Relationship to street front

This guidelines do not absolve the owners/ developers from complying with national building regulations and the requirements of the local authority

Architectural Guidelines 2019_001 Relationship to street front Boundary walls/ Fences, Gates, Guard houses and Street retaining walls

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Relationship to Street Front

Version 02 Jan 2019

Important notice The Tatu City Property Owners’ Association (POA) reserves the right to amend or update any information contained in this document as and when necessary

Only the “latest version” of this document will be valid to guide owners through the design, construction and maintaining phase. Any previous versions of this document will be invalid and will not be acknowledged for new designs. Houses already built should not be used as a precedent, the revised set of guidelines were created to address architectural inconsistency, inappropriate colour choices and lack of integrated landscape planning

Relationship to street front

This guidelines do not absolve the owners/ developers from complying with national building regulations and the requirements of the local authority

1. Boundary wall and fences; Design intent: To create cohesion and continuity

1.1. All fences shall be live; plants/shrubs/trees planted to demarcate the site boundary, and must conform to the environmental requirements and the permitted planting list to be determined by the DCC

1.2. Street boundaries: Street boundaries must conform to the guidelines below and are to be planted in the street reserve side of the boundary not exceeding 600mm from the plot boundary line;

1.2.1. Live fence § Well-maintained hedge not exceeding 2.4m or trees that demarcate the boundary § Natural stonewall of maximum height of 600 mm, combined with plastic coated chain

link fencing of 1.8m height and live planting (hedge/creepers) § Common boundaries: Boundaries between two residences are to be of chain link

fencing of 1.8m height and live planting (hedge/creepers) § Hedge growing support; Gallagher fencing, Clear vue, chain link

1.2.2. Specific Exclusion;

The following shall not be permitted; § Full height masonry walls § Barb-wired or razor wire fencing § Concrete panel walls § Diamond mesh fencing § Log type fences

Relationship to street front

This guidelines do not absolve the owners/ developers from complying with national building regulations and the requirements of the local authority

2. Gates and Entrances

Design intent: Simple contemporary gates 2.1. Gates shall have Clean lines, basic shapes, and forms - Thus, simple, plain,

geometric forms, rectangular shapes, and linear elements 2.2. Gates will not be higher than the walls or fences to which they are sited and fixed. 2.3. All gates (vehicular and other) will be required to be detailed for scrutiny and approval

by the Tatu City Development Control Committee (DCC) 2.4. There shall be separate gates for pedestrian and vehicular traffic. Alternatively, a

pedestrian gate can be incorporated in the main gate design

2.5. The pedestrian gates shall have a minimum height of 2.1m and 0.9m width to allow only one person at a time; this is for security enhancement

2.6. The minimum height for the gate should be 2.1m; Gates shall have a maximum width of 6m. In an event that two separate gates are serving the same premises, a minimum of 24m should be observed. The second location must be agreed upon by the DCC prior to submission of plans.

2.7. External gates facing street sides shall comprise of compatible color to match the building walls, doors and window, and shall consider simplicity and innovation in design

Examples of Gates;

Relationship to street front

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2.8. Specific exclusions; Ornamental and/or “Nigerian” gates (examples below)

3. Guard house design

3.1. Guardhouses are permitted, and should all ways conform to the aesthetic design of the main house, construction material, finishes and color. They should have a roof matching the main building in aesthetic character and the roof may be a flat reinforced concrete slab

3.2. The guardhouses shall be located on the road frontage sides of the plot and shall not be located within the same line as the boundary fence. Setback requirement for gatehouses is 2.5m.

3.3. Guardhouses and rubbish areas and all service buildings shall not be located on the fence line

3.4. Guard house must have a toilet with a WHB 4. Retaining Walls

4.1. The architecture of any building should be designed to minimize the visual impact on natural parks, public spaces and greenways.

4.2. There is a building setback line of 6.0m along park boundaries. Within this 6.0m zone no retaining walls higher than 1m above natural ground level will be permitted and such walls are to be sloped at an angle not exceeding 40 degrees towards the boundaries of the 6.0m zone

4.3. Acceptable Retaining structures (as seen from the public realm – Roads and Park areas); “living concrete walls” 1. Concrete Eclipse Blocks

Relationship to street front

This guidelines do not absolve the owners/ developers from complying with national building regulations and the requirements of the local authority

2. Landscaping on slopes