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Purpose of Design Guidelines and Principles of
Design Guidelines Adopted |
These design guidelines are a community standard for good
design, that encourage creativity, interest, and variety,
and that build upon local heritage and character to create
efficient, sustainable, and livable places.
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Principles of Design Guidelines
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Mobility
Places promote and facilitate a variety of mobility options.
Emphasis is placed on the coordination among these options
to form a connected, functional, efficient, and integrated
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Health, Safety & Opportunity
Safe and accessible places allow all individuals to
participate regardless of social or economic resources, or
physical or mental ability. They promote health and
wellbeing and create opportunities for people to thrive. |
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Adaptability & Sustainability
Physical design anticipates and provides flexibility for the
inevitable change places undergo. Places are sustainable
economically, socially, physically, and ecologically.
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Public Realm
A community’s shared spaces, whether publicly or privately
owned, provide the setting for everyday life as well as more
formal civic occasions. These social gathering places
include a community’s natural features, parks and
recreational facilities, and streetscapes as well as
everyday shopping, dining, and entertainment opportunities.
These areas, whether bustling with activity or providing
quiet repose, promote a dynamic social and civic experience,
enhance the livability of a place, and provide diverse
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Character & Vitality
Places have a story, which is manifested through their
physical design. Elements are authentic, rich in detail and
diversity, and express their unique personality. They form a
hub of activity in which economic, social, cultural and
functional elements come together. |
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Urban design is the art of making places for
people. It includes the way places work and matters such as
community safety, as well as how they look. It concerns the
connections between people and places, movement and urban
form, nature and the built fabric, and the processes for
ensuring successful villages, towns and cities.
Urban design is a key to creating sustainable developments and
the conditions for a flourishing economic life, for the
prudent use of natural resources and for social progress. Good
design can help create lively places with distinctive
character; streets and public spaces that are safe,
accessible, pleasant to use and human in scale; and places
that inspire because of the imagination and sensitivity of
their designers. Learn more about
urban design. |
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WHAT IS URBAN
DESIGN?
