§ 17.48.032. Additional design requirements.

A.

Architectural Requirements: Principal buildings (including room additions, but excluding sunrooms, porch and patio roofs, dormers, bay windows, chimney caps, carports, accessory buildings and the like) shall comply with the following:

1.

Exterior Materials: The front, side and rear walls shall have minimum masonry coverage of eighty percent of total wall area (including the area for actual doors or windows) in accordance with the definition of masonry construction. Cementitious fiber board (e.g. HardyPlank®) or EIFS may be used for the remaining twenty percent and for chimneys, dormers and gable ends. Alternate materials and designs may be considered by the planning and zoning commission for meritorious exceptions in accordance with Section 17.84.100.D.

2.

Roof Pitch. The roof shall have a minimum predominant pitch of 7:12, except in the following cases:

a.

A tile roof shall have a minimum predominant pitch of 4:12;

b.

A standing seam metal roof shall have a minimum predominant pitch of 4:12. The standing seam metal roofing material shall have a low-reflectance finish and be no less than 24-gauge in thickness, with a maximum solar reflectivity of 0.65;

c.

The minimum roof pitch for a residential addition shall match the predominant pitch of the roof of the existing residential building; or

d.

An alternate design for roof pitch may be approved by the planning and zoning commission in accordance with Section 17.84.100.D, concerning meritorious exceptions.

(Ord. No. 1344, § 1, 10-18-2012; Ord. No. 1350, § 7, 7-18-2013; Ord. No. 1393, § 15, 1-21-2016 ; Ord. No. 1440 , § 6, 4-4-2019)