood boards or a combination thereof.
2. Fences not exceeding four feet in height may be erected in the front yard
and along the right-of-way.
3. Fences along any right of way shall not be opaque.
4. Fences and walls not exceeding six feet in height may be erected in the rear
and side yards. Six feet high side yard fences shall start half way back the
depth of the house.
5. Access to alley ways may be fenced and entry controlled via a gate(s).
Gates shall not be opaque.
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6. In the event of the construction of a conventional detention facility, exterior
portions of concrete retention ponds shall be faced with stone of brick.
illm 7. Chain link fences are prohibited, except as required along
detention/retention ponds and along recreational facilities. Chain link fences
shall be black clad in vinyl and be screened with a 20 ft landscape strip,
planted at buffer standards.
8. Other than retaining walls, walls shall not be erected in the front yard or in
yards adjacent to a public street. Retaining walls shall be faced with stone
or brick.
G. Accessory Structures
Permanent accessory structures larger than 150 square feet, including
detached garages, shall be built of similar exterior buildings materials as the
principal structure and shall be located in the rear yard.
2. All mechanical equipment visible from a public street shall be screened
with vegetation and/or fence materials. If it is a corner lot, then is shall be
screened from the front view from both street frontages.
3. Private recreation and amenity areas (with the exception of paths) shall be
,p., placed internal to a development and shall not have frontage on Mayfield
Road, Birmingham Hwy, Crabapple Road, Broadwell Road nor Mid-
bm" Broadwell Road.
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H. Residential Building Design
1. The building fagade facing a public right of way shall have building wall
offsets, including projections, recesses to be used every 40 feet in order to
add variety.
2. Townhome developments shall not contain more than 5 connected units in a
single building massing. Each townhome in a townhome building shall have
the same building materials. When a townhome is located on a corner,
architectural elements and details of the house shall continue on the side of
the house along the street.
3. Maximum Building height shall be 30 feet to the eave of the building
measured at the front fayade.
4. Allowed exterior materials are: horizontal wood lap siding, cementitious lap
siding, vertical board and batten, brick, and stone. Hard coat stucco shall
only be allowed for trim areas. The building materials applied to the front
fagade shall continue with the same proportion on all other exterior
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elevations of the building. This proportion shall be calculated on a per side
basis.
5. Vinyl or aluminum siding, glass curtain walls, concrete masonry units,
exterior insulation and finishing systems (EIFS), exposed concrete masonry
units (CMU), concrete foundation walls are prohibited as exterior building
materials.
6. Roof types shall be side gable, cross gable, front gable, and hip. Shed roofs
are allowed on porches. Roofs shall be made out of asphalt shingle, wood
shingle, wood shake, slate or standing seam metal. Skylights shall be flat
(bubble and geometric skylights are prohibited). They shall be placed to the
rear of the house.
7. Windows in the front fagade shall be predominantly vertical in orientation.
8. Windows frames of windows on the front fagade shall not be made out of
metal.
9. If muntins or mullions are used, they shall be either true divided lights or
simulated divided lights (clip -ons are allowed).
10. Front doors shall be wood panel or have a combination of wood and glass
(such as French doors) or shall have the appearance of wood.
11. Exterior chimneys shall originate at the grade. Exterior chimneys shall be
faced with stone or masonry. Chimneys that originate at the interior can be
faced with hard coat stucco. Chimneys shall not be covered with siding.
12. A paved walkway from the front sidewalk to the front entry or front porch
on the principal structure shall be provided for houses set back less than 30
feet and encouraged for houses with larger setbacks.
13. One front porch shall be required for every five groupings of townhomes.
Two porches shall be required for every four groupings of townhomes. One
porch shall be required for every three groupings of townhomes.
14. Front porches may extend 10 feet into the setback. Porches must have a
minimum depth of six feet.
15. Porches for quadruplex residences may be shared.
16. If shutters are used, they shall fit the size of the window.
17. Decks are allowed only to the rear of the principal structure. They shall be
not extend beyond the width of the building. OR
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12H(1).7. EXISTING HISTORIC STRUCTURES. This includes all structures identified in
the 1996 Historic Resources Survey used for non-residential uses.
A. Alterations and additions shall be consistent and reinforce the historic
architectural character of the entire structure and shall comply with the
standards herein.
B. New additions and exterior alterations shall not destroy historic materials that
characterize the property. The new work may be differentiated from the old.
To protect historic integrity, any new work shall be compatible with the
massing, size, scale and architectural features of the property.
C. The removal of distinctive materials or alteration of features that characterize a
structure shall be avoided.
D. Where the severity of deterioration requires replacement of a distinctive
feature, the new feature shall match the old in design.
E. Where improvements and or alterations do not exceed 50% of the square feet
of the structure, applicants shall be exempt from the review by the City of
Milton Overlay District Design Review Board.
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