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Recommendations 1. Avoid large, ornate light fixtures with large amounts of applied detail. Fixture heads should be twelve inches high at most, and mounted about six to seven feet high. Avoid excessively bright lights; use ordinary incandescent household bulbs. Mounting on posts or on buildings is appropriate; do not damage masonry walls when mounting on buildings.
2. For area lighting, consider small, contemporary flood- or spotlights mounted near
DESIGN GUIDELINES BUILDING SITES
DESIGN GUIDELINES BUILDING SITES
the eaves or in a gable of the house. Mount these lights so they are not excessively bright and do not disturb any neighbors; they can be an effective alternative to polemounted lights.
3. Keep lighting devices and street furniture simple in design and modest in size. Remember that one of the Village’s most appealing features is its intimate character and avoid benches, planters, and other items that are the wrong size. Designs should be simple without excessive decoration; avoid items with theme decorations, such as [Photo [Photo 60] 60] eagles, and Bavarian or Swiss Chalet designs.
WoodWood privacy privacy fencesfences can becan cutbesquare cut square at theattoptheand topshould and should not exceed not exceed six feetsixinfeet overall in overall height.height. The structural The structural supports supports shouldshould be on be theoninside the inside (yard(yard side), side), and the andfence the fence shouldshould be stained, be stained, not leftnottoleft weather to weather 4. Preserve and repair any surviving original street furniture such as mounting blocks naturally. naturally.
and hitching posts.
5. Exercise care in adding accessories. Historically, not every house had a pole lamp,
[It[It Site Site Lighting, Lighting, Street Street Furniture, Pools, Pools, hitching post, bench, and planter. ObserveFurniture, what is already in place on the street and try to provide a similar complement of accessories. Fountains, Fountains, And And Gazebos] Gazebos] Remember fountains, andfound gazebos were notstreets: common historically and 6. Street Street furniture furniture is athat collection is apools, collection of items of items found on Village on Village streets: benches, benches, planters, planters, areposts, discouraged. If blocks, suchblocks, features aretrash installed, they should keptyard to the oflights, the hitching hitching posts, mounting mounting and trash and receptacles. receptacles. Along Along withbe with yard and area andrear area lights, lot and made as invisible as possible from the street. Consider using landscaping to streetstreet furniture furniture contributes contributes to the toVillage’ the Village’ s texture s texture and visual and visual variety. variety. screen these features rather than walls and fences. If you If are youthinking are thinking of adding of adding lightslights or street or street furniture, furniture, be sure be sure that that theythey appear appear to beto be a natural a natural part part of the of streetscape. the streetscape. Select Select onlyonly thosethose itemsitems that that are compatible are compatible withwith the the neighborhood’ neighborhood’ s simple s simple character. character. Pools, Pools, fountains, fountains, and gazebos and gazebos werewere uncommon uncommon in the inVillage’ the Village’ s early s early days.days. Mirroring Mirroring the the [Photos 48 and 49] Village’ Village’ s dramatic s dramatic change change and efforts and efforts to expand to expand interior interior spacespace to the tooutdoors, the outdoors, todaytoday Appropriate dormers such gazebos as these areofsmall, fallresidential at or below the roof ridge, have traditional pools, pools, fountains, fountains, and gazebos and areolder part areones part of some some residential yards. yards. windows, and use the same roofing material as the main roof.
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