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ORDINANCE NO. 7067
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 4 OF TITLE XVII OF THE
PUEBLO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO LARGE SCALE
DEVELOPMENT PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, that: (Brackets indicate material
deleted, underscoring indicates material added.)
SECTION 1.
Chapter 4 of Title XVII of the Pueblo Municipal Code is hereby amended by the addition of
a new Section 46 to read as follows:
Section 17 -4 -46. Large Scale Development Performance Standards.
(a) INTENT
The intent of this Section is to encourage visual design interest and a pedestrian site design
for large scale buildings. These structures shall be designed to reduce the massive scale and
uniform, monolithic appearances. Building design shall also promote a safe and comfortable
estrian oriented site with a mixture of uses and sizes of structures. Careful attention to local
community design issues will also ensure a greater likelihood of reuse of the structure for
subsequent tenants.
OVERVIEW
To further design excellence and creativity within the community, and to encourage an
individual design, applicants for large scale development proposals shall maximize the overall
design of the site and structure(s). Within the context of an individual design for Pueblo, three
design styles have historically been identified as part of Pueblo's historic and built environment:
Mediterranean /Mission (`CF & I /Santa Fe Railroad influence'). Pueblo's National Park stvle. and the
Pueblo or Adobe style. Therefore, the Administrative Official may allow minor changes in the
design standards listed in this Section if the objectives of this Section continues to be adhered to in
the overall development design. Appeals to the Planning and Zoning Commission concerning the
interpretation or administration of this Section may be taken by any person aggrieved by any
decision of the Administrative Official. Written notice of appeal specifying the grounds and reasons
therefore shall be filed in the office of the Department of Land Use Administration within ten (1
s after the date of the decision beina appealed. otherwise. the decision of the Administrative
Official shall be final. The Planning and Zoning Commission shall fix a reasonable time for the
hearing on Appeal, give due notice of the hearing to interested parties at least five (5) working days
before the hearina. and decide the appeal within a reasonable time. The decision of the Plannin
and Zoning Commission shall be final subject to judicial review under C.R.C.P. 106(a)(4).
c) Definitions.
(1) Arcade means an area contiauous to a street or plaza that is open and
unobstructed and accessible to the public at all times. Arcades may include building
columns. landscaoina. statuary and fountains. Arcades do not include off - street
loading /unloading areas, driveways or parking areas.
(2) Articulate means to give emphasis to or distinctly identify a particular
(3) Building face, front means any building face or portions thereof that can be
touched by a line drawn perpendicular to the street or as extended toward the build
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(4) Canopy or portico means a porch or walkway with a roof supported by
columns, often leading to the entrance of the building.
(5) Entrance means the front door to an establishment intended as the primary
customer access point. The area of an entrance shall include the area on either side of the
door for a distance of at least ten (10) feet.
(6) Facade means the portion of any exterior elevation on the building extending
from grade to the top of the parapet, wall or eaves and extending the entire length of the
building.
(7) Outdoor patio means an open outdoor eating and gathering area of at least
five hundred (500) square feet which may be covered, but must remain open on at least
three (3) sides.
(8) Parapet means the portion of a wall that extends above the roof line.
(9) Plaza or piazza means an open area available to the public at all times.
(10) Portal means a large and impressive entrance door or gateway.
(11) Public art means any work of art or design created by an artist recognized in
the area and sited in a public place.
(12) Supermarket means a retail establishment that sells food products.
(d) Applicability. The following development is subject to the requirements of this
Section in addition to complying with all other Municipal Code requirements:
New construction eaual to or exceedina 40.000 aross sauare feet of sinale
plate ground floor and serving a single tenant or multiple tenants in a single
development;
(2) Additions of thirty -five (35) percent or more to an existing structure that is
already 30,000 gross square feet or larger, or an addition that results in a
structure of at least 40,000 gross square feet or more after the addition;
(3) Any addition to a structure or development that has previously been
reviewed under this Section: and
4) Pad sites with structures of fewer than 40.000 sauare feet which are
associated with the primary development and which are included in the
oriainal subdivision and /or master plan of the overall development.
5) Zone or area districts that have a reaulatory desian review process. such as
the H.B. Zone District, HARP District, and Designed Urban Renewal Area
are exempt from these standards.
(e) Design Standards, which shall include the following:
(1) All design standards contained within this Section shall be applicable unless
specified otherwise.
(2) Pre - fabricated metal building facades are prohibited. Corrugated metal,
unfinished smooth face concrete block. tilt -uo concrete panels. ore-
fabricated steel panels. and vinvl sidina are discouraaed as an exterior
building facade material unless they can be demonstrated to the satisfaction
of the Land Use Administrator that their use compliments the overall desian
of the development.
