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Page 1: Community Design - ww.charmeck.orgww.charmeck.org/planning/Land Use Planning/UnivCity/2014_12_Dec_09... · 2 stories and typically 5-10 stories • Divide building mass into smaller-scale

Transit Station Areas Services(Regional and Corridor)

Transit Station Areas - Core(within 1/4 mile walk of station) Residential

C o m m u n i t y D e s i g n

• Clear glass windows• Prominent entrances• Operable doors

• Activegroundflooruses• Uninterupted building edge

• Parking should be to the rear or side of buildings that front on streets or greenways

• Setback accomodates outdoor dining or retailing

• Distinguishgroundfloorfrom upperfloors(e.g.tallerground floorceilingheights)

• Buildings should be a minimum of 2 stories and typically 5-10 stories

• Divide building mass into smaller-scale components• Vary roof height and/or pitch

• In some places multi-family units should have direct access to the sidewalk

• Orient building entrances to plazas and courtyards

• Provide landscape buffer along some major streets

• Surface parking to the rear or side of buildings

• Design drive-through facilities with safe pedestrian crossings

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