The nonresidential design guidelines and standards are established
for commercial and industrial areas outside of the Central Business
Districts. The guidelines and standards, through the review and regulation
of design characteristics, preserve and promote the unique character
of the Town and Villages. The guidelines and standards are intended
to encourage lively, pedestrian-friendly and attractive streetscapes
where local residents and visitors enjoy walking, biking, driving
and shopping.
All commercial and industrial development shall employ building
and site design standards to ensure compatibility with adjacent residential
development. To the maximum extent practicable, commercial and industrial
development shall employ a minimum of four of the following techniques
when developed adjacent to a residential use:
A. Use similar building setback.
B. Use similar building height.
D. Use similar exterior materials.
E. Mitigate the larger mass of commercial buildings with facade articulation.
F. Provide green/open space.
(1)
Use small green spaces, courts, squares, parks, plazas, and
similar spaces.
(2)
Use existing natural features as transitions, including natural
differences in topography (not retaining walls), streams, existing
stands of trees, and similar features. When existing natural features
are used as transitions, the Town or Villages may still require that
adequate pedestrian connections to adjacent land uses be accommodated.