2020-01-15 City Council Item No. 1 City of Menifee Design Guidelines Workshop Presentaiton Regular MEETING - Additional Meeting MaterialsCity of Menifee
Design Guidelines
Workshop
January 15, 2020
•As part of the Code update, staff developed Design Guidelines that
apply to:
•Single and Multi-family residential•Commercial and industrial projects •Hillside development.
•Consistent with the Community Design Element of the adopted General
Plan
•Shaping the City’s collective image•Improving quality and character
•Since incorporation, the City has been utilizing:
•Riverside County Design Standards and Guidelines (Single Family Residential)
•3rd and 5th Supervisorial Design Standards and Guidelines (Residential and Non-
Residential Projects)
Discussion
Developing the Current Guidelines
•Design standards were pulled from:
•Existing Title 9 (Such as the Hillside Development Standards and
Economic Development Corridor)
•Ordinance 348
•Best practices and planning principles
•Common staff project design review comments
The consolidated guidelines will:
•Provide clear direction to applicants in the City for project design
•Supplement the development code
Discussion
October 3, 2019 –Stakeholder Review
•Staff notified the stakeholders that design guidelines were being finalized and
would be made available.
•Stakeholders were contacted on October 21, 2019 to provide some updates,
including that the design guidelines would be discussed at the upcoming Planning
Commission meeting.
October 10, 2019 –Public Review
•Posted on the Community Development Department’s Development Code Update webpage on October 10, 2019.
•Included in the public notices for the Planning Commission and City Council hearings.
•As of the writing of this staff report
•One comment regarding number of floor plans for SFR•No other comments have been received from the public on the Design Guidelines.
Background
October 23, 2019 -Planning Commission Public Hearing
•The City’s consultant explained that the guidelines are:
•A complementary, companion document to the Development Code
•Not considered objective black and white standards, but suggestions and
recommendations, options to encourage, and not all absolute requirements
•Usually used to address standards for a variety of projects which are difficult to
include in the zoning code.
•The Commission adopted a separate resolution recommending that the City
Council approve the Design Guidelines.
November 20, 2019 –City Council Workshop
•City Council requested to bring back to the Guidelines as a workshop item
Background
•Apply to all private and public development projects
unless:
•Other standards have been imposed on an individual
development project (such as a condition of
approval).
•A Specific Plan or Planned Residential Development
incorporating design standards has been adopted for
the development area.
Applicability
•Site Design
•Residential projects should provide recreational amenities within the development for the enjoyment of residents and to create quality neighborhoods.
•The location of lakes, parks, and other open space assets adjacent to major roads and other community entry points is encouraged to enhance community appearance and identity
Highlights –Single Family
•Street Design and Circulation
•The design of the overall street pattern should present a variety of streetscapes, offer various driving and pedestrian experiences, clearly distinguish between streets of varying purposes and carrying capacities and ensure safe, walkable local neighborhoods.
•Traffic Calming
Highlights –Single Family
Number of Units
Minimum Number of:
Floor Plans Elevations*Color
Schemes*
50 units or less 3 3 3
51 to 99 units 4 3 4
100 units or more 5 3 4
Highlights -Single Family
The Community Development Director may allow for fewer
floor plans if additional elevations are being provided and
the intent of the Design Guidelines are being met.
•Building Design
•Massing and
Articulation
•Windows
•Roof form
•Materials and Color
•Garages
Highlights
•Walls
•Landscaping
•Lighting
•Signage
•Mailbox
•Utilities
Highlights –Single Family
•Project Design
•Common spaces and site recreational amenities should be provided for all multi-family developments and should be centrally located for the ease and use by all residents.
•Multi-family development adjacent to single-family neighborhoods are encouraged to provide a buffer of single story units and/or significant single story elements along the adjoining property line.
•Landmark structures, open plazas, and/or project entry monumentation should be located at prominent intersections and other areas of high visibility
Highlights –Multi-Family
•Parking and Circulation
•Development should be designed to avoid
large parking areas, bulky structures,
decreased private open space, rows of
carports adjacent to public streets, and
high walls at the street edge in order to
promote designs that lead to high quality
multi-family development in the City.
•Pedestrian walkways should be safe,
visually attractive, and well defined by
landscaping and lighting.
Highlights –Multi-Family
•Building Design
•Massing and
Articulation
•Windows
•Roof form
•Materials and
Color
•Garages
Highlights –Multi-Family
•Walls
•Landscaping
•Lighting
•Signage
•Mailbox
•Utilities
Highlights –Multi-Family
•Project Design
•Buffering
•Building placement and orientation should create visual interest along public streets. Multiple buildings in a single project should demonstrate a functional relationship to one another.
