1. Building Mass. Building elevations viewed from public streets must be constructed using a combination of architectural features, such as windows, pedestrian entrances, building offsets, projections, recesses, detailing, a change in materials or similar features, to break up large building facades and walls greater than 50 feet in length. A minimum of 15 percent of the horizontal building facade facing a street must contain a variety of architectural features.

2. Pedestrian-Scale Building Entrances. Recessed entries, canopies, and/or similar features must be used at the entries to buildings in order to create a pedestrian scale.

3. The predominant building materials should be characteristic of Central Oregon such as brick, wood, native stone and tinted/textured concrete masonry units and/or glass products.

4. Roofs should be designed to reduce the apparent exterior mass of a building, add visual interest and be appropriate to the architectural style of the building. Variations within one architectural style are highly encouraged. Visible rooflines and roofs that project over the exterior wall of a building enough to cast a shadow on the ground are highly encouraged. Architectural methods must be used to conceal flat rooftops. Overhanging eaves, sloped roofs, parapet walls that have variations vertically or horizontally with decorative features, and multiple roof elements are highly encouraged.

5. Community amenities such as patio/seating areas, water features, art work or sculpture, clock towers, pedestrian plazas with park benches or other features located in areas accessible to the public may be calculated as part of the landscaping requirements of BDC Chapter 3.2.

6. Exterior colors must be of low reflectance, subtle, neutral or earth tone colors. The use of high intensity colors such as neon, highly reflective metallic or fluorescent for the facade and/or roof of the building is prohibited except as approved for building trim.

7. Outdoor and rooftop mechanical equipment and trash cans/dumpsters must be architecturally screened from view. Heating, ventilation and air conditioning units must have a noise attenuating barrier to protect adjacent Residential Districts from mechanical noise. [Ord. NS-2311, 2018]