South Bound Brook City Zoning Code
§ 34-29.3
Civic Design Performance Standards.
[Ord. No. 2005-03]
The streetscape between the building line and the street shall be a semi-public amenity, a passive open space of a unified decorative character. No visible structural or landscape feature is to be visually disruptive of that character either in that it is:
a.
Functionally incompatible with the passive character of the space or that utilitarian activities and non-decorative features are visible from the street;
b.
Out of character with the physical traits of color, material, form, scale, formality or other design aspects of the streetscape; or
c.
Disorderly in its competition for attention departing form a hierarchy of safety first followed by celebration, display of goods and services, promotional message, informational messages with background elements subdued. The appropriate degree of salience of informational features shall be gauged by the following hierarchal order of importance.
1.
Safety devices and hazard warnings;
2.
Celebratory information;
3.
Displays of goods, symbols or icons;
4.
Promotional, identification, sales or marketing;
5.
Informational, regulatory, promotional or addressing; and
6.
Noninformational features designed to create a harmonious background gauged in terms of similarity, congruence, and agreement of visual traits including but not limited to:
(a)
Form treatment including shape, scale, proportion, rhythm, and balance.
(b)
Surface treatment including color palette, texture, sheen and pattern.
