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Town Center Overlay District Design Standards:
Please refer to The 2000 Zoning Ordinance of the City of Sugar Hill, Georgia, Article 6. Section 608. Architectural and Design Standards.
B. Town Center Overlay District Design Standards.
The following design standards shall apply to all property that abuts West Broad Street and Alton Tucker Boulevard.
1. Architectural Standards
a. Buildings shall be constructed of brick or stacked stone.
b. The facade of the buildings shall have a turn-of-the-century appearance, which is typical of buildings constructed between 1890 and 1930. (See Appendix A for examples of such turn-of-the-century architecture).
c. Balconies or faux balconies are encouraged.
d. Copper colored, enamel metal roofing is encouraged.
e. The facades and rooflines shall be varied.
f. Electric utilities shall be placed underground.
g. Buildings other than garages, storage buildings, and accessory structures shall have their principal orientation toward the street rather than toward parking areas.
h. The facades of all buildings facing the street shall be at least two stories or at least
25 feet in height and be constructed with design features along the sidewalks that provide for the interest, comfort and convenience of pedestrians, including at least one of the following features: canopies, awnings, porches, or recessed entries.
i. At least 35% of the ground level facade of each non-residential building that faces a sidewalk shall be comprised of windows.
j. For single-family dwellings, garages must be located either in the rear yards or have side-entries.
2. Minimum spacing between buildings containing attached single-family residences and multifamily dwellings:
a. The front or rear face of a dwelling unit shall not be less than fifty (50) feet from the front or rear of another dwelling unit. The unattached side face of a single-family attached building shall be not less than twenty (20) feet from the side face of another such building and not less than forty (40) feet from the front or rear face of another such building unit. Maximum length of a building shall not exceed two-hundred-fifty (250) feet along any elevation.
b. No dwelling until shall be situated so as to face the rear of another dwelling unit closer than fifty (50) feet away unless terrain differences or screening will provide effective visual separation.
3. Sidewalk Requirements
Sidewalks are required on all streets within the Town Center Overlay District except for alleys. The location and width of sidewalks shall be established pursuant to the approved Town Center Overlay District development plan. Sidewalks shall be 15 feet or more in width when located in front of a building. All other sidewalks shall be at least 10 feet in width.
4. Parking Requirements
a. On-street parking shall be angled parking.
b. Off-street parking requirements may be met by a combination of off-street, onstreet and shared parking.
c. Off-street parking requirements may be reduced by 20% in the Town Center Overlay District if shared parking is provided and is deemed an acceptable use for shared parking by the Director.
d. No required parking space shall be more than 700 feet from the exterior entrance of the building that is served by the subject parking space, measured along a convenient route of pedestrian access.
5. Detention Facilities
Developments in the Town Center Overlay District shall participate in a city detention facility rather than maintaining a separate facility for each development in the district. The developer shall enter into and participate in a maintenance agreement concerning said city detention facility.
6. Greenspace
A development in the Town Center Overlay District shall devote ten percent (10%) of its development to greenspace, or if such requirement is not feasible, shall participate by making a contribution to the City Greenspace Program of an amount sufficient to equal at least the value of the required greenspace.
7. Severability
Any requirement set forth herein deemed unconstitutional, vague, illegal and/or otherwise unenforceable in a court of law shall not invalidate the subject Ordinance and all other provisions and requirements thereto shall remain in full force and effect.
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