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The Architectural Review Committee review encourages and promotes quality design that is appropriate and related to the setting and established character of the surrounding area or neighborhood. To accomplish this, the Architectural Review Committee will review all aspects of a proposal that influence outside appearance, view sharing, and neighborhood compatibility. In regard to neighborhood compatibility, the Architectural Review Committee has determined that development, whether new construction or an addition, should be architecturally in scale, setting, and character with the neighborhood into which it is placed. The intent of neighborhood compatibility review is to assure that new construction will fit the surrounding neighborhood. The attached worksheet has been prepared to assist applicants and the Architectural Review Committee in determining neighborhood compatibility and conformance with adopted Neighborhood Plans. The features and development patterns that are identified in the worksheet will often accurately describe the common features of a neighborhood and guide applicants to a compatible design. They also represent characteristics of a neighborhood that the Architectural Review Committee will consider when they evaluate a design for neighborhood compatibility. Architectural Review Committee Neighborhood Compatibility Design Guidelines An important consideration in the
Architectural Review Committee's review of new development is the relationship between new
development and the established character of the surrounding area or neighborhood. New
development should be architecturally compatible in scale, setting and character with the
neighborhood into which it is placed. Neighborhood Compatibility This section deals with both the site and architectural design elements and how they relate to the neighborhood context. Goal 3.1 New development should be sensitive to its immediate surrounding neighborhood. An important attraction of Monterey is the existence of separate and distinct residential neighborhoods. Each is unique and different from the others. The-General Plan and neighborhood plans recognize these separate and distinct "natural neighborhoods". New development should respond to the predominate features that define a neighborhood and reinforce them. Neighborhood compatibility standards recognize that conformance with individual site design or architectural guidelines does not assure that neighborhood compatibility is achieved. Policy 3.1 The design of new single-family dwellings and home additions should recognize the site, building and landscape characteristics that define neighborhood character and incorporate them into the design. Guideline 3.1.1 A neighborhood is primarily defined as that area of the city that is visually impacted by the building project. This will normally include the street frontage between adjacent cross streets, properties along that frontage and properties located within the same block as that.of the building project. Guideline 3.1.2 Designers are responsible for identifying the predominant features in a neighborhood that establish that neighborhood's character and include those characteristics in the building proposed. Physical features which often provide clues to neighborhood character include:
Guideline 3.1.3 Neighborhood compatibility is not repetition or a copy of the existing neighborhood buildings. Guideline 3.1.4 The construction of two-story buildings or additions in predominately single-story neighborhoods can be compatible provided the design incorporates features which reduce the visual prominence of the second floor. Design features which generally reduce visual prominence include:
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