Quil Ceda Village :: Design Guidelines

Quil Ceda Park Design Guidelines

VI. BUILDING DESIGN GUIDELINES

Architecture Objectives

To encourage high self-sustainability quality architectural designs throughout the business community and strengthen the image of Quil Ceda Village as a unique business and entertainment environment.
To integrate Northwest Native American Themes throughout the design.
To create a strong relationship between buildings and the landscape setting, and to emphasize landscape and water features as focal points for the development.
To encourage site design within as an integrated part of an overall Park design.
To comply with setbacks and other specific requirements of the Tribal ordinances and design guidelines.

Landscape Objectives at the Buildings

To create a cohesive community setting.
To provide landscape and water features as focal points for the development.
To provide effective landscaped screening between commercial businesses and adjacent residential areas.
To create no more than a maximum slope of 3:1 within any setback zone.
To provide a transition between the top and bottom of all slopes within the setback zones.

Signage Objectives

To allow sufficient business identification devices so that the name of each business locating in Quil Ceda Village is clearly and individually associated with the facilities it occupies.
To prohibit signs and identification devices from being used for advertising (other than business names), including but not limited to, advertising of products, services or job openings.
To allow on each property appropriate informational, directional, and traffic control signing for clear, convenient and efficient operation.
To have all informational vehicular control, and temporary signs be uniform in design, size, height, color, material and typography.
To ensure all signage conforms to the Tribal Ordinances and Design Guidelines.
To permit appropriate temporary signing including identification of future occupants, design consultants, general contractor, lending institutions, sales or leasing agents, and the products or services to be offered.
To ensure that signing and identification devices do not, because of their height, location or design, contribute to a decrease in the safety and efficiency of traffic flows on fronting streets or adjacent freeway.
To ensure that individual signs are architecturally integrated with the structures with which they are associated, and are compatible in character and in scale with their surroundings.

Lighting Objectives

To contribute to the safe and efficient use of each development site.
To enhance site security.
To compliment and reinforce both the architecture and site design character.
To have common light fixtures and consistent illumination levels throughout Quil Ceda Village.
To prevent site and building lighting from casting glare onto adjacent streets in such a manner as to decrease the safety of vehicular movement.