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LA Commercial Infill Preservation Guidelines

The document provides guidelines for new commercial construction in historic areas of Los Angeles. It notes that historic commercial structures were typically two-to-three story rectangular solids with flat roofs. New construction should be designed to reflect the rhythms and scale of surrounding historic structures. Specifically, new buildings taller than neighbors should emphasize existing cornice heights, and wider buildings should be designed with traditional storefront widths and bays to reduce perceived bulk. The purpose is to provide clear expectations to harmonize new development with surrounding historic architectural patterns.

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LA Commercial Infill Preservation Guidelines

The document provides guidelines for new commercial construction in historic areas of Los Angeles. It notes that historic commercial structures were typically two-to-three story rectangular solids with flat roofs. New construction should be designed to reflect the rhythms and scale of surrounding historic structures. Specifically, new buildings taller than neighbors should emphasize existing cornice heights, and wider buildings should be designed with traditional storefront widths and bays to reduce perceived bulk. The purpose is to provide clear expectations to harmonize new development with surrounding historic architectural patterns.

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COMMERCIAL INFILL

DRAFT PRESERVATION PLAN WORKBOOK -JUNE 12, 2003

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PRESERVATION PLAN WORKSHEET PAGE


THIS SIDE WILL NOT BE PART OF FINAL DOCUMENT
Notes on text:

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PURPOSE AND INTENT


Historic commercial areas in the Los Angeles were generally composed
of two- to three-story flat roofed structures composed as rectangular
solids.
New construction in historic commercial areas
that is wider than the surrounding historic
structures should be designed in bay widths
that reflect the surround rhythms.

GUIDELINES

The Purpose and Intent section should give the reader an overview of issues addressed
in the following section, including a description of common relevant features of
commercial structures in your HPOZ area, and a broad description of how relevant
features of new infill construction can harmonize with existing historic architetural
patterns.

.1 New structures should maintain the average scale of historic


structures within the area.

New construction that is taller than surrounding


historic structures should be designed to reflect
the surrounding cornice line.

.2 New structures which are taller than existing historic commercial


structures in the area should be designed to emphasize the existing
cornice heights in the area.
.3 The basic building form for new commercial structures should be a
simple rectangular solid.
.4 New commercial structures should attempt to reflect the traditional
commercial storefront widths in a historic commercial area.
.5 A flat roof is the preferred roof form.
Dividing the wider storefront in multiple
storefront bays may help to break up the
perceived bulk of new structures.

Clear and specific guidelines will help convey the expectations for specific types of
projects within the HPOZ and provide certainty and predictability to the process for both
the applicant and project reviewer.

When customizing guidelines in this section, please remember that a range of guidelines
are listed on these pages to foster discussion and debate regarding the key points. A full
assortment of topics and issues are listed, you may wish to cross many out, and add
many more. You will find that some may not apply in your HPOZ, and others may be
contradictory to those that do. Guidelines that do not apply may be deleted, reversed, or
rephrased. General guidelines may be developed in more detail to suit the character of
your HPOZ. You may find it helpful to make a list of topics you feel are important, and
then draft guidelines to address each one.

Make use of a hierarchy of verbs and phrases to convey the general importance of each
particular guideline. The use of the words are encouraged, are strongly discouraged,
may, should, shall, etc. indicate how strongly the HPOZ board will, and the applicant
should, adhere to a particular guideline. Each guideline listed on the left is only a draft
concept, the verbs and phrases can be modified to meet local expectations.

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