Predominant exterior building materials shall be high quality materials such
as: wood. brick. sandstone. other native stone. or tinted. textured concrete
masonry units, or stucco.
(4) Landscaping. To compliment the large scale of the structure(s) and parking
areas, the following shall be included: Landscaping as defined in this
Section is in addition to the reauirements of Section 17 -4 -7. Landsca
Performance Standard.
a. Trees planted under this Section or Section 17 -4 -7. shall be a
minimum of 2.5" caliper and specimen quality as certified by the
American Standard of Nursery Stock (ASNS). Park grade trees are
prohibited.
b. The required landscape setback area as defined in Section 17 -4 -7
shall be a minimum of ten (10) feet, with an overall landscaped area
equivalent to a depth of 25' across the entire frontage. This will allow
flexibility in the width of the landscaped area along the frontage.
C. Landscape islands which separate rows of parking stalls shall be a
minimum of twelve (12) feet wide.
d. Landscape islands shall be provided every one - hundred (100) linear
feet of aligned parking spaces.
e. A minimum of thirty (30) percent of the required parking lot landscape
islands as described above shall be a minimum of fifteen (15) feet
wide and eighteen (18) feet long. It is encouraged that these be
placed in proximity to the front of the buildings(s).
5) Provisions for outdoor emolovee smokina. lunch and break areas shall be
screened from public view and incorporated into the building and site design.
(6) Facades greater than one hundred (100) feet in linear length shall be
articulated with recesses or projections, which total at least twenty -five (25)
ercent of that facade. Recesses or
(10) feet in depth. See Figure 4.
ctions must be a minimum of ten
(7) Ground floor facades that face public streets or public ways shall have arcades,
display windows, entry areas, awnings or other such design features along no
less than sixty (60) percent of that facade. This requirement includes the facade
of the buildina that functions as the rear. vet faces a street. See Fiaure 4
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Projections / recesses shall comprise at least
25% of fagade length with a minimum depth of
10 feet.
Animating features such as these must total 60% of total
fagade length for any fagade abutting a public street
Facade Treatments. All facades must use at least five (5) of the followina desian
features:
(1) Have more than two (2) exterior contrasting colors (not including trim
material) and have more than three (3) exterior material or texture chanaes.
(2) Have building face offsets (minimum twelve f121 inch offset) that are parallel
to the front lot line.
(3) Covered pedestrian walkway across the entire front facade of the structure.
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4) Clear alass window disolav area with colored mullions that covers at least
twenty -five (25) percent of one facade, or thirty (30) percent of two facades.
(5) Public Art — Buildina. To further create an individual identitv to Pueblo
artistic detailing such as tile work, murals, sculptures, and similar features, which
are integrated into the design of the structure are encouraged. If tile work or murals,
or similar detailing on the building is used, it must cover at least twenty (20) percent
of that facade. which is not devoted to the entrance area(s):
a. One (1) percent of the hard and soft construction cost, which shall
include all associated landscaping, parking, design, engineering and all other costs,
for the subject property shall be allocated and used to purchase and install public art
for the building(s).
b. Calculation of the construction cost shall exclude real orooerty
acquisition and shall be verified by the Pueblo Regional Building Department.
C. The following expenses may be included in the public art allocation:
1. The artwork itself. includina the artist's fee for desia
structural engineering and fabrication;
2. Transportation and installation of the work at the
3. Identification plaques; and
4. Mountings, anchorages, containment, pedestals, bases or
other materials necessary for the installation of the artwork:
d. The following expenses shall be excluded from the pubic art
allocation:
1. The cost of locatina the artist:
2. Architect and landscape architect fees;
3. Land costs;
4. Landscaoina. utilitv connections and fees associated with
activating the artwork; and
5. Publicity, public relations, photographs or dedication
ceremonies.
Public Art — Site. To further create an individual identitv to Pueblo. artistic
detailina shall be intearated into the desian of the site. In addition to scul
innovative locations for public art, such as at the architectural entrance to the site
are encouraged:
a. One (1) percent of the hard and soft construction cost. which shall
include all associated landscaping, parking, design, engineering and all other costs,
for the subiect orooerty shall be allocated and used to purchase and install public art
for the site.
b. Calculation of the construction cost shall exclude real property
acquisition and shall be verified by the Pueblo Regional Building Department.
C. Expenses set forth in subparagraph (d)(5)(c) may be included in the
public art allocation.
