Primary building entrances (individual or shared) must include at least two of the following building materials: stucco, brick, stone, or wood. Entrances that do not face a public street and sidewalk (such as within deep or large lots) must face an internal pedestrian path that connects to a public sidewalk.

At least two different building types must be included in projects with multiple buildings. Building types must be differentiated through variations to building materials, color, rooflines, and the use of architectural features such as awnings and light fixtures.

Lighting must be recessed or hooded and downward directed.

All surface level parking areas, covered and uncovered, must be screened from public streets. Screening must be accomplished through building placement, landscaping, a planted berm, decorative fencing with vines, topography, or some combination of the above. Landscaping used for screening purposes must be no less than two feet wide (from the back of the sidewalk or street curb to the parking lot paving, whichever is greater) and no less than 42 inches in height.

Structured parking must be designed such that all lighting is fully shielded and automobile headlamps within the structure are not visible from adjacent buildings, parcels, or streets. The minimum height of screening for automobile headlights must be 42 inches in height.

Parking areas must be separated from any building by a sidewalk or landscaping with a minimum width of five feet.

Blank walls (facades without doors, windows, landscaping treatments) must be less than 30 feet in length.

Buildings three stories and over must provide three distinctive materials, each a minimum of 10% of the total street-facing building facade, and a minimum of two different building colors. Distinctive building materials must include a combination of stucco, brick, stone, and wood.

Trim surrounds or recessed windows with a minimum depth of three inches must be provided at all exterior windows and door openings.

Exterior front doors must be recessed a minimum of three feet or have a covered porch with a minimum depth of six feet.

Exterior walls must include two or more of the following: windows, trellises, arcades, roof overhangs, recessed or projected massing, columns, balconies, wainscots, or awnings.

Exterior stairwells must not be directly visible from the street. For safety and security, exterior stairwells must be oriented to interior spaces, such as plazas and gathering areas, parking areas, and pedestrian pathways and must not be separated from these areas by landscaping, fences, or walls taller than three feet.

All building walls must have at least one minor massing break every 50 lineal feet. A "minor massing break" means a variation in setback or a building entry, recess, or structural bay or other projection. A minor massing break that is a setback, recess, or projection must be at least 12 inches deep and four feet wide.

Buildings over three stories tall must have at least one major massing break every 100 lineal feet along all street frontages, adjacent public park, publicly accessible outdoor space, or open space area. A "major massing break" means a variation in setback or a building entry that is at least 72 inches deep and 60 inches wide and that extends the full height of the building.

Rooflines, whether pitched or flat, must be vertically articulated at least every 50 feet along the street frontage. "Vertically articulated" means one or more of the following: a parapet, a variation in cornice, a reveal, a clerestory window or windows, or a variation in roof height or form.