Route 132 Corridor Report - Cape Cod Commission

create sense of visual depth with massed plantings that include vegetation
of various textures, sizes, and colors.
b. Access Roads
Entrance and site access roads should be designed to meander
through the buffer to limit views into the larger development. Trees
are especially important along access roads to limit broad views of
the development and provide enclosure. A single access road to new
rear lot development is required from Route 132, though additional
access may be gained through entrances from other major roadways
and through interconnections with adjacent developments. Pedestrian
access should be provided within the public right-of-way along
the Route 132 road frontage, with a grass strip or landscaping separating
the pedestrian way from the road surface.
F. DESIGN GUIDELINES: AREA D – Cape Cod Mall Route 28
Entrance
Design Guidelines for this portion of the study area, the back entrance
to the Cape Cod Mall along Route 28, seek to establish a new small scale
commercial or mixed use area with pedestrian scale features that can
serve as a transition between the larger mall development and the residential
area to the south of Route 28. This area is currently defined by
wide open parking lots located to the rear of the Cape Cod Mall. New
buildings should be focused along the internal road network and should
take advantage of green space adjacent to the existing ponds nearby. A
substantial landscaped buffer should be retained at the intersection with
Route 28.
The parking area where this development is proposed is largely underutilized,
even during the summer and holiday seasons, but a parking deck
would likely be necessary elsewhere on the Mall property to address parking
needs if this new development is allowed.
1. Area D - Guidelines
a. Building Setbacks
New buildings within the Mall property should be set back 50 to 100
feet from the Route 28 property line. New buildings should be set
back 10 to 15 feet from the internal roadway edge within the Mall
property to foster pedestrian activity.
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