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

Roosevelt Road Form-Based Zoning Berwyn City Council Committee of the Whole December 8, 2009. Why new form-based zoning?. Recommended in 2001 corridor study. Why new form-based zoning?.

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

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  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

  5. Study Area

  6. Existing conditions: buildings out to the sidewalk

  7. Existing conditions: buildings without setbacks

  8. Existing conditions: buildings with shop windows

  9. Existing conditions: buildings at corners

  10. Existing conditions: blocks in transition

  11. Existing conditions: buildings with setbacks

  12. Existing conditions: auto-oriented development

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

  14. Existing conditions: buildings with blank walls

  15. 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”

  16. Focus on form and scale Single-story shopfront

  17. Focus on form and scale Mixed-use shopfront

  18. Focus on form and scale General commercial

  19. Focus on form and scale Multi-dwelling

  20. Focus on form and scale Townhouses

  21. Focus on form and scale Civic/ Institutional buildings

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

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

  24. Pedestrian blocks

  25. Transitional blocks

  26. Auto-oriented blocks

  27. 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

  28. Buildings should be prominent

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

  30. “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

  31. Pedestrian blocks: 80/30 option

  32. Pedestrian blocks: 70/40 option

  33. Pedestrian blocks: 60/50 option

  34. Transition blocks: 60/30 option

  35. Transition blocks: 50/40 option

  36. Auto-oriented blocks: 50/30 option

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

  38. Landscape setbacks

  39. Building materials and blank walls

  40. Storefront windows

  41. Garbage and service area setbacks

  42. Standards for awnings/canopies

  43. 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

  44. Building height limits

  45. Mixing shops and residents

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

  47. Making improvements for pedestrians

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