§ 5.20

This chapter of the Tehachapi Code is intended to provide standards for how buildings individually shape the streetscape, including the framing of views of surrounding hillsides and mountains.

Any parcel or building subject to the Tehachapi Code shall be developed in compliance with the standards identified in Table 5.20, as applicable. All frontages shall be in compliance with Section C.2, "Frontages and Encroachments," of the applicable zone. Applications, or portions thereof, that do not comply with the applicable requirements shall be considered inconsistent with the intent and purpose of the Tehachapi Code.

Property subject to the Tehachapi Code is intended to generate and support the small town-scale and physical character intended by the General Plan as described below.

Design Objectives. Frontages shall be designed and maintained to:

1. Support the intended physical character of the zone;

   3. Express creativity in frontage design per the requirements of Chapter 5.20; and

   4. Express small-town physical character through the appropriate design of property and building frontages that are visually in balance with the intended buildings and streetscapes.

2. Support active and continuous pedestrianoriented environments, per the intended physical character of each zone;

Chapter 5.20 Frontage Standards. In order to be approved, each application shall be consistent with the following, as applicable. “The proposed application...”

1. Generates or maintains an active and continuous small-town streetscape along all required frontages;

2. Generates or maintains an appropriate transition from the public streetscape to each building and its site;

3. Is in compliance with the requirements of the applicable frontage type(s); and

4. Expresses creativity in designing frontages per the allowed types identified in Table 5.20.

Tehachapi Zoning Code | October 2014 Adopted | 5-35

Chapter 5.20 Frontage Standards