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TWO-ST'ORY BULDINGS ARE PREDOMINANT IN <br />PARIS <br />BREAKS THE HORIZONTAL ORGANIZATION <br />ROOFS ON COMMERUAL BUILDINGS ARE NOT <br />SEEN, THEY ARE HIDDEN BEHIND A PARAPET <br />Common Building Heights and Ro <br />• I <br />• The two-story building is the <br />predominant type in the commercial <br />district of Paris. They have a <br />consistent height and similar capping <br />detail. Some buildings have a <br />constructed coirnice of masonry while <br />others have a pressed metal or terra <br />cotta cornice. <br />• Buildings of one story have more <br />variation in the height and detail of <br />the cornice than their two-stoiry <br />counterparts, often breaking the <br />horizontal organization. <br />• Roofs on commercial buildings are <br />not often seen from the front. They <br />are nearly flat and are hidden behind <br />a parapet, a vertically extended wall <br />of the, bluildingi. <br />• Side walls and rear elevations are not <br />as detailed as, the front elevation, but <br />most roof lines have some form of <br />cap or detail. <br />• To alter this cap or detail by addition <br />or subtraction is not appropriate and <br />will alter the horizontal organization. <br />Design Standards for the City of Paris, Texas 50 <br />