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Harris County Community Services Department <br /> Affordable Housing Project Design Standards <br /> <br />Fencing <br />Allsinglefamilyhousingandmultifamilyhousingshallbedefinedwithafence.Fencing <br />materialandheightshouldmatchorcomplementfencingintheneighborhoodand <br />development.Formoreinformation,seetheMinimumPropertyStandardssectionunderTab <br />IV. <br />Lighting <br />Securitylightingshouldbeprovidedtohelpensureasafeenvironment.Exteriorlightingshould <br />bedesignedtocoordinatewiththebuildingarchitectureandlandscaping.Securityandparking <br />lotlights,andlightingforsignsshallbeshieldedorotherwisedesignedtoensurethatlightis <br />directeddownwardandnotontoadjacentproperties.Lightsshallnotshineintenselyupon <br />windowsofhousingdwellings.Thetypeoflightsourceusedshouldbeconsistentthroughouta <br />project. <br />Signage <br />Permanentpropertysignageshouldbemadeofqualityconstructionfrommaterialsconsistent <br />withthoseusedintheconstructionofthemainproperty.Inthecaseofmultifamilycomplexes <br />withmorethanonebuilding,signagemustbeincludedthatidentifiesthe,ÒzŒ7z“mx­number <br />andisvisiblefromroadway.Signageshouldbedirectionalbutnonintrusiveandscaledin <br />proportiontotheproposedproperty. <br />Inadditiontopropertysignage,apermanentbronzeplaquemustbeinstalledatmainentrance <br />priortoconstructioncompletionaccordingtoHCCSDspecifications. <br />3.2ExteriorDesignPrinciples <br />BuildingEntrancesandPorches <br />Newresidentialentrancesshallberaisedabovethesidewalktoprovideasenseofseparation <br />betweenpublicandprivatespacesortobesimilartootherpropertiesintheneighborhood. <br />Naturalsurveillanceshallbeusedtodiscouragecrime(i.e.,entrances,parking,andwalkways <br />shallbevisiblefrominsideunitsandthestreet).Unitsrequiringaccessibilityaretodevelop <br />sitegradingstrategiesusing1:20walkwaysandramps.Rampsinoneandtwofamily <br />constructionaretobelimitedtonogreaterthan30feet. <br />Frontporchesforsinglefamilyhousingarerequiredinneighborhoodswhereexistinghouses <br />havefrontporchesandencouragedinothers.Porchesformultifamilyprojectswillbe <br />reviewedforneighborhoodcompatibility. <br />BuildingMaterialsandExteriorDetails <br />Materialsselectedforconstructionmustbedurable,healthyandsafe,costeffective(bothin <br />theshortandlongterm)andefficientinHarris/šÒ“·äx­rangeofweatherconditions.An <br />investmentinhigherqualitygreenmaterialsmayaffectthetotalupfrontprojectcostbutwill <br />Harris County Community Services Department 27 <br />Affordable Housing Project Design Standards <br />Revised May 2011 <br /> <br />