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Overview <br />The Neighborhood Sub-district <br />emphasizes residential development, To <br />support the proposed mix of housing, a <br />framework of streets and blocks, based <br />on the traditional 9rid system, encourages <br />compact development patterns with <br />increa~;ing densities closer to the hear~ of <br />the Town Center. Typical blocks either <br />front onto signature parks or include <br />some private green space within the site; <br />many blocks have both. The major streets <br />that frame this property, including <br />Ramsey, Armstrong and Bunker Lake <br />Boulevards, provide an important 'face' <br />for this sub-district. Residential front <br />doors will connect with public walks <br />along each of these streets promoting the <br />urban character of the Town Center. Site <br />development guidelines include the <br />following: <br /> <br />TC4 Land Use <br />· Provide a mix of housing types, styles <br />and price range including a variety of unit <br />and building types within each block <br />· Promote increased density closer to the <br />Mixed Use Core Sub-district and along <br />major streets, specifically targeting <br />locations along Town Center Parkway and <br />the surrounding boulevard streets <br /> <br />TC4 Building Placement <br />· Building setbacks are based on three <br />factors - housing type, street width and <br />the combination of desired public <br />streetscape improvements and private <br />'garden' spaces; recommendations for <br />building setbacks can be found in the <br />Ramsey Zoning Code: <br />· Special consideration should be given <br /> to architectural elements, materials and <br /> other design features for buildings <br /> located at primar7 intersections, for <br /> example, at Bunker Lake Boulevard and <br /> Town Center Drive, or where streets <br /> intersect with parks, for example many <br /> of the streets that front on or end near <br /> Town Center Park - frequently these <br /> locations can be seen from several <br /> directions, perhaps terminate a view <br /> from a distance down the street or sit <br /> at a prominent activity node and will <br /> likely become future landmarks as the <br /> Town Center develops <br /> <br />Site Development <br /> <br />· ~inimize openings between buildings, although limited driveway access and some <br /> provision for peOestrian connections through blocks are encouraged - gaps in the <br /> building wall along street frontage to accommodate surface'parking lots, greater <br /> building setbacks or other purposes are discouraged <br />· Build to corners of each block, maintaining the building wall at street intersections <br /> <br />TC4 Parking Strategies <br />· Incorporate surface parking lots into the center of blocks, screened from public.streets <br /> with landscape, fencing and other ornamental elements <br />· Locate majority of visitor parking on-street <br />· Locate garage doors away from public view; garage doors <br /> fronting on public streets are not allowed <br />· Avoid long stretches of garage doors in the same plane - recesses and projections, <br /> landscape features and other site elements will provide some relief to this building face <br /> <br />· Build to corners <br />· Treat both sides as fronts <br /> <br /> <br />