The City seeks to maintain a sense of place that is clearly apparent and consciously embraced. The gateway property development standards are designed to encourage development that provides visitors and residents with a sense of arrival and to enhance the City's national historic designation while being a good, healthy and economically viable place to live and work.

(Ord. 415 § 7.114.010, 2002)

All properties located outside the designated historic commercial overlay and the historic residential overlay and adjacent to Highway 99 or Ehlen Road shall be collectively referenced as "gateway properties." The standards of this chapter shall be interpreted to mean structures and property within a maximum of one hundred (100) feet or the first tier of buildings, whichever is greater, from the closest right-of-way line of Highway 99E or Ehlen Road.

(Ord. 462 § 1, 2011)

A.

The Planning Director shall follow the standards for decision making contained in AMC 16.78 and shall send formal agency referral notices and Planning Director decisions to the Planning Commission for all development permit applications involving Gateway Standards properties.

B.

Because the application of Section 16.56 Gateway Standards to a development appears to be ministerial, objective and not discretionary (i.e. is the setback ten (10) feet greater than the setback of the base zone or not?) and because the approval of building permits is an administrative decision by the Planning Director, all development permit applications on Gateway District properties which do not otherwise require Planning Commission and/or City Council review and approval, shall be processed administratively under the requirements of AMC 16.78, including the authority of the Planning Director to refer any application to the Planning Commission for review.

C.

The Planning Director and Planning Commission shall have the authority to consult with industry professionals (i.e. architects) and the Aurora Historic Review Board for help in understanding the application's compliance with architectural gateway standards.

(Ord. 462 § 1, 2011)

A.

The façades immediately adjacent to Highway 99E or Ehlen Road and greater than forty-five (45) feet in length shall be designed to convey a sense of division through the use of pilasters, window and door openings, recessed entries, off-sets or other architectural details.

B.

Buildings immediately adjacent to Highway 99E or Ehlen Road shall not exceed one hundred fifty (150) feet in length without visual relief pass thru.

C.

Except for residential uses allowed under the base zoning, parking shall not be located between the Highway 99E or Ehlen Road right-of-way and a structure.

D.

A planting strip no less than six feet in width shall be provided between the sidewalks and the curb and the planting of street trees shall be required.

E.

Pedestrian friendly, period street lamps are required as approved by the City and the Oregon Department of Transportation or Marion County, as applicable.

F.

Antennas, aerials and satellite dishes and mechanical equipment shall be located so they will not be visible from Highway 99E or Ehlen Road or screened architecturally.

G.

Signs shall be in accordance with Chapter 16.44.

H.

Landscaping requirements shall be in accordance with Chapter 16.38.

I.

Street lighting for Gateway properties shall be the similar to the style shown under Design Review Guidelines for Gateway Properties (Appendix B).

(Ord. 462 § 1, 2011)

A.

Structures containing commercial uses shall have no minimum front setback and a maximum ten-foot landscaped front setback. The Planning Commission may approve increases in the maximum front setback where such exception is necessary to locate a landscaped storm water retention/ detention facility in the front setback.

B.

The façade shall be modeled after and similar to one of the commercial styles as illustrated and discussed in the City of Aurora Design Guidelines for Gateway Properties (See Appendix B). Secondary façades, those sides not facing Highway 99E or Ehlen, may have less architectural detailing and degree of finish than the primary façade. The Planning Commission may approve exceptions to this subsection when the applicant demonstrates the design satisfies all other requirements of this section and is compatible with the Aurora comprehensive plan, Section IX, Item A, Overlay Objectives.

C.

The design shall include construction techniques, siding styles, color samples, and other materials and descriptions to display to the Planning Commission how the applicable criteria are being met. At a minimum, the front or façade facing Highway 99E and/or Ehlen Road shall include a minimum of four of the following elements from the selected style:

1.

Window styles.

2.

Siding material.

3.

Roof style and material.

4.

Stone or brick façade detailing.

5.

Parapet details.

6.

Columns.

7.

Use of cornices, brackets and window moldings.

8.

Awnings, in line with past commercial structures.

9.

Use of recessed entries.

D.

Awnings. Brightly colored, flamboyant patterns and back lighting of canvas awnings are not permitted. Writing on canvas is permitted on commercial structures and is limited to border areas. Awnings shall fit with the style of window and be compatible with the architecture in color and design.

(Ord. 462 § 1, 2011)

A.

For residential uses, the Highway 99E or Ehlen Road setback shall be ten (10) feet greater than the setback shown in the base zoning.

B.

The façade shall be modeled after and similar to styles as illustrated and discussed in the City of Aurora Design Review Guidelines for Historic District Properties (See Appendix B). Secondary façades, those sides not facing Highway 99E or Ehlen Road, may have less architectural detailing and degree of finish than the primary façade. The Planning Commission may approve exceptions to this subsection when the applicant demonstrates the design satisfies all other requirements of this section and is compatible with the Aurora comprehensive plan, Section IX, Item A, Overlay Objectives.

C.

The design shall include construction techniques, siding styles, color samples, and other materials and descriptions to display to the Planning Commission how the applicable criteria are being met. At a minimum, the front or façade facing Highway 99E and/or Ehlen Road shall include a minimum of two of the following elements from the selected style. These elements are in addition to visual relief design features required under the base zone but meeting base zone requirements may help satisfy required design elements:

1.

Pillars or posts,

2.

Vertical window arrangements, either single, paired or triple, and trimmed with wood,

3.

Horizontal siding in clapboard, shiplap, weatherboard, or tongue and groove four to six inches in width,

4.

Bay or bow windows,

5.

Recessed entries.

D.

Roof. Sawn wood shingles with a five-inch reveal, architectural charcoal or black composition roofing are required. Primary roofs shall be similar to those found historically.

(Ord. 462 § 1, 2011)