Design Review Board Design Guideline Checklist

Light Manufacturing Design Guidelines – BIMC 18.18.030

“Pre-App” Meeting Checklist

“Post-App” Meeting Checklist

Project Name/Case #:

Land Use Application

(Pre-app, Site Plan
Review etc.):

Project Description:

Applicable Design Guidelines

Design DRB Action
Intent Description Applicant Response
Guideline (Y/N)
Preserve vistas and viewpoints Where the terrain permits, hide
1. Site of pastoral scenes such as rolling the view of building, parking, and
Design/ hills, fields and forested ridges. equipment, so that they cannot
View from be seen from the road.
the Road

Use trees and shrubs to Preserve mature trees and shrubs

maintain or establish a visual and plant trees that can screen
2. Site
screen of light manufacturing the view of buildings from the
Design/
buildings and/or activities. Also road or adjacent residential
Maintain
use existing or newly planted properties. Protect significant
Wooded
trees and shrubs to soften the mature trees and stands of trees
Character
impact of new development so that mature vegetation
within the interior of the site. dominates within the screen.
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Light Manufacturing Design Guidelines – BIMC 18.18.030

Applicable Design Guidelines

Design DRB Action
Intent Description Applicant Response
Guideline (Y/N)
Minimize the disruption of the To the greatest extent possible,
visible landscape. road entrances should not draw
attention to the light
manufacturing facility. This
3. Site should be accomplished by
Design/ minimizing the width of the
Entrances entrance, utilizing curves
immediately inside the entrance,
and by allowing the natural
vegetation to grow to the edge of
the drive.
Maintain the island landscape. Chain link fences shall not be
4. Site
visible from roads and
Design/
neighboring properties.
No Chain Link
Fences
Minimize the visual impact of Build roads as narrow as possible.
5. Site
the roads. Create, whenever possible, a loop
Design/
within the site with one-way
Internal
narrow roads. Let vegetation
Roads
grow to the edge of the road.
6. Site Minimize the visual impact of Place loading docks on the site so
Design/ loading docks from the road and they are fully screened from the
Loading adjacent residential properties. road or adjacent residential
Docks properties.
Help sustain and encourage Active agricultural uses such as
7. Site
agriculture on the island. pasture land and fruit and
Design/
vegetable farms are encouraged
Agricultural
within the open space.
Uses Within
Open Space
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Applicable Design Guidelines

Design DRB Action
Intent Description Applicant Response
Guideline (Y/N)
Expand passive recreational use. Trails are encouraged. Support
8. Site
future trail systems by initiating
Design/ Trails
trails on the site or connecting to
Within Open
existing trails.
Space
Ensure that the source of light Freestanding and building
for parking, services, and mounted light fixtures should not
loading areas does not spill over exceed 14 feet in height,
to adjacent residential including the base. All exterior
9. Site
properties or the road. lighting fixtures should
Design/
incorporate cutoff shields to
Shielded
prevent spillover. Use of motion
Lighting
sensors with long time delays are
encouraged. Use of mercury
vapor lamps are strongly
discouraged.
Include building details that Buildings should incorporate
create a sense of human scale most of the following elements:
and that visually reduce the bulk  A pitched or rounded
of larger buildings. roof
10. Building  Varied rooflines and roof
details such as monitors
Design/
Encouraging  A visually prominent
principal entrance
Varied
Appropriately scaled
Shapes and
windows with visible
Details
trim
 Landscaping at the
building edge
 Surface treatment to
break up scale
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Light Manufacturing Design Guidelines – BIMC 18.18.030

Applicable Design Guidelines

Design DRB Action
Intent Description Applicant Response
Guideline (Y/N)
11. Building Ensure that larger pieces of Conceal mechanical equipment
Design/ mechanical equipment are within the roof, or behind
Conceal visually unobtrusive. buildings or other screening so it
Mechanical is not visible from the road or
Equipment adjacent residential properties.
Avoid glare onto adjacent Avoid the use of reflective glass
12. Building properties or roads. and exterior colors or building
Design/ materials that produce a strong
Glare reflection of light.

Guidelines Requiring
Action per DRB:

DRB Summary Motion

on Actions: