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Design & Construction Specifications - Town of Kernersville

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TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENTSECTION 1INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN GUIDELINESNo portion <strong>of</strong> these Guidelines is intended to authorize, regulate or prescribe landuses or to supercede the Unified Development Ordinance. These criteria providea tool to the Public Works Department for reviewing Traditional NeighborhoodDevelopments that fall within the definition and intent <strong>of</strong> these GuidelinesTND DEFINED: A Traditional Neighborhood Development (TND) is a humanscale, walkable community with moderate to high residential densities and amixed use core. TND’s provide a variety <strong>of</strong> housing types, shopping, services,public facilities and work places in close proximity to each other to promote anintegrated community.A dense network <strong>of</strong> streets is fundamental to TND design. This network serves toboth slow and disperse vehicular traffic and provide a pedestrian friendlyatmosphere. TNDs have a high proportion <strong>of</strong> interconnected streets, sidewalksand paths. Streets and rights-<strong>of</strong> ways are shared between vehicles (moving andparked), bicycles and pedestrians.The dense network <strong>of</strong> TND streets functions in an interdependent manner,providing continuous routes that enhance non-vehicular travel. Most TND streetsare designed to minimize through traffic by the design <strong>of</strong> the street and thelocation <strong>of</strong> land uses.INTENT: That the development encourage walking and biking, enhance transitservice opportunities, and improve traffic safety by promoting low speed,cautious driving while fully accommodating the needs <strong>of</strong> pedestrians, bicyclistsand on street parking. A properly designed TND should have the potential toreduce the number <strong>of</strong> external vehicle trips, and thus vehicle miles traveled, by15% or more through provision <strong>of</strong> commercial, recreational and other residentorienteddestinations within a walkable community. Traffic impacts, both on-siteand <strong>of</strong>f-site, should be minimized. Public utilities should be placed in alleys whenpossible and to reduce the number <strong>of</strong> public utilities obstructing the public areasand walkways.

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