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South Bound Brook City Zoning Code

§ 34-29.6

HD-CDO District.

[Ord. No. 2005-03]
The Historic Dublin Civic Design Overlay district shall be coterminous with the R-2 district between Washington Street and Johnson Street. The following requirements must be complied with the HD-CDO district:
a. 
Benchmark Sites. The following buildings and sites have been designated to serve as the contextual basis for visual unity:
1. 
50 Franklin Street
2. 
73 Franklin Street
3. 
77 Franklin Street
4. 
68 Canal Street
b. 
Street Setback. A uniformly landscaped quasi-public "green" 100 feet in width shall be maintained between building lines. Open porches may project not more than 10 feet and garage doors must be recessed not less than 20 feet. An unobtrusive pedestrian way shall be maintained between the curbline and street line and the street line may be delineated by a linear feature no more than three feet in height. Buildings shall have a finished floor at 2 to 3 feet above grade and an eave/cornice line height of 11.5 to 12.5 feet.
c. 
Roofscape. Limited to pitched roofs with vertical project not exceeding 35 feet and a slope between 6:12 and 12:12.
d. 
Windows and Other Fascia Openings. Limited to formal styles with strong repetitive, linear, rectangular forms with strong symmetry proportioned 1:1-1:3 vertical to horizontal on all floors.
e. 
Fascia Openings: 25-70% of street level facsia; 25-70% of upper level fascia; 0-30% of roofscape.
f. 
Finishes. Color range shall be limited to "Colonial Revival" vernacular residential palettes with brick ranging from brick red to cream, stone from cool to warm grey, other fascia materials to be limited to white, green, cream and earth tones, trim to be of lighter hues and accent colors to be of complementary or adjacent color schemes. Surface textures shall be fine without significant relief or pattern. Color hue and saturation for upper fascia and roofscape shall be limited to moderate intensity ranges.
g. 
Signs and Displays. Displays and signage to be of workman-like quality.
h. 
Awnings. Treated as a street level or upper fascia appurtenance.
i. 
Landscaping. Fences, walls and hedges shall be decorative and limited to a height of 3 feet.
j. 
Pavement. Shall be limited to traveled paths and ways.