This district is designed to encourage the efficient conversion of large-scale indoor retail space into smaller, stand-alone combinations of retail, service and community uses. Because such development will naturally result in a number of different permitted uses in close proximity to one another, it is deemed important from an aesthetic standpoint to encourage some level of uniformity or cohesiveness in the appearance of the buildings and structures within the RSDD Zone. Accordingly, applicants seeking permits or site plan approval for new construction and/or renovation within the RSDD Zone must demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Planning Board that building and site designs:
(a) Are consistent with the design principles which predominate among the existing buildings and structures within the zone and the surrounding area, including residential; and
(b) Will not adversely affect the desirability of the immediate and surrounding area, including residential.
Design principles to be addressed include, but are not limited to, the suitability of design and type of the proposed construction, including mass, height, line, color and texture of materials to be used in relation to the immediate and surrounding area including residential.