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surface and pedestrian walkways. Highway median strips, where they exist, also define the roadway character and should have consistent landscape treatment. • z Create effective landscape buffers – at large mall areas and at smaller scale developments with large parking areas, wide landscape buffers are needed to establish a sense of enclosure and screen large parking lots in some areas, and to lend a greener character to the roadway corridor. Appropriate landscape buffer depths are needed for each area of the corridor, responding to the prevailing building setback and scale. • z Reduce the visibility of parking areas – with effective landscape screening, low walls or frontage buildings. Restricting parking from the front portions of parcels, easing parking requirements if properties are linked to adjacent parcels, and providing greater access to public transportation will also help to reduce parking areas. B. Primary Issues for Building design • z Bring down the building edges. Determine appropriate building height and building setback and regulate for that to maintain established scale along roadways. An appropriate range of bulk, height and massing should be established for buildings along the road frontage of each district. Larger structures should be allowed behind these structures, and should incorporate lower roofed portions that relate more to pedestrian scale activities. • z Vary the façade line/wall heights/roof line. To maintain neighborhood scale in frontage buildings along the corridor, and to break down massing of larger structures to the rear of these properties, variation in the building façade plane should be required. • z Incorporate pedestrian scale features. In addition to making the massing and siting of buildings more pedestrian friendly, pedestrian features such as display windows, seating, and other amenities should be included. 58 september 2010 | route 132 corridor Report
C. DESIGN GUIDELINES: AREA A – Route 132 West Design Guidelines for this area of Route 132, stretching from Bearse’s Way to Independence Drive, reinforce the modest scale of buildings along the Route 132 road frontage and support the mix of residential and commercial uses that knit this area together. Structures along the roadway frontage must present a narrow façade and “neighborhood scale,” with landscaping between the roadway and the building. Larger developments are accommodated to the rear of “neighborhood scale” frontage structures. Enhanced pedestrian facilities and consistently good landscaping between the roadway and frontage buildings are essential to maintaining a pedestrian friendly character in this area. The lack of a median in this area supports a narrower road corridor that is consistent with the neighborhood scale. Figure J: Cross Section of Development in Area A/Route 132 West Illustration of existing development setbacks and proposed changes following the design guidelines below. In the future cross section, the taller building on the left remains where it is and parking is shielded by a 30-foot landscape buffer on the property. The shorter building on the right is moved closer to the street and landscaping fills the front setback area. september 2010 | route 132 corridor Report 59
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List of Major Figures Figure A: Stu
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Figure B: Zoning Map of Study Area
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