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In the corridors, regardless of surrounding buildings, new construction <br />should use elements at the street level, such as cornices, entrances, <br />• and display windows, to reinforce the human scale. <br />5. As an excerpt, new institutional or governmental buildings may be more <br />appropriate on a monumental scale depending on their function and <br />their site conditions. <br />G. Roof <br />Roof design, materials, and textures should relate to the City's traditional <br />architecture, and should be consistent with the existing structures in the <br />corridors. Common roof forms include hopped roofs, gable roofs, flat roofs, <br />and gambrel roofs as well as combinations of the above. <br />1. Roof Forms and Porches <br />a. The roof design of new commercial infill buildings generally <br />should be flat or sloped behind a parapet wall. <br />b. Neighborhood transitional buildings should use roof forms that <br />relate to the neighboring residential forms instead of the flat or <br />sloping commercial form. <br />C. Institutional buildings that are freestanding may have a gable or <br />• hipped roof with variations. <br />d. Multi -lot buildings that are large scaled should have a varied <br />roofline to break up the mass of the'design using gable and/or <br />hipped forms. <br />2. Roof Materials <br />Common roof materials in the corridor districts include metal, slate, <br />and composition shingles. <br />a. For new construction use traditional roofing materials such as <br />metal or slate. <br />b. Avoid using thick wood cedar shakes if using wood shingles; <br />instead use more historically appropriate wood shingles, which <br />are thinner and have a smoother finish. <br />C. Do not use mansard type roofs on commercial buildings; they <br />were not used historically in Charlottesville. <br />d. If using composition asphalt shingles do not use light colors. <br />Consider using darker textured type shingles. <br />3. Rooftop Screening <br />If roof -mounted mechanical equipment is used, it should be screened <br />from public view on all sides. The screening material and design should <br />be consistent with the design, textures, materials, and colors of the <br />Design Review Guidelines Page 6 of 14 <br />