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Subject: Direct Referral. Consideration of design guidelines based on the recommendations of the Uptown Improvement Plan as a resource to be consulted when considering a project in the Uptown area.
Recommendation: With the goals of enhancing Uptown’s attraction to residents, tourists and visitors, improving the visual and aesthetic character, providing a tool to local property owners to restore their buildings properly, safeguard historic and cultural heritage, and stabilize and improve property values, the Uptown Corridor District Design Guidelines are established under the authority Wis. Stat. §§62.23 and 66.1001, and by the City of Racine Common Council through adoption on May 3, 2005 of An Ordinance To Amend The City’s Comprehensive Plan And Adopt The Uptown Improvement Plan.
Two distinct areas are discernible in the Uptown Corridor District (the “District”). One area is referred to as the “Junction” and extends along Washington Avenue from S. Memorial Drive to Thirteenth Street. The Junction contains a development pattern that is pedestrian orientated and contains significant historic architectural fabric that warrants restoration and preservation of its distinct character. The remaining areas, referred to as “ Transitional Areas”, extend out from the Junction to Phillips Avenue/Valley Drive to the west, and to Tenth Street to the northeast. These areas contain a more eclectic collection of development periods, land uses and architectural styles which require particular diligence in ensuring that each property is developed, maintained, remodeled, or restored in a manner that is sensitive to its surroundings and does not detract the overall character of the District. The applicable design guidelines for both areas of the District are established through the preceding text.
I. BUILDING FORM:
A. Character:
1. With an eye towards varied architectural styles through scale, setback, height and material use, the goal is to create a richness and dep...
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