•Plazas or common areas within a project should be located near building entrances or areas of high pedestrian traffic to ensure their use.
•Landmarks
•Pedestrian Accessibility
Commercial -Highlights
•Loading and Storage
•Outdoor storage areas and
loading docks should be
architecturally screened from
the street and adjacent
residential uses.
Commercial -Highlights
•Parking and
Circulation
•Buffers
•Pedestrian safety
•Entries
•Landscape
Planters
Commercial -Highlights
•Building Design
•Design Theme
•Franchise Architecture
•Building Form
•Massing and Articulation
•Focus on front or in view
•Human scale
•Roof form
•Materials and Color
•Windows, Doors and Entries
Commercial -Highlights
•Walls
•Screening
•Landscaping
•Plaza Spaces
•Lighting
•Signage
•Trash Enclosures
Commercial -Highlights
•Site Design
•Buildings, entries, office areas, windows and other prominent design features should face streets and public areas.
•Buffering
•Architectural enhancements, special landscaping and hardscape treatments and other design features that will provide interest should be concentrated in areas visible from public view and public areas within the site.
Highlights -Industrial
•Parking
•Customer parking areas, including a portion of stalls provided for the disabled, should be placed near the main public entry and outside of loading and yard areas. Adequate access for emergency vehicles must also be provided.
•Loading and Outdoor Storage Area
•Loading and outdoor storage areas should be located to the rear or sides of buildings and must be out of public view.•Outdoor Storage limited to 8 feet in height
Highlights -Industrial
•Building form
•Overall building mass shall
be divided into smaller
identified parts. Large,
blank, flat surfaces are not
permitted.
•Roof form
•Enhance at Entry
•Parapets
Highlights -Industrial
•Massing and
Articulation
•Materials and
Color
•Windows, Doors
and Entries
Highlights -Industrial
•Walls and fencing
•Screening
•Landscaping
•Lighting
•Signage
•Trash Enclosures
•Utilities
Highlights -Industrial
•From Guidelines of Previous Hillside Ordinance
•Site Design
•Views
•Architecture
•Walls and Fences
•Landscaping
•Drainage
•Trails
Highlights –Hillside Development
Questions?
Community Design-3: Design Quality
•Through physical improvements-including overall site design, landscaping,
building design and orientation, architectural details, site furniture, building
materials, and land use buffers and transitions-Menifee will help achieve
vibrant places, enhanced value, and livability throughout the city.
•Projects and buildings shall be designed with consideration for adjacent land
uses and the city's natural amenities, and when incompatibilities arise,
projects may be required to provide sufficient land use buffers and
transitions to ensure a harmonious environment.
•GOAL: Projects, developments, and public spaces that visually enhance the
character of the community and are appropriately buffered from dissimilar
land uses so that differences in type and intensity do not conflict.
General Plan
Community Design-6: Community Design Features
•Menifee's landscaping, lighting, and signage are all critical community design
amenities that, when designed and integrated well, can greatly strengthen
the city's sense of place.
•Landscaping is used to enhance the aesthetics and functionality of
streetscapes, outdoor spaces, and buildings.
•Lighting is necessary to encourage nighttime activity and ensure pedestrian
safety; however, lighting must be addressed strategically to ensure it
accomplishes its job while avoiding negative impacts of excess light.
•Signage is also a highly visible component of the city's visual character. Clear,
well-designed, and appropriately scaled signage can add character and visual
interest to the community or a particular project, as well as aid circulation
and movement between and within areas.
•GOAL: Attractive landscaping, lighting, and signage that conveys a positive
image of the community.
General Plan
Community Design-5: Economic Development Corridor Design
•The EDC designation is intended to provide economic vitality and flexibility in
land use options to promote economic development along the city's major
corridors.
•It is intended that the majority of the city's new development (that is not
already planned as part of an approved Specific Plan) will be located in these
areas, to promote infill development and to preserve the rural areas that are
an integral part of Menifee's community character.
•While the EDC designation provides flexibility in land use options, Menifee has
identified 5 EDC subareas, each with their own distinctive mix of uses that
are complementary to surrounding land uses and that generate
distinguishable activity centers in the city.
•GOAL: Economic Development Corridors that are visually distinctive and
vibrant and combine commercial, industrial, residential, civic, cultural, and
recreational uses.
General Plan