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<br />SECTION 3. GENERAL PROVISIONS
<br />Subd. 4. General Building and Use Provisions.
<br />B. Building Type and Construction.
<br />4. Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional. All buildings erected on land within
<br />commercial, industrial and public and semi - public zoning districts, and all institutional
<br />buildings (such as public, education, and religious buildings) in residential and rural
<br />zoning districts shall conform with the following:
<br />a. All sides of the principal and accessory structures are to have essentially the
<br />same or a coordinated harmonious finish treatment pursuant to Section 3, Subd.
<br />4.B of this Ordinance.
<br />b. Exterior wall surfaces may be a combination of materials including brick, stucco,
<br />EFIS (exterior finish insulation system), textured, colored or decoratively finished
<br />pre -cast or poured -in -place concrete panel, textured concrete masonry units,
<br />natural stone, manufactured stone, transparent, tinted or low- reflective glass, or
<br />decorative metal cladding.
<br />Stucco or EFIS shall constitute no more than thirty (30) percent of the primary,
<br />front building elevation, and no more than sixty (60) percent of any side or rear
<br />building elevation. Stucco or EFIS shall not extend closer than three (3) feet to
<br />the ground plane.
<br />Decorative metal cladding refers to decorative, metal cladding systems such as
<br />copper, zinc, titanium, stainless steel and painted steel components fixed to the
<br />outside of the primary wall system. Complete or partial buildings comprised of
<br />structural metal wall panel systems that act as the primary wall system, or as a
<br />complete wall system such as pole barns or similar structures common to
<br />agricultural or industrial storage uses are prohibited.
<br />c. Buildings shall have a well- defined base, middle and top. The base should
<br />appear visually distinct from the middle and top part (cornice) of the building
<br />through the use of a change in building materials, color, window shape or size,
<br />an intermediate cornice line, sign band, an awning, or similar techniques.
<br />d. Earth tone colors of exterior materials shall be required. "Earth tone colors" shall
<br />be defined as any various soft colors like those found in nature in soil, vegetation,
<br />etc. Such colors are limited to various shades or tints of brown, black, gray, tan,
<br />beige, brick red, soft green, soft blue, or white.
<br />e. Ten (10) percent of the building facade may contain contrasting colors.
<br />Contrasting colors shall be those colors not defined as earth tones.
<br />f. All mechanical equipment, such as air handling units located anywhere on the
<br />property, including rooftop equipment, shall be screened from view from adjacent
<br />streets, public rights of way, and adjacent properties.
<br />Where a site abuts a residential property, the location of air handling and other
<br />equipment must take into account the potential for noise and other impacts on
<br />the residential property.
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