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Exterior building materials. All buildings shall be constructed ofhigh-quality materials and utilize green, sustainable building practices through the demolition, site preparation, construction, operation and maintenance phases of the building cycle. 1. Primary building materials. Primary building materials shall cover at least 60% of the facade. These materials may include brick, natural stone, precast concrete units, decorative block of dimension, color, and texture that resembles brick, or glass, and must be integrally colored. 2. Secondary building materials. Secondary building materials shall cover no more than 30% of the facade. These materials may include decorative block, stucco, cement board siding, or architectural metal panels. 3. Accent materials. Accent materials shall cover no more than 10% of any of the building's facades. These materials may include door and window frames, lintels, cornices, architectural metalwork, glass block, copper flashing, or similar materials. 4. For townhouse buildings the primary materials described above shall cover at least 30% of the facade, the secondary materials shall cover no mare than 60% of the facade, and accent materials no more than 1.0% of the facade. (3 Landscaping. A. All land area not occupied by buildings, parking, driveways, sidewalks, or other hard surface shall be sodded or mulched and landscaped with approved ground cover, flowers, shrubbery and trees. B. At least ten percent (10%) of the total ]and area within the perimeter of private parking and driveway areas shall be landscaped. Landscaped areas provided within the build-to line may be credited toward this 10% landscaping requirement on asquare-foot-for-square-foot basis, for up to half of the 10% requirement, or 5%. C. Parking lot landscaped islands shall be a minimum of one hundred fifty (150) square feet in area anal include at least one overstory or evergreen tree meeting the requvrements of this ordinance. D. Where parking abuts the site perimeter there shall be provided at least one overstory tree per twenty-five (25) feet of site perimeter. E. At least one overstory tree shall be provided for every flue hundred (500) square feet of landscaped area on the entire site. F. The landscape plan shall include a full complement of overstory, ornamental and evergreen trees, shrubbery, and ground covers that are hardy and appropriate for the locations in which they are planted, and which provide year-round color and interest. G. For parking areas abutting I-35W or I-694, there shall be a landscape buffer to height of 3 (three) feet, consisting of berms, shrubbery, ornamental trees, or a combination, that will screen the view of automobile headlights from the highways. Signage. A. All signs erected on any building or land within the NWQ District must comply with the standards of this section and of this Title. B. Wall signs: 1. Wall Signage is allowed on buildings in the NWQ District within. a horizontal band na more than three feet (3') in height, at least eight feet (8') and no more than fifteen (15') above the ground.. 2. Wall Signage may be either: a. Attached -- flat and parallel to the surface of the building and projecting no more than one (1) foot from it, or