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A. In addition to the provisions of PMC 15.04.310, all work within the Mixed Use Area regarding the exterior visible appearance of any new building or structure should be of such a design and employment of materials as to contribute to the architectural identity of Parachute’s emerging “Central Business District.”

B. Multifamily, Commercial and Mixed Use Buildings and Structures.

1. Buildings should have a minimum of three (3) colors per building, including roof, walls and window trim and/or casing/mullions. Three (3) colors should break down as main color, secondary color, and trim.

2. Buildings should have wall articulation on at least two (2) sides of a building. Articulation should result in only forty percent (40%) of a wall on the same alignment. Articulation should be a minimum of five-foot (5') depth between wall alignment.

3. Wall plane variation along all building walls and faces should be provided using at least three (3) different material types and three (3) different colors including roof, walls and window trim and/or casing/mullions. Variation should be provided along building walls so that no more than twenty percent (20%) of any building wall is of one (1) continuous material.

4. Roof plane variation should be provided where continuous roof planes exceed fifty feet (50'). Cross gables, dormers, clearstory roofs, nested gables or roof plane breaks are all acceptable means of roof plane variation.

5. Gable or hipped roofs should have a pitch of four to twelve (4:12) or greater.

6. Eaves or soffits should be provided on all pitched roof structures. Eaves or soffits should be provided at a minimum of three feet (3') projection from the face of the attached wall plane where gross building square footage exceeds fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet. Where gross building square footage is less than fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet, eaves or soffits should be provided at a minimum of two feet (2') projection from the face of the attached wall plan.

7. A fascia should be provided at the termination of all pitched roof planes. The fascia height should be a minimum of eight inches (8"). Gutters or other drainage appurtenances may be fastened to the fascia.

8. Suggested building materials are as follows:

a. Roofs – Composite shingles, concrete shakes, standing seam metal, rolled metal, tile.

b. Windows – Glass, transparent, or tinted. Aluminum, wood or vinyl casings are also acceptable.

c. Walls – Steel, aluminum, concrete, vinyl or wood siding; concrete block, cultured stone, stone, stucco/EIFS, standing seam metal, brick, precast concrete. (Ord. 711 §1 (Exh. A), 2017)