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Appendix -Design Guidelines J. TRELLISES AND CANOPIES -Materials, colors, and form should be derived from the building architecture. Continuous canopies should have attractive architectural detailing, with brackets, structural struts, and/or other elements that reflect structural bays. K. ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING -Building-mounted architectural light- ing is recommended, particularly in and high visibility areas. Building mounted lighting should be designed and placed to accent the building's architectural characteristics. Examples include sconces to flank building entries and/or uptight pilasters and floodlights to wash wall areas that contain interesting architectural details and/or relief. 2) Multi-Unit Housing Guidelines Multi-unit residential should reflect the characteristics of San Leandro's at- tractive older residential areas. In general, buildings should express the indi- vidual units within them. Architectural features such as peaked roofs, built- in decks, balconies, porches and stoops are strongly encouraged to enhance residential character. A. GENERAL BUILDING DESIGN -Buildings should be compatible in form and detail, with single-family houses, yet project ahigh-quality, higher- density residential character. 1. Facade Module -Building facades should be designed to express vertical modules of units. Long facades should be divided into shorter segments of a maximum of 50 feet in width. In projects with frontag- es of over 100 feet, modules should be defined by features such as a deep notch; variation of architectural elements (e.g., roof shape, win- dow shape, stoop detail, railing type); and/or the color of individual modules within a harmonious palette of colors. 2. Residential Character -Architectural elements that add residential scale, such as porches, balconies, trellises and bay windows, are recommended. Features that relieve flatness of facades, such as re- cessedwindows with authentic muntins, architectural trim with sub- stantial depth and detail, window boxes, dormers, entry porches, etc., are also recommended. 3. Special Architectural Features - such as gables, turrets, towers, and loggias should be used to accent buildings at major street corners, at the terminus of a street corridor, lane, or pedestrian way, at drive- way entrances, and/or at other highly-visible building locations. Mu- ~~~`. ~: `.~ - -A4- Strong vertical facade elements... ...generally make buildings appear less massive than horizontal facade elements.