- Neighborhood-scale open spaces can support higher density residential building types.
- Buildings around the space do not have to be the same type, but together they should create a legible and integrated “ensemble.” Differences in scale and style should be managed creatively.
- As with residential streets elsewhere, buildings should be oriented to the public space and have a consistent relationship to the sidewalk and street.
- In no case shall parking lots front onto the public space. Parking lots shall be behind buildings or otherwise completely screened from view. Landscape buffers shall screen parking lots from side streets.
- Typically, neighborhood parks shall have streets on all sides to enable the buildings that front onto the space to have an address and entrance onto the open space.
- On-street parking along the roads defining the public space is desirable.
- All intersections shall be traffic-calmed.
