A.
Applications for the construction, reconstruction, alteration or demolition of buildings and signs shall be reviewed by the Architectural and Historic Review Board for strict compliance with the mandatory standards given in § 13-11 below, and in Chapters 243, Signs. 191, Lighting and 247, Site Plan, as may be relevant and subject to requests for waiver(s) as provided in § 13-8.
B.
Applications for the construction, reconstruction, alteration or demolition of buildings shall be reviewed for their reasonable compliance with the guidelines given in § 13-12 below. Applicants shall demonstrate a good-faith effort to incorporate desired design features into their projects.
C.
Further, applications shall be reviewed for the potential to produce adverse effects to a building, structure or site that has been designated as a landmark through the process described herein in § 13-13, or that qualifies as a landmark according to the definition provided in § 13-3 above. In making determinations under this section the Board shall consider:
(1)
The general appropriateness of proposed exterior design,
arrangements, texture and materials with respect to the historical
and architectural value and significance of the building or structure
and its relationship to the historic and architectural value of the
surrounding area.
(2)
Any other factors relating to aesthetic considerations
which the Board deems pertinent to the benefit of the Village due
to the historic significance of the structure or building and surrounding
area.
D.
Applications for the construction, reconstruction, alteration or demolition of landmark property, or property that lies within a historic overlay district, shall be reviewed with reference to the United States Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation and Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings. In any conflict with the mandatory standards given in § 13-11 below, and in Chapters 243, Signs, 191, Lighting and 247, Site Plan, and with the guidelines given in § 13-12 below, historical considerations shall prevail, except where public safety would be compromised.
A.
Local orientation. The use of architectural prototypes
for chain, franchise or formula businesses is prohibited.
(1)
Such businesses are required to locate in buildings
that are either newly designed in accordance with the standards and
guidelines of this chapter, or in existing buildings that retain an
indigenous character while adapted to the new use.
(2)
Identifying features of chain, franchise or formula
businesses that contribute to excessive similarity of commercial areas
and that erode local character shall be modified to reflect local
conditions. Such features include, but are not limited to architectural
building type, building and sign materials, building and sign colors,
and window treatments.
B.
Pedestrian orientation. Buildings shall be designed
and situated for the comfort, convenience and safety of pedestrians.
(1)
Main entrances shall be prominent, and readily identifiable
and distinguished from other access points into the building.
(2)
Main entrances shall open onto sidewalks and/or pedestrian
pathways.
(3)
All sides of commercial buildings facing a public
thoroughfare shall have windows of a sufficient size to provide pedestrian
interest, convey life and activity inside the building, and provide
eyes on the street. Theaters and auditoriums are exempted from this
provision.
C.
Windows.
(1)
Window glazing shall be clear glass with minimal obstruction from permanent shades, blinds or curtains, interior displays or such window signs as allowed under Chapter 243, Signs. Stained, colored and tinted glass may be used as decorative elements in a limited fashion.
(2)
Newly constructed building facades shall have a maximum
of 60% window coverage.
(3)
The use of mirrored and reflective glass is prohibited.
D.
Fences, garden walls and retaining walls. Fences,
retaining walls and other built landscape elements shall be designed
to visually complement buildings on the site and in the immediate
vicinity. Materials and colors shall be coordinated with other built
landscape elements on the site such as walkway paving and curbing.
E.
Architectural design: Highway Business District.
(1)
Building surface treatments shall be consistent on
all sides visible from the public street and any residential uses.
(2)
The facades of retail and mixed-use buildings containing
three or more uses with separate entrances shall be articulated so
that major single uses and groups of smaller, subsidiary uses appear
housed in identifiable parts, the whole being conceived as a building
complex. This may be accomplished through variations in facade projections,
roof height, overhangs, window and door treatments, building wings
or attached lesser structures, etc.
(3)
Accessory structures shall be designed to coordinate
with primary structures.
(4)
Buildings shall be designed to add greenery to the
corridor through features that will host plantings such as window
boxes, foundation plantings, container plantings, trellises or trellis
systems, arbors, pergolas etc.
(5)
Facade elements and building ornamentation that appear
false, inconsistent with the primary architectural style, disproportionate,
or inauthentic are prohibited. Examples include undersized and nonfunctional
window shutters and cupolas.
F.
Automotive uses. Canopies shall be designed to coordinate
with building architecture, with such features as peaked roofs and
supporting columns with brick or stone bases.
A.
Desired features.
(1)
A diverse mix of architectural styles is welcomed
and encouraged. However, architectural styles traditional to the northern
shore of Long Island are preferred. Elements of such preferred traditional
architecture include:
(a)
Roofs: varied roofline; pitched and shingled
roofs; dormers, gables, and other roof extensions; slate, asphalt
or wood shingles.
(b)
Siding: natural materials including red common
brick, clapboard, shingles, and stone; modern equivalents approved
by the New York State Historic Preservation Office.
(c)
Windows: divided panes, mullions, shutters,
vertical orientation, bay windows.
(d)
Coloring: natural, muted tones; white.
(2)
Building design, proportion and scale should relate
to the context of its site and of surrounding uses.
(3)
New buildings constructed in designated gateway areas
to the Village, located at the intersections of Route 25A and Woodbine
Avenue, Reservoir Avenue, Laurel Avenue and Main Street/Waterside
Avenue, shall be designed with consideration for their gateway location.
Architecture should reflect the Village's identity as a locally-oriented
residential community with a sense of history and tradition.
(4)
Buildings are encouraged to incorporate overhangs,
porticoes, porches, arcades and other features that offer pedestrians
protection from the elements and transition from indoors to outdoors.
(5)
Entrance foyers, plazas, patios, extended building
aprons and other areas that provide opportunity for social interaction
are encouraged.
(6)
Ecological building design, including the use of recycled
materials, energy efficient construction, green (i.e., planted) roofs,
etc., is supported and encouraged.
(7)
Brick and stone are preferred materials used for retaining
and landscape walls.
(8)
Low, decorative walls and fences are encouraged to
screen parking and storage areas.
