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South Willamette Concept Plan <br />APPENDIX C <br />DESIGN PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES <br />Connections and Open Space <br />Create an attractive, unified and memorable <br />character throughout the district <br />Define the district through gateways and <br />special features at important locations, for <br />example through: <br />0 Special paving patterns or <br />materials along important streets or <br />at key intersections <br />0 Specimen trees, e.g. paired across <br />gateway intersections <br />0 Architectural features such as turret <br />corners and towers <br />0 Public spaces such as mini - plazas <br />at corners <br />0 Special elements such as art, water <br />features or lighting <br />Identify areas for special attention to design <br />and architectural detail <br />Establish standards to promote consistency <br />throughout the district, for example: <br />0 Building standards <br />0 Street standards <br />0 Standards for furnishing, paving, <br />landscaping and /or other unifying <br />elements in public areas <br />Provide for a variety of interconnected public <br />spaces for gathering, events, recreation, and <br />commerce <br />Define pathways through the district that <br />connect special streets, public spaces, <br />commercial areas, services and activity centers <br />such as schools <br />Places for Business and Living <br />• Define the district through consistent and <br />attractive building forms, for example through: <br />• Setbacks and /or build -to lines to establish <br />a consistent relationship of buildings to the <br />street <br />• Height limitations, setbacks and step -backs <br />• Consistency of horizontal elements through <br />adjacent buildings <br />• Well- proportioned buildings with pleasant <br />massing and composition <br />0 Break up large masses with <br />protrusions and change of <br />materials and /or color <br />Well- defined entries facing the street or <br />public spaces <br />• Interesting roof lines that create an identifiable <br />skyline <br />• Define the district through consistent and <br />attractive building forms, for example through <br />Setbacks and /or build -to lines to establish <br />a consistent relationship of buildings to the <br />street <br />Height limitations, setbacks and step - <br />backs <br />• Consistency of horizontal elements <br />through adjacent buildings <br />• Well- proportioned buildings with pleasant <br />massing and composition <br />0 Break up large masses with <br />protrusions and change of <br />materials and /or color <br />• Well- defined entries facing the street or <br />public spaces <br />• Interesting roof lines that create an <br />identifiable skyline <br />• Minimize impacts of new development on <br />existing residential uses. <br />• Create a clear transition from public to private <br />space along residential streets <br />• Use building form transitions to blend <br />between business and living sections of the <br />neighborhood <br />• Create gradual transitions from buildings and <br />uses of greater intensity and volume to lesser <br />intensity and volume <br />• Promote a safe and livable character <br />throughout residential neighborhoods <br />Minimize impacts of new development on <br />existing residential uses through transitions <br />at the edge between higher intensity <br />uses and properties with lower intensity <br />residential uses, including: <br />0 Reduced building height, for <br />example through height limits and/ <br />or sloped setbacks <br />0 Increased interior yard setbacks <br />used for open space requirements <br />or parking <br />74 ■ City of Eugene <br />