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The office/warehouse structure will have gables over at least 50% of the entrances facing Maryland Avenue and Woodrow Street using design vernacular established in homes in the Port Norfolk Historic District at least fifty (50) years old. The office/warehouse structure will have double hung vinyl or clad windows, white or off-white in color, in a 9/9, 6/6, 6/1 style, of a scale in equal proportions to windows on homes at least fifty (50) years old in the Port Norfolk Historic District. The exterior building materials on the portion the office/warehouse structure facing Maryland Avenue and Woodrow Street will be red flash brick with an option for another color found on homes at least fifty (50) years old in the Port Norfolk Historic District. The rear service area portion of the office/warehouse structure facing the parking area will be CMU, also known as masonry block. Each unit of the office/warehouse structure will be staggered a minimum of eight (8) inches from the adjacent unit. Off-sets will be at least fifteen (15) feet wide on the face parallel to the street. The roof pitch for the office/warehouse structure will be a minimum of 6/12. The gables over the entrance of the office/warehouse structure will be a minimum of 12/12. Exterior signs on the office/warehouse structure will be flush mounted against the building, will be uniform in size, shape and color with a surface area nor to exceed four (4) square feet. The sign top edge will not be mounted higher than six (6) feet eight (8) inches above the finish floor. Signs will not be lighted. Each unit shall have no more one (1) sign in the front and one (1) in the rear. The office/warehouse structure shall otherwise be constructed in general accordance with the proffered building elevation identified as Exhibit B and made a part hereof (c) Site Landscaping 1. A five (5) to seven f7) foot planting area between the sidewalk and the office/warehouse structure will be provided. 2. Vegetation planting will meet the standards of the Code of the City of Portsmouth and trees shall be single trunk and shrubs will be a minimum of eighteen (18) inches in height. No box woods will be used. 3. All HVAC grills will be hidden from view. (d) General Restrictions 1. The leases used by the applicant as owner of the office/warehouse structure will not permit outside storage and commercial parking on the street. 2. The applicant as owner of the office/warehouse structure will nor lease to the following categories of tenants: