17.49.070 Architectural design.
All buildings in the LI and HI zone shall be aesthetically pleasing, well-proportioned buildings, which blend with the surrounding property and structures. The following criteria shall be applied to all buildings and/or structures constructed in the LI, HI and T zones and any other construction requiring a building permit in the LI, HI and T zones as per the currently adopted building code for Lindon City:
1. Twenty-five percent (25%) minimum of the exterior of all buildings (except as permitted in 17.49.070(4)) shall be covered with brick, decorative block, stucco, wood, or other similar materials as approved by the Planning Commission. Precast concrete or concrete tilt-up buildings also meet the architectural treatment requirement, subject to the standards in section 17.49.070(2). (These architectural treatment standards are not applicable in the HI zone).
a. With the consent of the property owner, the Planning Commission may allow some or all of the required architectural treatment on a proposed building or addition to be transferred to a pre-existing building or structure, or transferred to one or more sides of a proposed structure, which may be more visible from a public street. Said transfer of architectural treatment would need to improve the overall visual character of the area in a greater manner than if the treatment is only applied to the less visible building, addition, or side of the structure being considered. No net loss of treatment should occur. When considering a transfer of the architectural treatment, the Planning Commission should be conscious of visual site lines of adjacent buildings and properties to determine if they would be negatively impacted by a Planning Commission decision to allow transfer of the architectural treatment on the proposed structures.
2. Precast concrete or concrete tilt-up buildings are permitted in the LI zone and meet the architectural treatment requirement in subsection 1 above, subject to the following standards:
a. Bare concrete exteriors are permitted if the concrete color is consistent and if the building is also finished with additional architectural details such as entrance canopies, wrought iron railings and finishes, shutters, multi-level porches, metal shades, and metal awnings.
b. Painted or colored concrete exteriors are also permitted if the shade of each color is consistent and if the building is also finished with additional architectural details such as entrance canopies, wrought iron railings and finishes, shutters, multi-level porches, metal shades, and metal awnings.
3. All exterior building materials in the LI, HI and T zones shall be earth-tone colors. A sample color palette of acceptable earth-tone colors is found in the Appendix of the Lindon City Commercial Design Guidelines.
4. The Planning Commission may approve ribless, metal, flat-faced, stucco embossed, metal sandwich panel buildings when the Planning Commission finds that the building is aesthetically pleasing, adequately trimmed, contrasted with different colors, is well proportioned, blends in with surrounding property, and has a similar look to that achieved by 17.49.070(1). The exterior appearance of such buildings shall primarily be of earth tone colors. Applicants desiring to apply for this type of construction may consider the Lindon City Public Works building located at 946 West Center Street and the building located at 375 North 700 West in Pleasant Grove as examples of structures in compliance with this architectural design standard. (Ord. 2015-6, amended, 2015; Ord. 2008-8, amended, 2008; Ord. 2008-4, amended, 2008; Ord. 2003-1, amended, 2003; Ord. 98-9, amended, 2000)