4.404 Design Standards
1. The Conservation Plan approved as part of the zoning ordinance creating a conservation district shall include objective design standards for new construction of any building or structure, or the relocation or rehabilitation to the street facade of an existing building or structure. The design standards shall be applied administratively by City staff.
2. The Conservation Plan and requisite design standards shall not apply to those activities which constitute in-kind replacement or repair, ordinary repair and maintenance that is using the same or similar material and design.
3. The design standards for the Conservation District shall include, at a minimum, the following elements governing the physical characteristics and features of all property (public or private) within the proposed district:
a. building height, number of stories (may not restrict to less than two stories over the entire footprint of the original structure);
b. lot coverage;
c. lot size;
d. front and side yard setbacks;
e. driveways, hardscape covering.
4. In addition, the Design Standards may include, but shall not be limited to, the following elements:
a. building orientation;
b. general site planning (primary, ancillary structures);
c. garage entrance location;
d. street trees;
e. height of fences and walls;
f. right-of-way (exceeding Public Works standards)
g. principal elevation features;
h. building form
5. The proposed standards shall be submitted with the application to the Zoning Commission and the City Council. No conservation district may be established in the city unless the City Council first approves the design standards for the district in accordance with this Article.
6. Copies of the approved standards shall be on file in the Planning and Development Department and in the deed records of the county in which the property is located.
7. Any modification of adopted design standards must be approved by the City Council following the same procedure used for promulgation of the original standards. Invalidation of any of the standards shall not affect the validity of any other portion.