A. Buildings shall generally relate in scale and design features to the surrounding buildings, showing respect for the local context. As a general rule, buildings shall reflect a continuity of treatment; obtained by maintaining the building scale or by subtly graduating changes; by maintaining front yard setbacks at the build-to-line; by maintaining base courses; by use of front porches on residential buildings; by maintaining cornice lines in buildings of the same height; by extending horizontal lines of fenestration; and by echoing architectural styles and details, design themes, building materials, and colors used in the neighboring area.

B. As part of the subdivision submission the developer shall submit schematic architectural plans and elevations to the appropriate board for review and approval. Although development proposals should comply with the following specific architectural standards, waivers may be granted on the basis of architectural merit, site conditions and/or other extenuating or unusual circumstances.

C. Building materials.

(1) Piers and arches shall be built of brick or block with stucco finish.

(2) Porches shall be made of wood, composite wood, or masonry faced on three sides with brick or stone.

(3) Stoops shall be made of brick or stone. Wood may be used at secondary entrances.

(4) Posts, columns, and balustrades shall be built of wood.

(5) Railings shall be built of wood, steel or wrought iron.

(6) Decks may be built of pressure-treated wood when not visibly obtrusive from nearby streets.

(7) Decks and stairs built of pressure-treated wood and easily visible from nearby streets must be painted with the exception of the floor and the treads which may be painted, stained or left unfinished.

(8) Chimney enclosures shall be brick or stone. Chimneys two stories or more above grade and not within four inches of an exterior wall may be simulated brick subject to the approval of the approving agency. Flues must be tile or metal.

(9) Roofs may be built of steel standing seam, copper, cedar shakes, natural slate, artificial slate, fiberglass shingles, metal shingles or asphalt shingles.

(10) Gutters, when provided, shall be built of wood, copper, steel or aluminum.

(11) Splash blocks shall be stone, brick, gravel, or concrete.

D. Design elements.

(1) Building walls constructed of more than one material shall only change material along a horizontal line (not a vertical or diagonal line). Additionally, the heavier material shall always go beneath the lighter material.

(2) Front and side facades of any one building on a corner lot shall be made of the same materials, similarly detailed, etc. Corner lots are those at the intersection of streets, alleys, paths, parks, etc.

(3) House foundation walls of poured concrete which face a street shall be exposed no more than 18 inches above the ground.

(4) Decks should generally be located in rear yards and the scale should be compatible with living unit(s) and with the lot.

(5) The space below decks and porches easily visible from nearby streets shall be skirted by wood or vinyl lattice with not greater than two-inch spaces between the boards.

(6) Roofs shall be simple and symmetrically pitched, and only in the configuration of gables and hips. The pitch of the roof shall be between 4:12 and 14:12.

(7) Shed roofs (roofs which pitch in one direction) shall only be permitted when the ridge is attached to an exterior wall of a building. The pitch shall be between 4:12 and 14:12.

(8) Flat roofs are permitted only when they are occupiable and accessible from an interior room at the same floor level and must be edged by a railing or parapet. The railing pattern is subject to the approval of the approving agency.

(9) Roofs should overhang a gable end a minimum of 12 inches.

(10) Dormers shall be roofed with a symmetrical gable, hip, barrel or shed roof.

(11) Skylights shall be flat in profile.

(12) Walks must be built flush with the ground.

(13) Driveways opening onto a street shall be no wider than 15 feet at the property line.

(14) Patios may be located in side and rear yards not facing a street or sidewalk.

(15) The following items shall not be located in front yards or side yards facing a street or sidewalk: air conditioner equipment, electrical or gas meters.