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while incorporating individual building style and hardscape features to evoke the village <br />character at the individual lot scale. <br /> <br />Front-yard planter areas and patio/plaza hardscape areas should be used to avoid <br />suburban-type, all-grass front yards. Site grading to differentiate building pads <br />from street grade can create opportunities for such landscape features and should <br />be encouraged. <br /> <br />All buildings - including the main house and accessory structures - should be <br />simple in overall form and configuration. The main structure should generally be <br />rectilinear in form. Square buildings should be avoided. "L"- or "U"-shaped <br />buildings should be used in lieu of square building forms. <br /> <br />Building siting should permit major views through to outlying areas and to create <br />varied front-yard street views. <br /> <br />Secondary roof elements can be shed, gable, or hip, which generally do not extend <br />into the upper quarter of the main roof. <br /> <br />Roofs: The roof is the most significant element of the building and should be simply <br />shaped and not complicated. The roof is primary in providing clarity to the overall build- <br />ing form. Gable roofs should generally dominate the roof form character on the cul-de- <br />SaC. <br /> <br />a. Roof Pitch: <br /> <br />Roof pitches for the main house and any accessory structures should be a <br />maximum of 6:12. Flatter pitches for portions of roofs, e.g., the roof over a <br />covered front porch, are allowed when the total roof form is dominated by a <br />6:12 pitch. <br /> <br />All roof pitches should be the same except for: (1) porches that extend <br />from single-stow building mass (here the roof pitch shall maintain an abso- <br />lute 4:12 minimum); (2) reduced pitches near eave lines that do not have <br />secondary elements from them (used only on a limited basis); and, (3) in- <br />creased pitches on dormers and gable ends. <br /> <br />Roof Penetrations: Roof penetrations, excluding chimneys, should be minimized, <br />organized, occur primarily at the rear of the house, and be painted the same color <br />as the roof. Eave vents for plumbing are encouraged over pipe penetrations <br />through the roofi <br /> <br />Building Materials: The collection of individual buildings on the cul-de-sac should look <br />uniform from a distance in terms of building materials. Individual buildings should ap- <br /> <br />Final Design Guidelines (Corrected) March 4, 2003 Page 4 of 13 <br /> <br /> <br />