Franklin Historic District Design Guidelines

chapter 6 DRAFT FRANKLIN HISTORIC DISTRICT DESIGN GUIDELINES 117 • Minimize negative impacts to a historic building façade when installing lighting. Locate and install light features so they may be removed without significant damage to historic building fabric. • Use small footlights for residential driveways and walkways instead of large freestanding post-mounted lights. • Do not install lighting conduits, junction boxes, or wired lighting elements on primary or readily visible secondary facades. Illumination Considerations • Use lighting sources and illumination levels that enhance the character of the historic building and the historic district. • Use illumination with a warm white light which does not distort the color of building materials or finishes. Avoid using colored bulbs or gels, or lighting with changing colors. • Orient illumination downward. Do not design lighting for the sole purpose of attracting attention to building architecture or to building uses. • Use soft site lighting and limit the level of illumination to be sufficient to perform the needed lighting task. • Design lighting to comply with the Zoning Ordinance. • See the Chapter 8, Signs, for lighting associated with signs.