Village Code Section 2-67 C.2

List of Building Materials

 

The following materials are approved for the exterior use in the construction of buildings and accessory structures in the Village of Hawthorn Woods:

 

  1. Face Brick (min. 4” thickness)
  2. Stone (min. 4” thickness)
  3. Cedar or equivalent wood sidings
  4. Stucco
  5. Architectural concrete block (Samples must be submitted for approval)
  6. Aluminum or vinyl materials for soffits and fascia boards
  7. Standing seam metal roofing and canopy covers in earth-tone colors (Samples must be submitted for approval)
  8. Wood shake shingles
  9. Architectural grade Asphalt shingles (min. 340#)
  10. Individual glass windows in wood or aluminum frames (glass curtain walls are not included in this category)
  11. Glass block for accenting purposes (glass block walls are not included in this category)
  12. Limestone
  13. Fiber-cement siding
  14. Fiber-cement material for trim, freeze boards, soffits and facia boards, provided that corner trim must be a minimum of 5-1/4” wide and siding cannot protrude beyond the face of the corner trim board

 

Samples of all materials to be used, in the color to be used, must be submitted to the Architectural Review Commission.  The Commission shall not issue any recommendations to the Board of Trustees until it has reviewed such samples.

 

Without in any way limiting the prohibition on the exterior use of any materials not included in the above list for construction of buildings and accessory structures in the Village of Hawthorn Woods, the Village of Hawthorn Woods has considered and expressly rejected the inclusion of the following materials in the List of Approved Materials set forth above:

 

  1. Concrete block
  2. Precast concrete wall panels
  3. Aggregate matrix panels
  4. Vinyl, or aluminum, steel or other metal, sidings, cornerboards or trim
  5. Plywood or masonite sidings
  6. Panel brick or thinset stone veneers
  7. Curtain wall construction
  8. Reflective glass
  9. Glazed wall tile or glazed masonry units
  10. Bright wall flashings and copings
  11. Metal wall panels
  12. Exposed structural framing and miscellaneous metals
  13. Staccato boards
  14. Fiber-cement panel sheeting material