These design standards shall apply to all new projects in the
Central and General Business Zoning Districts.
Design cues shall be drawn from the many examples of historic
nineteenth-century architecture throughout the community and shall
reflect the appropriate scale and appeal of a pedestrian neighborhood.
Such considerations shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
A. Facades, roof lines and exterior walls shall have three-dimensional
variation to provide interest and character. Building design techniques
should include organizing larger building masses into a series of
smaller masses or design components that feature offsets in exterior
walls, providing accent forms, and variations in roof lines or heights
that create shadows and providing offsets that enhance the overall
building design.
B. The areas and patterns of glazing used in facades shall be compatible
with the three-dimensional design character of the building.
C. Designs for large, unarticulated box buildings and buildings with
monotonous, visually unattractive facades shall be avoided. Exterior
walls above grade that are attached to buildings shall appear to be
integral to the design of the building, i.e., walls attached to brick
building surfaces should be brick.
D. Other above-grade screening walls, such as dumpster enclosures or
transformer screen walls, shall match materials and colors used in
the building facade.
E. One-story buildings of less than 10,000 square feet of gross floor
area shall have a pitched roof to be of dimensional shingles, slate,
simulated slate; or other appropriate material subject to the approval
of the Planning Board.
F. The roof line of multistory buildings, regardless of size, shall
be designed to screen all rooftop equipment, such as mechanical equipment
and satellite antennas, from view at all property lines on which the
building is located. If two or more multistory buildings are located
on the same property, rooftop equipment shall not be visible from
the road.
G. Building entrances shall be obvious, in scale with the building facade,
and have weather cover. For larger commercial buildings, the Board
may request that individual commercial tenants have separate entrances.
H. Standard commercial prototype building designs will be considered
if they are consistent in design, scale, material, color and detail
with the design intent of these guidelines. The Board reserves the
right, however, to require substantial design alterations to standard
corporate or commercial prototype building designs that it deems to
be inconsistent with the design guidelines or is otherwise inappropriate
to the general aesthetic character of the neighborhood and the historic
character of this nineteenth-century Erie Canal community.
I. Modifications to any building and/or to the existing site, such as
but not limited to parking layout, number of spaces and design, landscaping,
require design standard review and approval by the Village Planning
Board.
J. Existing curb cuts shall be aligned in a manner which promotes access
management and safety in accessing roadways. New curb cuts shall be
limited and/or cross-access agreements shall be required as part of
access management for any commercial development.
The following items shall be incorporated into redevelopment
of all existing building construction within the Village of Medina:
A. Parking layout, number of spaces and design, landscaping, etc., will
be reevaluated and reviewed with any proposed site change and will
be subject to approval by the Planning Board.
B. Additions to existing construction must comply with new construction
requirements to the greatest extent practical.
C. Design cues shall be drawn from the many examples of historic nineteenth-century
architecture throughout the community to the extent that they are
practical.
Inspections required by this section shall be the responsibility
of the Building Department in consultation with the Municipal Tree
Board and/or its representative.
Enforcement of the provisions within this article shall be the
responsibility of the Code Enforcement Officer.