Appendix E Tighe&Bond
APPENDIX E
DESIGN GUIDELINES
Tighe&Bond
Draft Design Guidelines for The Village at Hospital Hill are currently under
development. The Guidelines are intended to facilitate administrative review of the
various developments within the proposed project phasing.
The City of Northampton Zoning Ordinance Section 10.15(3)(c.) states:
Landscaping, new buildings, parking, lighting, and other improvements in the
Planned Village District must be designed and maintained to minimize the
visual intrusion to the surrounding area and to preserve and enhance the
existing “campus” layout or be designed to create a new compact and
coherent village or campus center appearance. The Planning Board shall
find that this criterion is met if:
A. Construction will cause no more than minimal disturbance of existing
ridge-lines and hilltops and will, to the extent possible, preserve existing
specimen trees and other desirable natural features.
B. All permanent mechanical equipment is screened from public view and
from views from surrounding properties and ways.
C. The design and appearance of proposed new buildings, renovations, and
other improvements are designed for visual compatibility within the site
and the surrounding area; or private covenants are established for the
development that require adequate architectural controls sufficient to
ensure compatibility within the site and surrounding area in the design,
construction, and maintenance of improvements. Generally, buildings
should be a minimum of two stories in height.
The Planning Board may consider the review of the proposed development of buildings
on an individual basis until the private covenants (Design Guidelines) are established.
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