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Downtown Design Guidelines Is One Are an Adjunct to the City Development Code DOWNTOWN ONTARIO DESIGN GUIDELINES A FOR UNIQUE ONTARIO'S HISTORIC EXPERIENCE MODEL COLONY: MULTI-CULTURAL URBAN A GUIDE FOR THE FUTURE THAT HONORS OUR PAST T OP E D D A 8 1 9 8 9 A 1 U G U S T CCC Contents x DOWNTOWN ONTARIO DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR ONTARIO'S HISTORIC MODEL COLONY: A UNIQUE MULTI-CULTURAL URBAN EXPERIENCE PRODUCED BY THE ARROYO GROUP, PLANNERS, ARCHITECTS & ASSOCIATED DISCIPLINES WITH PATRICK B. QUIGLEY & ASSOCIATES, LIGHTING CONSULTANT ADOPTED BY ONTARIO CITY COUNCIL ON AUGUST 18, 1998 D O W N T O W N O N T A R I O D E S I G N G U I D E L I N E S i AcknowledgementsAAA City of Ontario City Council Downtown Revitalization Partnership Consultant Team Gus Skropos, Mayor City Council Representatives: The Arroyo Group Alan Wapner, Mayor Pro Tem Alan Wapner, Mayor Pro Tem Larry Morrison, AIA, AICP, Principal Gary Ovitt, Council Member Gary Ovitt, Council Member Simran Malhotra, AIA, Associate Jim Bowman, Council Member Herb Barnes, Graphic Designer Jerry DuBois, Council Member Debra Dorst-Porada, Chairperson Rick Caughman, Vice Chairman Patrick B. Quigley & Associates City of Ontario Planning Commission Sue Luce, Director, Secretary/Director, Ontario Patrick Quigley, Principal Public Library James Maletic, Chairman Steve Alvarado, Vice President, Foothill Debra Dorst Porada, Vice Chairman Independent Bank Richard Gage, Commissioner Yvonne Borrowdale, Resident Alexandro Espinoza, Commissioner Kathleen Brugger, Chaffey College Bob Gregorek II, Commissioner Angie Salas Dark, Ontario Historical Society/ DeAna Hernandez, Commissioner Friends of Olde Town Ontario Gabe DeRocili, Commissioner Mike Fortunato, City Commercial Management, Inc. David Grossberg, State Farm Insurance City Staff Katrina Hamilton, Foothill Independent Bank Jeff Koontz, President, Ontario Chamber of Greg Devereaux, City Manager Commerce Otto Kroutil, Development Director Alan Jones, Professor, Pitzer College Jerry Blum, City Planner Sarah Londers, Rubel Enterprises James Ragsdale, Principal Planner Bart Masciarelli, Wascher Management Patrick Kelly, AICP, Senior Planner Janet Nix, Ontario Education Center Steve Cumblidge, Associate Planner Jerry Rowley, Downtown Ontario Business & Jim Strodtbeck, Redevelopment Agency Professional Association Administrator Juanita Ruiz-Alverez, United Hispanic Roy Maddock, Building Official Chamber of Commerce Nicolo Sciortino, Resident Robert Traister, Ontario Chamber of Commerce ii Contents 1. Concept PlanConcept Plan .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 111 1.1 Background .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 1.1.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 1.1.2 Purpose of the Design Guidelines................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 1.1.3 Use of these Guidelines ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2 1.1.4 Applicability of Design Guidelines ................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 1.2 Historical and Aesthetic Resources ................................................................................................................................................................ 4 1.2.1 History .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 1.2.2 Steps to preserve Ontario’s heritage .............................................................................................................................................................................. 4 1.2.3 Historic Resources Survey ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 4 1.2.4 Federal Standards ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 1.2.5 Historic and Aesthetic Resources................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 1.3 Land Use Districts ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 1.4 Urban Design Structure ................................................................................................................................................................................14 2A. Retail Design Guidelines...................................................................................................................................................................................... 171717 2A.1 General Concepts ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 18 2A.1.1 General Concepts: Overview ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 18 2A.1.2 General Concepts: Architectural ................................................................................................................................................................................ 20 2A.1.3 General Concepts: Lighting....................................................................................................................................................................................... 20 2A.1.4 General Concepts: Signage....................................................................................................................................................................................... 20 2A.2 Designated Buildings................................................................................................................................................................................. 22 2A.2.1 Design Guidelines for Designated Buildings .............................................................................................................................................................. 22 2A.2.2 Example of Facade Rehabilitation for a Designated Building ...................................................................................................................................... 22 2A.3 Significant Buildings .................................................................................................................................................................................. 28 2A.3.1 Design Guidelines for Significant Buildings ............................................................................................................................................................... 28 2A.4 Context Buildings & New Infill Structures ................................................................................................................................................... 29 2A.4.1 Context Buildings: Turn-of-the-century (1A) Subdistrict.............................................................................................................................................. 30 D O W N T O W N O N T A R I O D E S I G N G U I D E L I N E S iii CCC Contents 2A.4.1.1 Traditional Storefront Design ............................................................................................................................................................................... 30 2A.4.1.2 Design Guidelines for Context Buildings in the Turn-of-the-Century Subdistrict...................................................................................................... 32 2A.4.1.3 Example of Facade Rehabilitation in the Turn-of-the-Century Subdistrict ............................................................................................................... 40 2A.4.2 Context Buildings: 1920’s through 1940’s (1B) Subdistrict ....................................................................................................................................... 42 2A.4.2.1 1920’s through 1940’s Styles: Typical Storefront Design ..................................................................................................................................... 42 2A.4.2.2 Design Guidelines for Context Buildings in the 1920’s through 1940’s Subdistrict ............................................................................................... 44 2A.4.2.3 Example of Facade
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