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    Nature

  • N01 Conservation Subdivisions
  • N02 Riparian and Source Water Buffers
  • N03 More Density on Gradual Slopes
  • N04 Use High Points Carefully
  • N05 Direct the Flow
  • N06 Greensward
  • N08 Mid-Block Green
  • N09 Link Resources On and Between Parcels
  • N10 Constructed Wetlands
  • N20 Green Streets
  • N21 Vegetated Swales
  • N23 Tree Pits
  • N24 Planter Boxes
  • N25 Infiltration Trench
  • N32 Water Flow on Small Sites
  • N33 Downspout Disconnection
  • N34 Rainwater Harvesting
  • N37 Parking Lot Bioswales
  • N38 Permeable Pavements
  • N46 Water Flow
  • N80 The House
  • N81 Step the Envelope
  • N82 Use Energy Wisely
  • Links

  • L10 Basic Street Network
  • L11 Network Accommodates Natural Features
  • L12 Network is Organized Around Natural Features
  • L13 Street Network in the Landscape
  • L14 Connectivity Calculations
  • L15 Connectivity Within Larger Sites
  • L16 Connectivity Between Sites
  • L25 Bus Accommodation
  • L30 Parking Lot Placement – Preferred
  • L31 Parking Lot Placement – Acceptable
  • L32 Parking Lot Placement – Unacceptable
  • L33 Small Parking Lot Partially Beneath Buildings
  • L40 Parking Lot Retrofit
  • L41 Large Parking Lot Design
  • L42 Parking Lot Screening
  • L50 Community-Supporting Street Design
  • L51 Bike Parking Location
  • L52 28 Ft Street Parking on Both Sides
  • L53 24 Ft Street Parking on One Side
  • L54 Conventional Bikeway
  • L55 Commercial Area Collector Angled Parking One Side
  • L56 Commercial Neighborhood Collector Parallel Parking One Side
  • L57 Commercial Area Collector Parallel Parking Both Sides
  • L70 Suburban Road Diets
  • L74 Corner Bulb-Outs or Neck-Downs
  • L76 Speed Bump
  • L78 Mid-Block Crossing
  • L90 Trail System
  • L92 Mid-Block Connections
  • L93 Retrofit Large Blocks
  • L94 Shared-Use Path
  • L95 Planting Buffer
  • L98 Trailway Separates from Road Network
  • Communities

  • C10 Large-Scale Suburban Mixed Use Block
  • C11 Neighborhood Commercial Corner
  • C12 Mixed-Use Building
  • C20 Basic Neighborhood Form
  • C21 Neighborhood Form Accommodates Natural Features
  • C22 Neighborhood Form is Organized Around Natural Features
  • C30 Neighborhood Form-Single Family
  • C31 Street with Single Family Houses
  • C32 Neighborhood Form-Multi Family
  • C33 Street with Attached Houses
  • C40 Frontage Road–Neighborhood Edge
  • C41 Rendering of Neighborhood Frontage Roads Surrounding a Natural Resource Corridor
  • C50 Neighborhood Form-Open Space
  • C60 Typical Main Street
  • C61 Widths of Sidewalk Elements
  • C63 Main Street Enclosure
  • C65 Main Street
  • C66 Traditional Pedestrian-Oriented Main Street
  • C67 Preferred Infill Development
  • C68 Corner Lot Development
  • C70 Commercial Retail Development
  • C71 Large-Scale Commercial Development
  • C72 Commercial Office Development
  • C73 Neighborhood Commercial Corner
  • C74 Commercial Corridor Development
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