Building design

• A. General standards. Building design within the Jamestown Village Special Development Overlay District shall be consistent with the guidance provided in "A Jamestown Vision: Pattern Book & Design Guidelines for Building in the Village, June 19, 2008" (as amended). The permit reviewing authority shall compare the contents of the proposal with the following sections to determine whether there is consistency between the application and these sections of the village guidelines:

  • 1) Building form

  • 2) Building elements

  • 3) Mixed use and retail

  • 4) Materials and methods

• B. Specific standards. In addition to the requirements of subsection A above, the following specific building design standards shall apply.

  • 1) The first story of all commercial or mixed-use façades shall be glazed with clear glass over no less than 30 percent of the façade area.

  • 2) Commercial and mixed-use building stories may not exceed 14 feet in height from finished floor to finished ceiling, except for a first-floor commercial use, which shall be a minimum of 11 feet and may be a maximum of 25 feet. A single floor level exceeding 14 feet, or 25 feet at ground level, shall be counted as two stories. Mezzanines extending beyond 33 percent of the floor area shall be counted as an additional story.

  • 3) The use of an attic, at its building limit height, shall be ancillary to the use on the level below, unless approved as an accessory dwelling unit as permitted in section 82-1201, Accessory dwelling units.

  • 4) The minimum size of a dwelling within a principal building shall be 300 sq ft in interior space. Accessory structures may be developed, as provided in section 82-1201.

  • 5) No flat-roofed buildings or structures may be constructed unless they meet the definition of green roof per section 82-104, Definitions. All roofs should have a minimum pitch of six inches on 12 inches (22.5 degrees).

(Ord. of 2-3-2025(1), § 1(Exh. A))