Master Plan - City of Troy

DESIGN CONCEPT• This area will be a high-quality, eclectic mixof land uses and architectural types.• Emphasis should be placed less on landuse and more on building and site design.Design should not reflect traditional formsof “colonial” architecture.• Primary parking areas within rear or interiorside yards.• Landscape design creativity should beencouraged by setting broad generalparameters relating to environmentalsustainability such as limiting storm waterrunoff or reusing gray water for irrigation.• Development should be linked togethervisually and functionally throughout thecorridor.SITE DESIGN ATTRIBUTES• Uniform “build-to” lines guiding a uniformcontainment of open space within the rightof-wayshould be established.•Primary parking areas should be within rearor interior side yards.• Landscape design creativity will beencouraged by setting general parametersrelating to environmental sustainability suchas limiting storm water runoff.• Larger sites with deep set buildings shouldredevelop with buildings near the MapleRoad right-of-way line.•Mass transit stops should be accommodated(see page 115)BUILDING DESIGN ATTRIBUTES• Maximum height should not exceedfour stories and limited to two stories forproperties abutting single-family residentialneighborhoods.• Design creativity with regard to materialswill be encouraged, although low qualitymaterials or building designs that inhibitactivity on the corridor will not bepermitted.Maple Road may provide a unique venue to expand opportunitiesfor public art placement and for area artists to work and live.106 CHAPTER 9: LAND PATTERNS