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Bernardsville City Zoning Code

§ LD-12-17.2.3

Design Standards.

[Ord. No. 2018-1772]
a. 
The design standards contained herein shall supplement the design and performance standards contained in Article 9-10 of Borough of Bernardsville Regulations. If there is a conflict, this section shall apply.
b. 
Overall development shall have a compatible design, architectural and landscaping scheme for the site,
c. 
New buildings shall relate to existing buildings and other structures in the vicinity that have a visual relationship to the site.
d. 
Multiple buildings on a single tract shall be designed so as to be architecturally compatible with one another, utilizing common color schemes and materials.
e. 
Building facades shall be consistent with the size, scale and setbacks of adjacent buildings and those where there is a visual relationship.
f. 
Guidelines for the fronts of buildings shall also apply to the rear and sides where visible at street level from a public right of way.
g. 
Buildings shall be designed so as to prevent exterior elevations from containing large expanses of blank, windowless or featureless walls. Also, large expanses of windows, including curtain-wall windows and other design elements not at a human scale, are strongly discouraged.
h. 
The type, shape, pitch, feature and color of any roof shall be architecturally compatible with the building style, material, colors and details of other buildings in the area.
i. 
Flat roofs shall be enclosed by parapets or other appropriate architectural details.
j. 
Green building strategies are encouraged in the AHO-4 Overlay Zone.