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• Development Standards Elk River Station Apartments-Senior Housing-Commercial Uses Architectural Character 1. Facades and Exterior Walls The Elk River Station development will be located southeast of the Central Business District where Highway 10 and Twin Lakes Road intersect. The exterior appearance of the buildings should include elements of buildings found in historic rural railroad stations. The project will have a transportation theme. Facades should be articulated to reduce the massive scale and uniform impersonal appearances of large retail buildings and provide visual interest. Buildings should incorporate recesses, offsets, pilasters or angular forms. Buildings should have architectural features and patterns that provide visual interest at a pedestrian scale. The features should be an integral part of the building fabric, and not applied to the trim, graphics or paint. Variations in roof lines and cornice details should also be used to add interest to the buildings. • Exterior building materials and colors comprise a significant part of the visual impact of a building. Therefore they should be aesthetically pleasing and compatible materials and colors. Facade colors should be subtle, neutral or earth tone colors. The development shall use a consistent palate of materials and colors throughout. Facades of a building, which are visible from adjoining properties or public streets, shall include certain design elements found in the front facades. Predominant exterior facade material should include, but not be limited to, one or more of the following: • brick • native stone • cultured stone • tinted, textured, integrally colored masonry units • fiber cement sidings Predominant exterior building material shall not include the following: • smooth faced concrete block • smooth faced or rakes faced tilt up concrete panels III • prefabricated steel panels -1- 10/4/02