Roosevelt Road Form-Based Zoning Berwyn City Council Committee of the Whole December 8, 2009

1. Roosevelt RoadForm-Based Zoning Berwyn City Council Committee of the Whole December 8, 2009

2. Why new form-based zoning? Recommended in 2001 corridor study

3. Why new form-based zoning? Streetscape plan calls for enhancement of appearance and pedestrian environment; new form-based zoning will complement

4. Study Area

6. Study Area

7. Existing conditions: buildings out to the sidewalk

8. Existing conditions: buildings without setbacks

9. Existing conditions: buildings with shop windows

10. Existing conditions: buildings at corners

11. Existing conditions: blocks in transition

12. Existing conditions: buildings with setbacks

13. Existing conditions: auto-oriented development

14. Existing conditions: parking next to (on?) sidewalk

15. Existing conditions: buildings with blank walls

16. Key form elements: building type, orientation and disposition • Define building types permitted in corridor • Require building orientation and disposition to enhance pedestrian access, safety and comfort • Require parking to be located behind building or to the side with buildings built out to the sidewalk • Require buildings on corner lots to “hold the corner”

17. Focus on form and scale Single-story shopfront

18. Focus on form and scale Mixed-use shopfront

19. Focus on form and scale General commercial

20. Focus on form and scale Multi-dwelling

21. Focus on form and scale Townhouses

22. Focus on form and scale Civic/ Institutional buildings

23. Building types promote form • Establish priorities for storefronts at sidewalk • Create incentives for mixed-use • Promote building types compatible with existing buildings and forms

24. Context matters • Pedestrian-oriented blocks • Transition blocks • Auto-oriented blocks

25. Pedestrian blocks

26. Transitional blocks

27. Auto-oriented blocks

28. Parking location • Buildings rather than parking should be most prominent • Buildings at corners are critical; parking at corner breaks up two streets • Parking should be located to the rear or side of buildings • Driveways reduce street parking and pedestrian safety; use alleys and side streets

29. Buildings should be prominent

30. Prominent buildings (minimum setback of 2.5 ft and maximum of 10 ft.)

31. “Holding the corner” is critical • Corner locations are highly visible • Corner locations influence the appearance of two streets • Buildings at corners can make businesses more prominent and identifiable • The layout and design of buildings at corners involves many options depending on context: pedestrian, transition, or auto-oriented

32. Pedestrian blocks: 80/30 option

33. Pedestrian blocks: 70/40 option

34. Pedestrian blocks: 60/50 option

35. Transition blocks: 60/30 option

36. Transition blocks: 50/40 option

37. Auto-oriented blocks: 50/30 option

38. Details matter • Landscaping • Storefront windows • Building materials and building articulation • Awnings, canopies and pedestrian amenities

39. Landscape setbacks

40. Building materials and blank walls

41. Storefront windows

42. Garbage and service area setbacks

43. Standards for awnings/canopies

44. Mixed-use and pedestrian design • Encourage building types that allow people to live close to retail, service, entertainment • Encourage mixed-use • Encourage taller buildings that help create a sense of place and help define the edges and boundaries of the corridor • Encourage enclosed parking by allowing taller buildings

45. Building height limits

46. Mixing shops and residents

47. Roosevelt RoadForm-Based Zoning Berwyn City Council Committee of the Whole December 8, 2009

48. Making improvements for pedestrians