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MABASSO CORRIDOR PLAN YiOTdAflAltT GUIDELIM Residential subdivisions within the planning area are encouraged to adhere to the sign and landscape buffer requirements along U.S. 1 and CR 510. This section also contains voluntary architectural guidelines. These voluntary guidelines are intended to complement the required development standards contained in the previous sections. These voluntary architectural guidelines are established to encourage, through private and public investment, the development of the Vabasso Corridor as a cohesive, functional and aesthetic whole. The Guidelines contain standards addressing components of the physical development of structures in the Corridor. Based upon location, history, environmental attributes, historic resources and character, these guidelines reflect an architectural theme using elements found throughout Fl.ori.da's past, referred to as "Old Florida" style. The Guidelines provide a coherent statement of the intentions of the Mabasso Corridor Plan and an overall approach to achieving a quality environment. The Guidelines contain standards which provide a baseline for excellent design. The Guidelines are not and cannot be all-inclusive. Here adherence to them will not guarantee or be sufficient to produce an excellent building and a quality environment. No set of guidelines can cover all circumstances. Rather, it is the use of and interpretation of these standards by the county and qualified design professionals, fully supported by committed developers and owners, which produces the intended results. VOLUNTARY ARCHITECTURAL GUIDELINES GENERAL Besides defining the community's low density, low rise character, building heights should relate to open spaces to allow sufficient light and ventilation, effective use of prevailing winds for cooling, enhancement of views and minimizing the obstruction of views to adjoining structures and other locations. INDIAN RIVER COUNTY PAGE 29