Gwinnett County |
Code of Ordinances |
Appendix A. UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE |
Appendix Section 1.0 - Architectural Design Standards |
§ 5.6.0. Detached Residential Buildings
(Detached Residential Buildings include but are not limited to single family houses and duplexes.)
5.6.1
Exterior Wall Design
A.
The front, sides, and rear facades shall incorporate materials, finish, color, style and features that match and are compatible with the adjacent buildings on the same block. Applicant shall submit a site location plan and photographs of all buildings located within the same block of the proposed project. The site location plan shall include photograph markers that key to the photographs of the adjacent buildings.
B.
The front facades shall be finished with brick, stone, stucco/EIFS, wood siding, wood shakes, vinyl siding, or fiber cement type siding. The front facades shall incorporate changes in building material, texture, and/or color. The front façade design shall include at least two of the following elevation features:
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Shutters
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Covered porches
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Bay windows
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Roof eave brackets
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Cornice
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Architectural entrance door surround
5.6.2
Roof Design
A.
Buildings shall be designed with fully pitched roof. Minimum roof pitch shall be 4 in 12.