Downtown Overlay District Design Standards

1 Revised August 10, 2015 Downtown Overlay District Design Standards Downtown Overlay District Design Standards City of Oakwood Downtown Overlay District Design Standards P a g e | 1 Version: The following document was originally drafted in June of 2011 by B+C Studio of Atlanta. This document was formally adopted on August 8, 2011. It was revised on August 10, 2015. (The version of this document is listed in the upper right hand corner by date.) For more information or to obtain updated versions contact the City of Oakwood, Box 99, Oakwood, GA 30566, (770) 534-2365, or Downtown Overlay District Design Standards City of Oakwood Downtown Overlay District Design Standards P a g e | 2 Version: Table of Contents 1 Corridor Standards (Roads and Streets).

2 5 Corridor Classifications .. 5 Corridor Design Requirements .. 7 Typical Corridor Sections .. 10 2 Site Design Standards .. 12 Lots, Access, Setbacks and Building Orientation .. 12 Site Distance .. 14 Street Furnishings Zone .. 14 Outdoor Dining .. 15 Drive-Through Service Facilities .. 16 Fueling Stations .. 17 Sidewalks and Pedestrian Crossings .. 18 Parking Standards .. 27 Rear Entries .. 34 Natural Resources and Sustainable Site Practices .. 34 3 Site Amenities .. 37 Service Areas and Loading Docks.

3 37 Utilities and Mechanical Equipment .. 37 Refuse Collection Areas and Dumpsters .. 39 Site Furnishings .. 40 4 Landscaping .. 48 Professional Design Requirements .. 48 Xeri-scape and water wise requirements .. 48 Locally Proven, Hardy, Urban Plants .. 48 Public Safety Regarding Dangerous, Noxious and Invasive Plants .. 48 Sight Distances and Plants .. 48 Irrigation requirements .. 49 Entry Landscaping .. 49 Frontage Landscape Requirements .. 49 Landscape Strips and Planting Materials .. 51 Walls (not building walls), Columns and Piers.

4 52 Fences .. 52 Parking Lot Landscaping .. 52 Plazas, terraces, patios and other paved areas .. 53 Fountains .. 54 Parking Deck Landscaping/Screening .. 54 Buffers .. 54 55 Street Trees .. 55 5 Lighting .. 58 Lighting Standard Requirements .. 58 Streetlight Requirements .. 59 Store front Lighting .. 61 Parking lot lighting .. 61 Pedestrian/Sidewalk Lighting .. 61 Downtown Overlay District Design Standards City of Oakwood Downtown Overlay District Design Standards P a g e | 3 Version: Cut-Off Style Lighting requirements.

5 62 6 Signage .. 63 General requirements for all Signage .. 63 Sign Colors .. 63 Sign 64 Lighting of Signs .. 64 Public 64 Digital Signs .. 65 Directional Signage .. 65 Free Standing or Monument Signs .. 65 Prohibited Sign Types .. 65 Wall Mounted Signs .. 65 Awnings and Canopies .. 65 Protruding Signs .. 66 Window Signage .. 66 Address and Unit Numbering .. 67 Artwork Perceived as Signs .. 67 7 Building Construction Standards .. 69 New Construction Standards for Buildings and Structures.

6 69 Standards for Existing Buildings .. 80 8 Sustainable Maintenance Requirements .. 82 All properties vacant or otherwise .. 82 Vacant, cleared and undeveloped lots .. 83 Maintenance Standards For All Developed Property in the Overlay District .. 83 Appendix .. 85 Downtown Overlay District Design Standards City of Oakwood Downtown Overlay District Design Standards P a g e | 4 Version: Downtown Overlay District Design Standards Including All Sub-Districts The major goal of these Design Standards is to ensure that the future development of land in the Downtown Overlay District will conform to the Design , direction and intent of the Downtown and Commercial Center Master Plan.

7 These Standards will help to guarantee that the developments occurring within the District are sited and built to Standards that will support this vision and foster smart, pedestrian friendly and sustainable growth. The City s hope is that through these Standards , a level of quality and a distinct personality will arise, setting Oakwood out from surrounding areas and ensuring it maintains wide ranging appeal among residents, businesses and visitors alike. Therefore, the purpose and intent of this document is to protect, enhance, preserve or reuse places, sites, buildings, structures, objects, streets, signs, street furniture, sidewalks, neighborhoods, and landscape features; provide for aesthetic, economic, and functional value of properties, neighborhoods and structures.

8 And address issues of traffic, traffic operations and congestion, transit, bicycle and pedestrian access and safety, aesthetics of the built environment, business viability, neighborhood preservation and public safety in the Oakwood Downtown Overlay District (herein referred to as the DOD). The scope of this Article includes Standards for sidewalks; pedestrian and site lighting; street trees; site development; Design , materials, location, size and orientation of buildings and accessory structures; landscaping; screening and materials; and signs.

9 These Standards are necessary to implement the goals contained in the Oakwood 2030 Comprehensive Master Plan and the Oakwood Downtown and Commercial Center Master Plan. Such goals include, but are not limited to, implementing an integrated transportation and land use plan; creating a town center; applying Design guidelines; improving traffic and the pedestrian environment, aesthetics of the built environment, and business viability; preserving neighborhoods and promoting public safety. The Oakwood Downtown Overlay District Design Standards apply to all properties in the District .

10 Land and structures shall be used in accordance with Standards of the underlying zoning classification. This document contains Design Standards that apply to the development of public and private areas and for the creation of systems and amenities that are beneficial to the public, in the Downtown Overlay District and all of its sub-districts. The Design Standards contained in this article are mandatory. The instructions for application, enforcement, and interpretation of these Standards are further discussed in Article IV.