Section 19.06 Materials and Colors
A. Use high-quality, durable materials: Predominate exterior building materials should include, but are not limited to: stucco, brick, stone, textured masonry, styled concrete masonry units, textured tilt-up panels, architectural metal, clear and tinted glass, clay tile roofs and other building and roof materials of similar quality and durability.
B. Provide palette of proposed materials and colors: With the development application provide a palette of proposed materials and colors. Select materials that are durable and appropriate for their intended use. Choose colors that relate well to one another and the surroundings. Restraint should be used in the number of different building materials selected.
C. Use natural materials: Use natural materials appropriate to the southwest desert setting. Wood should not be used as an exterior finish, except as a trim component. The use of authentic adobe bricks or stucco in projects with a southwestern theme is encouraged.
D. Avoid highly reflective materials: Avoid highly reflective materials and glare-inducing colors. As a general principle, coarse and highly textured materials that create shadow patterns are preferred. To reduce glare, windows and large areas of glass should be recessed in deep shadow. In order to reduce mirror effects, glass must be nonreflective and not heavily tinted.
E. Discouraged exterior finishes:
1. Colored plastics and fiberglass.
2. Exposed unfinished foundation walls.
3. Un-plastered exposed standard concrete masonry units.
4. Glass curtain walls; highly reflective glass.
5. Shiny acrylic and fluorescent paint finishes.
6. Dark colors, except where appropriately utilized on trim.
7. Wood, except as a trim material.
8. Pre-fabricated steel panels.
9. Corrugated metal.
10. Asphalt shingles.
F. Encouraged surface materials:
1. Interlocking pavers.
2. Stamped and/or colored and textured concrete.
3. Matte finishes.
Any proposal that indicates specialty surface materials other than concrete or asphalt to be located within a public right-of-way or located on public property must contain an agreement, executed by the property owner, that such areas will be (a) privately maintained, (b) insured, including indemnity to the Town, in an amount and a form acceptable to the Town Attorney and (c) replaced when necessary.
G. Select environmentally sensitive colors: The primary colors should be sensitive to the colors found in the area’s natural environment. The appropriateness of any given color shall depend on a number of factors including adjacent buildings. Bright or intense colors are discouraged, unless used on appropriate architectural styles and reserved for more refined detailing and transient features; colors must be harmonious with colors found on adjacent buildings. Appropriate varying colors can be used to articulate and reduce the apparent scale of building masses. Projects shall not be painted with a single color when such project contains (1) more than one building, (2) any multi-story building(s) and (3) any single building in excess of 20,000 SF in size.