FRANKLIN HISTORIC DISTRICT DESIGN GUIDELINES 98 Civic Buildings New Civic Buildings Placement & Orientation • Place a new civic building to allow for additional visual emphasis. Visual emphasis is typically achieved for civic buildings through the creation of a public plaza or gathering space in its foreground. Where greater setbacks may be appropriate to create visual emphasis, use the additional setback area for a landscaped open space, public gathering area, and/or pedestrian entry element. • Orient the main entrance to a civic building toward the street. Secondary entrances may be provided from parking areas or other service locations as needed. • Locate new buildings to be secondary in prominence to the historic structures on the site or in the district. New buildings should not block the view of historic buildings from public viewsheds so that the historic buildings retain their prominence. Building Form • Design a new civic building to be contextually sensitive to the historic district, so that it does not detract from or overwhelm nearby buildings. • Achieve a civic presence through the use of tall floor-to-ceiling heights on the ground floor and through the use of pronounced base and ornamentation. • Design the architecture elements using defined base, middle, and cap divisions. • Design steeples, bell towers, and other typical civic appurtenances to be consistent with the height of those on historic civic buildings in the district. New Civic Buildings
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