Connect buildings to the broader built environment through consistent orientation and design elements.

Activate public streetscapes and other public or community spaces with pedestrian scale design elements and "permeable" buildings and facades.

Create consistent well-designed building frontages along streets and other public or community spaces, suitable to the site context and environment.

Include uniform application of basic design qualities and materials on all sides of buildings.

Encourage architectural diversity appropriate to a site's immediate context.

Create neighborhoods and districts that exhibit both character and value.

Use exterior materials that contribute to the desired character of the planning district, and are compatible with existing materials of surrounding buildings.

Avoid blank walls and long, uninterrupted facades along public streetscapes and other public or community spaces.

Screen or eliminate building elements dedicated to loading, vehicle access, or other intensive service areas from prominent positions on streetscape or from adjacent property.

Minimize the impact of external utilities, such as cabinets, mechanical equipment, conduits and storage areas on the public viewshed.

Protect the character and values of adjacent properties and the public realm by creating criteria relating to building mass and scale that establish the relationship of buildings to the public viewshed.

Create effective transitions from the public rights-of-way to private areas through the design, location, and orientation of buildings.