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EXHIBIT 1 TO ORDINANCE throughout the project with shared characteristics. Careful selection and the utilization of similar forms, detailing, colors, materials and textures as well as repeating patterns, rhythms, and proportions will provide design unity and a consistent image. Precise replication is not desirable nor is uniformity.. The high quality of the architecture shall be maintained wherever visible to the public. Flat, blank facades are not acceptable in any stylistic vocabulary.Architectural detailing will be strongly weighted at the retail street front. Secondary elevations (paseos between buildings) and tertiary elevations (at service entrances and parking fields)will be more simplified, using appropriate commercial materials. 'Green-screen' systems may be employed to soften the appearance of non-retail frontages.All sides of all buildings visible to the pedestrian or vehicular traffic will be treated with an architectural style, use of materials, and details complementary with the front elevation of the building. Facade modulation and articulation will be achieved by means prescribed in the zoning standards. The architectural treatment should respond to solar orientation, views and environmental influences where feasible. The use of sustainable design strategies is strongly encouraged. 111.2 Massing and Scale Buildings should be simple in body massing. Building frontages and sides should be oriented to Riverfront Boulevard, the Central Gathering Space and Public Plaza areas. Large buildings that are adjacent to small buildings should consider and incorporate architectural design elements and details such that the scale of the larger building appears compatible with that of the smaller adjacent building. The design of the building form should reduce its apparent bulk by dividing the building into smaller masses. Ideally, the distinction of each mass should relate to the internal function of the building that may indicate a logical hierarchy for breaking down the mass of the building. Buildings should have variation in roof form, building height, and wall planes to ensure a visual variety in design. The use of reveals, projections, changes in texture and color articulate the massing and the addition of architectural elements such as canopies, fenestration, pilasters, and ornament further animate the design. Visual interest is especially important at the pedestrian level. Vertical breaks in height or continuous changes in plane are recommended For buildings that are more than two stories, clear expression of the facade in a cohesive design (for example as a base, middle and top) is encouraged and as appropriate to each building. The design of the commercial base should convey it's loadbearing function, such as through the use of materials, like stone, brick, structural concrete or darker colors or expressed structural elements such as beams and headers. Roofs and parapets shall be encouraged to create a prominent visual termination for the building and create interest through carefully considered roof forms, cornices, eaves and parapets. Roof pitch, prominent overhangs, materials, size and orientation are all distinct futures that contribute to the character of a roof and shall be used to accentuate building forms, entries or waypoints. Everett Riverfront District Master Plan Mixed Use Development Design Guidelines