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TRANSIT ZONING CODE :Architectural Style Guidelines <br /> <br /> A. Main Street Commercial <br /> <br /> The Main Street Commercial building is found on almost every pre-World War II <br /> <br /> American Main Street. Basically a decorated rectangular masonry box in form, <br /> one-story buildings are always commercial in use, while multi-story buildings are <br /> mixed-use with commercial ground floors. Multi-story facades are typically divided <br /> into base, body and top with the ground floor taller than the shorter upper floor <br /> <br /> which is finished by a significant parapet. The ground floor has expansive glass <br /> interrupted by structural columns with transoms to allow light to penetrate deep <br /> into the interior. Upper floor windows are smaller with vertical windows directly <br /> relating to the ground floor openings. <br /> _ _ 4 ~~r <br /> x <br /> r 'i <br /> --3 , - <br /> • ~ ~,r ~ . <br /> - a r <br /> r P ~ 9 <br /> A r , <br /> yR~tn, n n gT^' . - <br /> h <br /> j ~a, ~ ~ <br /> ~ . ~~h ~ <br /> ~ , <br /> r <br /> ~ i <br /> 1. Base I = °.r > <br /> a. Multi-story buildings: ground g, ~ t~'~:~'W "w <br /> floor is the base and is articulat- ~ ~ u - <br /> ~ , <br /> ed by large storefront windows <br /> and, in some cases, walls or ~ ~ ~ _ ~ <br /> columns of different materials I I K' t` <br /> from upper floors. ' ~ ~ ~'t ~~j::. ~ ~(l T-~. .~,s <br /> b. Elements (not walls) setback ~ ~Itr ui Y'~ ~ ~ r, ~ _ <br /> ` ~ <br /> within the wall, may have their R <br /> own material connection to the <br /> ground, such as tile, wood, and/ _ 'a ~ _~3 <br /> or cast iron. ~ - <br /> Storefront with cast iron columns Painted brick transom Ground floor as base <br /> <br /> 2. Primary Walls <br /> a. The rima walls, usual) com- <br /> posed of brick, com prise the _ ~ "r a,~ m ~ <br /> main body of the building's ~ ~ ~y-~,: <br /> 4. ~ ~ 1¦ - _ <br /> tripartite facade structure. The - - - - r <br /> masonry-work can be very plain - i ~ - E <br /> or hi hl decorative. ~ t~ - ~ <br /> ~'i 1~~~~ <br /> b. Decorative moldings, cornices, E ~ ! ~ a ~ _ ~ <br /> or an applied ornament of stone ~ ~ ~ ~ - a <br /> or cast concrete may be used ~ ~ T ~E c A_ ~ ~ L~~~ <br /> ~ .~a~ x <br /> _ ~ t <br /> to ex ress the vertical divi~on ~ ~ a ~ i ~ <br /> P <br /> between the base, the bod ,and - I - <br /> the top. Single plane Cornmercia)franuge~ Simple, elegant arched-brick flame <br /> 3. Roof-Wall Connections <br /> a. The roof-wall connection is <br /> the top ofthe facade' tripartite ~ q - ~ <br /> facade composition. This top, > ~If <br /> articulated as a substantial cor- <br /> nice, can be formed with the - .gl, <br /> same material as the rest of the - <br /> wall or fashioned of complimen- : - <br /> tarymaterials such as stone, <br /> concrete, or metal ~ <br /> b. Foam moldings are expressly ' „~~.:i °'Y <br /> prohibited. _ - ~ <br /> Masonry cornice Parapet and wood cornice Rustic wood cornice <br /> 4:37 TRANSIT ZONING CODE <br /> SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT 84 <br /> City of Santa Ana, California <br /> <br />