a.
Building types and design.
The purpose of Division 3.2, Building Types and Design, is to address the quality and sustainable design of nonresidential and mixed-use buildings and building sites in order to:
1.
Character. Preserve and enhance a community character that conveys a positive, lasting impression on both residents and visitors;
3.
Public realm. Establish the physical and functional relationships between buildings and the public realm; and
b.
Parking, loading, stacking, and access.
The purpose of Division 3.3, Parking, Loading, Stacking, and Access, is to:
1.
Adequacy. Ensure that adequate off-street parking for vehicles and bicycles and facilities for loading and stacking are provided for new land uses and changes in use;
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Mitigation of impacts of development. Minimize the negative environmental and urban design impacts that can result from excessive parking, driveways, and drive aisles within parking lots;
3.
Safety. Establish standards and regulations for safe and well-designed vehicle use areas that minimize conflicts between pedestrians and vehicles; and
c.
Trees, landscaping, and buffering.
The purpose of Division 3.4, Trees, Landscaping, and Buffering, is to establish standards to:
1.
Balance between ecology and aesthetics. Promote the value and benefit of landscaping as a means of protecting and preserving the appearance and character of the City, while recognizing the need to utilize water and other resources as efficiently as possible;
2.
Mitigation of impacts of development. Remove, reduce, lessen, or mitigate the impacts between differing uses of abutting zoning districts including noise, dust, debris, artificial light intrusions, and other impacts of an abutting or nearby use;
3.
Natural resource protection and stormwater mitigation. Preserve the ecological function of sensitive natural resources, including contributing to the process of air purification, groundwater recharge, control of stormwater runoff, energy conservation, promotion of low-impact development designs and best management practices to reduce the risk of flooding, and restoration of pre-development hydrologic conditions on development sites without solely using traditional storm drainage conveyance systems; and
4.
Quality of life. Promote the health and quality of life of the residents of the City through the protection of trees, the planting of new trees, and the provision of landscaping for development.
d.
Signs.
The purpose of Division 3.5, Signs, is to provide uniform sign standards which promote a positive City image reflecting order, harmony, and pride and thereby strengthening the economic stability of Lubbock's commercial, cultural, and residential areas. The general objectives of these standards are to promote health, safety, welfare, convenience, and enjoyment of the public, and, in part, to achieve the following:
1.
Orderliness. Allow individual speakers (such as business, residential, and public uses) to communicate messages without creating confusion, unsightliness, and visual obscurity of adjacent businesses;
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Context. Assure that all signs, in terms of size, scale, height, and location, are properly related to the overall adjacent land use character and development lot size;
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Compatibility. Assure that all signs, in terms of color, form, material, and design, are compatible with other structural forms on the development lots;
4.
Billboards. Assure that billboards are compatible with adjacent land uses and do not obscure views of adjacent signs; and
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Construction and design. Assure that all signs, sign supports, and sign bases are constructed and designed to provide for design compatibility with the development. Where possible, the materials used, the form, color, lighting, and style should be similar to the materials used in the development.
e.
Outdoor lighting.
The purpose of Division 3.6, Outdoor Lighting, is to:
1.
Reduce glare. Minimize glare and light trespass, particularly onto residential lots and public rights-of-way;
(Ordinance 2023-O0054 adopted 5/9/2023)