(7) Integral planters or walls constructed parallel to the face of the building and
incorporate living landscaped areas and /or places for sitting. Such areas shall be a
minimum of two (2) feet wide for sittina and five (5) feet wide for a planter and cover
at least fifty (50) percent of that facade.
(g) Roofs. Roof design shall incorporate the following design features:
(1) Flat roof designs shall be constructed with parapets to screen HVAC and
other roof mounted mechanical equipment from public view. Such parapets shall not exceed one -
third (1/3) of the heiaht of the su000rtina wall and shall be constructed with a three dimensional
cornice treatment;
(2) Asphalt roofing material is prohibited when visible from public view. Tile
roofing materials are encouraged; and
(3) All roof designs must use at least one (1) of the following design features;
Three (3) or more roof slope planes: and /or
b. Overhanging eaves, which extend no fewer than three (3) feet past
the supporting walls.
Entrances. Each retail establishment shall have a clearlv defined and hiahlv visible
customer entrance or portal, which incorporates the following design features:
(1) A pedestrian plaza of at least twenty (20) feet in depth immediately in front of the
entrance. It is encouraged that this area be large enough to plant shade trees;
(2) With the exception of interior malls, multiple and separate stores located in the
same structure shall have at least one (1) exterior customer entrance. For the purposes of this
Subsection, accessory uses within the primary store are not required to comply.
(3) Diagonal parking on both sides of the travel lane along the front facade of the
structure(s) shall be encouraged to create a "Main Street" type atmosphere.
(4) Each portal shall use at least three (3) of the following design features. These
desian features shall be in addition to those reauired above:
a. Canopies, porticos, arcades and /or outdoor patios;
b. Raised or peaked cornice parapets over the entrance;
C. Architectural or artistic details such as tile work and moldings that are
integrated into the design of the entrance; and /or
d. Integral planters or walls that incorporate living landscaped areas and places
for sitting that are built perpendicular to the facade and frame the entrance. Such areas
shall be a minimum of two (2) feet wide for sitting and twenty (20) feet wide for a planter
and shall be a minimum of ten (10) feet in overall length.
Parkina and Circulation. The oarkina lot desian and pedestrian circulation routes shall
provide a safe, convenient and efficient access for vehicles, pedestrians and bicyclists. Pedestrian
circulation via internal public sidewalks shall be encouraged. The placement of structures shall
enhance and promote pedestrian circulation on the site.
(1) Artistic detailing and paving patterns are encouraged in pedestrian walk ways,
plazas, and gathering areas.
(2) Except for supermarkets, no more than sixty (60) percent of the overall proposed
parking for a single structure development shall be located between the front facade and the
abutting street.
(3) Internal continuous sidewalks of at least five (5) feet wide (clear) shall be provided
from the public street to the entrance(s). At minimum, walkways shall connect focal points of
Pedestrian activity, such as transit stops, street crossings or store entry points, and shall feature
adjoining landscaped areas to provide a separated and pedestrian friendly access route for no less
than fifty (50) percent of their overall length.
(4) All internal pedestrian walkways shall be physically separated from the drive lanes.
Additionally they shall be visually distinct from the driving surface by use of pavers, bricks or
scored concrete.
(5) Sidewalks, at least eight (8) feet in width, shall be provided along the full length of
any facade featuring a customer entrance, and along any facade abutting public parking areas.
Such sidewalks shall be located at least six (6) feet from the facade of the building to provide
planting beds for living foundation landscaping, except where features such as arcades or
entryways are part of the facade. Such live foundation landscaped areas shall be a minimum six
(6) feet wide, and shall be a minimum of fifteen (15) feet in overall length.
(6) An off and /or on- street bus stop for customers and employees shall be provided
when the site is located on an established or planned Pueblo Transit bus route.
(7) Where applicable, pedestrian and recreational path linkages shall be made with
adjoining properties.
(8) Bike racks shall be provided adjacent to entrances.
(9) Overnight parking of RV's, mobile homes and other vehicles providing transient
residency is prohibited unless approved in advance as a Use by Review.
(i) Outdoor storage, trash collection and loading areas. These areas, due to their visual and
noise impacts onto adjacent properties and visitors to the site, shall be screened, recessed or
enclosed:
(1) No area for outdoor storage, trash collection or compaction, loading or other
such uses shall be located within twenty (20) feet of any public street, public sidewalk, or internal
pedestrian walkway.
(2) Outdoor cart storage areas shall be provided in the parking lot for the
customers, and adjacent to the buildings if they are not available at the entrance.
