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Objective: Shape Community Identity with Buildings not Parking Lots An environment without percehroble boundaries Is amorphous, Indistinguishable from Its surroundings, and - generally placeless." Alex Krieger,PLACES, Winter, 9996. Buildings placed up to the street especially at Intersections,will shape the street corridors and ultimately the identity of the community. Street corridor edges are defined by: ° • Locating buildings In close proximity to the street; • Locating buildings at the corner of sites abutting intersections; • Buffering parking lot edges with a combination of trees,plantings,walls or railings;and • Placing parking at the side or rear of the building Figure V-2:Conventional Development Model: Continuous Building Wall Parking Lots Deflne Traditional downtown streets are lined with contiguous buildings which provide a backdrop for pedestrian Streetscape and Identity activities and visually enclose the street.The Heart of the City district encourages continuous building walls through frontage requirements,build-to lines and minimal Interior side yard setbacks. Alignment In order to maintain the "street wall," buildings are controlled by the type of street on which they are located in the Heart of the City district.The street types control building massing and setbacks. • In the HOC-1 District at least 65 percent of the street frontage of any lot must be occupied by building _ .,,14;,, ,•, facades meeting the build-to line. • In the HOC-2 District at least 40 percent of the street frontage of any lot must be occupied by building r facades meeting the bulld-to line. .. Figure V-3:Traditional Development Model: Buildings Define Intersections, Street Corridors and Identity Heart of the City - Design Framework Building Design Guidelines V -3