Franklin Historic District Design Guidelines

DRAFT FRANKLIN HISTORIC DISTRICT DESIGN GUIDELINES 37 chapter 2 • Design the building and site improvements to account for minimum landscape surface requirements in the Zoning Ordinance. Landscape surface area in the Planned District (PD) should not exceed 35 percent. • If a rear addition is not feasible, an addition on the side facade may be appropriate when it is properly designed to complement the original building without overpowering it. An addition on the side facade should set back from the historic forms and avoid alteration to or distraction from character-defining historic features. • Design the length of an addition to be subordinate to that of the historic building, where visible from street view. The width of side additions should not exceed one-third of the width of the existing building’s front facades. 1 1 Rear addition are more appropriate than side additions 2 Set back a side addition from the historic form 3 Size a side addition to no more than 1/3 of the width of the front facade 2 3