(3) Loading docks, truck parking, outdoor storage, utility meters, HVAC
equipment, trash dumpsters, trash compaction, and other such service functions shall be
incorporated into the overall design of the structure and landscaping so that the visual and acoustic
impacts of these functions are fully contained and out of the view from general passersby.
Screening materials shall be the same as those used on the structure to avoid visual detection of
the service function.
(4) The parking or storage of trucks, trailers, or containers as accessory outdoor
storage is prohibited. Trucks and trailers shall be in an active state of loading or unloading.
(k) Outdoor sales. Permanent and seasonal outdoor sales areas shall be incorporated into the
design of the building and site.
(1) Non - enclosed areas for the sale and storage of seasonal inventories shall be
Permanently defined and screened with walls and /or fences; materials, colors and designs of the
screening walls and /or fences shall conform with and compliment the predominant materials and
colors of the main structure. If such areas are to be covered, the covering shall also conform and
compliment the predominant materials and colors of the main structure;
(2) Anti -theft devices for the area(s) shall be identified.
(3) No outdoor display or sales area shall encroach on to any portion of a walkway,
drive aisle, parking or landscaped area.
(I) Signs. Signs shall be incorporated into the design of the structure and shall use
architecturally compatible materials. Signs shall be designed for both the pedestrian and the
motorist.
(1) Roof mounted signs are prohibited.
(2) Freestanding signs shall meet the following:
a. Shall be constructed with a base of the same materials as the structure to
provide for a pedestrian scale and to unify the sign with the structure(s);
b. One freestanding sign per separate street frontage devoted to the overall
site; and
C. Maximum height of fifty (50) feet, with an overall size of eight hundred (800)
square feet .
(3) Architectural gateway or entrance elements, which identify the address of the site
which are less then ten (10) feet in overall height, shall not constitute a freestanding sign.
(4) Wall signs shall not exceed twenty (20) percent of the facade to which they are
attached. includina windows. door area and cornices.
(5) Signs painted on or affixed to the inside or outside of windows shall be included in
the above computation when the sign or signs exceeds twenty -five (25) per cent of the area of the
window it is occupying. For the purposes of this subsection, a window sign is affixed to the window
if placed within eighteen (18) inches of the glass area.
(6) All projecting signs shall be placed a minimum of eight (8) feet above the sidewalk.
For the purposes of this subsection a projecting sign is a sign that projects more than fifteen (15)
inches.
(7) No sign or advertising device with visible moving or flashing animated or intermittent
illumination shall be erected unless approved in advance as a Use by Review by the Planning and
Zoning Commission.
(m) Canopies. Gasoline canopies, car washes and other accessory functions located in
separate structures on the same subject site shall be complimentary to the overall design of the
site, and the architectural style of the primary structure.
(1) Materials, colors and designs, including roof design, shall conform with and
compliment the predominant materials and colors of the main structure.
(n) Miscellaneous. Internal traffic signs, handicapped parking signs, transformers, and other
such site necessities shall be integrated into the overall design of the site.
(1) Traffic and parking signs shall comply with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control
Devices. Sign housings and post shall be designed to be a visual and design amenity for the site.
Creativity in design is encouraged.
(2) Transformers shall be integrated into the overall design of the site and shall be
heavily screened with living landscaping and /or enclosures to minimize their visual impact.
(o) Submission Requirements. The following shall be submitted to the Land Use
Administration Department for approval of a large scale development:
(1) Proposed site plan(s)to scale, indicating the following:
a. Perimeter outline including dimensions of all structures including decks,
patios, parking areas with spaces delineated, driveway(s),walkway(s), freestanding signs, light
fixtures, transformers, fences, retaining walls;
b. Easements and /or right -of -ways;
C. Setbacks - distance to property lines from building(s), parking area(s),
driveway(s);
d. Proposed landscaping including species, sizes, and planting interval; and
e. Proposed topographic grade changes (minimum five f5l foot contours).
(2) Full building elevations (to scale), clearly showing all exterior materials, colors,
lighting and signs on building(s);
(3) Manufacturer cut sheets or similar representation of proposed site fixtures, such as
traffic signs, light fixtures (site and on- building);
(4) Lighting plans as required in Section 17 -4 -52; and
(5) Other requirements imposed by the Land Use Administration Department to comply
with this Section.
SECTION 2
This Ordinance shall become effective on November 1, 2003
INTRODUCED: October 14, 2003
BY Al Gurule
Councilperson
APPROVED:
President of City Council
ATTEST:
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City rEc
PASSED AND APPROVED October 27. 2003