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UPTOWN D2 DISTRICT FORM-BASED CODE January 26, 2016 experience while others will provide a less active and more intimately scaled srREET- SPACE. c. These are streets-not highways, arterials, or collectors-and must be developed as such to create pedestrian-oriented places balancing all transportation modes. The neighborhood street type is designed primarily for walkability and pedestrian comfort, with automobile movement as a secondary focus. The other types balance pedestrian and auto movements. 2. Principles a. The appropriate design of streets is one of the most important design elements for an urban neighborhood. b. To design for continuous free-flowing traffic creates situations where vehicles will travel at speeds greater than desirable for pedestrians. c. With appropriate design techniques, drivers will choose slower speeds and less aggressive behavior, a feat typically not achieved through basic speed limit signage/postings. d. Scale is a threshold design consideration for street design elements (from signage to crossing distances)-in a Neighborhood, Town or City it should be that of the pedestrian. e. An interconnected street network allows traffic capacity to be diffused and maintained across numerous streets. f. Emergency vehicle access must be maintained, but with an interconnected street network, there will always be at least two routes of access to any lot or parcel. g. Differences between "requirements" and "preferences" can be significant- increased lane width and the accompanying increased vehicle speed more often than not decrease the overall safety for pedestrians. h. On-street parking slows passing vehicular traffic and acts as a buffer between moving vehicles and pedestrians. i. Overall function, comfort, safety, and aesthetics of a street are more important than efficiency alone. j. In apedestrian-oriented area, non-vehicular traffic should be provided with every practical advantage so long as safety is not adversely affected. k. Street design should take into consideration what is reasonably foreseeable, not every situation that is conceivably possible. I. Designing a street to facilitate (rather than accommodate) infrequent users may actually be the wrong design for the frequent users of the space. m. When the street design creates a conflict between the vehicular and non-vehicular user, it should be resolved in favor of the non-vehicular user unless public safety will be truly jeopardized by the resolution. B. Street Types These are the permitted types and configurations are permitted within the district. a. London Boulevard, LB-12 b. London Boulevard, LB-11 c. Uptown High Street UH-100 d. Neighborhood Street NS-66 e. Elm Street NS-100 f. King/Queen Street NS-40/50 g. ALLEYS-24 h. ALLEYS-3O 30