Lake County Zoning Code § 23.18 Signs: As provided

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23.19 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS EXCEPTIONS: FOR EXCEPTIONS TO THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS OF THIS ARTICLE, SEE ARTICLE 42. (Ord. No. 1749, 7/7/1988)
SEC. 21-23.20 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.
23.21 Landscaping, screening and outdoor storage: As provided in Article 41.
23.22 Public Safety: All proposed development shall comply with the following public safety requirements beyond those required elsewhere:
- (a) An emergency access way to the rear portion of the lot shall be provided where deemed necessary or where required by the standards of the applicable local fire protection district.
- (b) Adequate lighting of parking lots and buildings shall be provided.
- (c) Clearly marked street numbers with lighting for night visibility shall be provided.
- (d) Required landscaping shall not totally shield a security officer’s view of doors, windows, or entrance areas.
23.23 Additional design criteria: The following additional design criteria shall apply:
- (a) Facades of buildings shall be decorative and architecturally pleasing. At a minimum, all buildings shall be designed so that exterior walls look like wood or masonry. All roofing materials shall be designed to look like composition roofing, tile, shakes, shingles, or tar or gravel, or consist of architectural metal roof sheathing with factory applied color coatings.
- (b) Colors, materials, and finishes are to be coordinated on all exterior elevations of the buildings to achieve a total continuity of design that is visually pleasing and harmonious with adjacent development.
- (c) All roof-mounted mechanical equipment and/or duct work, which projects vertically more than one and one-half (1 ½) feet above roof or roof parapet and visible from an adjoining street, is to be screened by an enclosure which is detailed consistent with the building.
- (d) Where total screening of roof-mounted mechanical equipment and/or duct work which projects one and one-half (1 ½) feet or more above the roof or roof parapet is not practical, the projections shall be painted consistent with the color scheme of the building.
- (e) No mechanical equipment except for emergency equipment and air conditioning equipment is to be exposed on the wall surface of a building. Such mechanical equipment shall be screened by an enclosure which is detailed consistent with the building.

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(f) Plans for cyclone blowers, bag houses, tanks, etc., shall be reviewed at the time of development review to determine design integration with buildings and adjacent areas. Such equipment shall be painted to blend with or complement the surface to which attached, if visible.
(g) All gutters, downspouts, vents, louvers, exposed flashing and overhead doors, shall be painted to blend with or complement the surface to which attached.
(h) For development that is adjacent to any potential scenic highway as designated in the Lake County General Plan, or adjacent to any district for which the Scenic combining district has been applied, the following standards shall also apply:

Outdoor storage of materials and equipment shall not face the scenic highway.
1. Overhead doors, garages, or loading zones shall be placed facing away from view of the scenic highway.
2. Not less than twenty (20) feet of landscaping shall be provided and permanently maintained in any required front yard.

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