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hours; security fences and gates should not be used in the 4.2.6 PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS Standards:
design of public open spaces. 1. The amount of parking provided should be reflective of the
Intent: Establish safe, effective, and attractive pedestrian-friendly
5. Open spaces should be designed in concert with programming transportation systems which interconnect with residential, professional campus’s development’s transit-oriented location;
and design of the blocks adjacent to Memorial Drive Extended. there should be enough parking to serve employees but not
commercial, and recreational areas.
6. Open spaces should be designed to help manage stormwater more.
runoff from streets or private parcels with best management Standards: 2. On-street parking created on new public streets should be
practices (BMPs) such as pervious paving, rain gardens, reserved exclusively for visitors to the Eastside Professional
retention ponds, and vegetated swales, according to the 1. Clearly defined pedestrian connections shall be provided: Campus, not for commuters, or long-term visitors. Parking
landscape standards outlined within Section 4.2.11, • between public sidewalks and building entrances when requirements would be determined by underlying zoning and
Landscaping and Irrigation Standards, and Section 4.2.12, buildings are located directly adjacent to the sidewalk; provisions set out in the City of Valparaiso’s UDO.
Architectural Treatment: Example 4 Stormwater Management.
Strong horizontal banding of operable windows, low roof line, projecting • between parking lots and building entrances; 3. Parking and loading should be designed to mitigate impacts
eaves; masonry with concrete accents. 4.2.5 PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY AREAS • that connect neighborhood pedestrian paths to adjacent to the urban design quality of building frontages. In no case
neighborhood and commercial areas. should parking and loading entries have more than 24 feet
Intent: To provide continuous, safe, and consistent street frontage 2. Where transit stops occur in the public right-of-way, pedestrian of building width dedicated to auto and loading ingress and
character within and adjacent to the street right-of-way. walkways shall provide a clear and direct connection from the egress per block. In no case should individual garage doors
and driveways be no more than 11 feet for parking, or 12 feet
main building entrance to the transit stop. for parking and loading jointly.
Standards:
3. Pedestrian walkways within parking areas may be included 4. Parking areas should be well-lit and well landscaped to create
1. Provide pedestrian-oriented amenities such as shaded seating as part of the minimum requirements for interior parking lot
areas and ‘pocket parks.’ landscaping if landscape treatment is provided on one side. the appearance of “cars in a forest” rather than trees in a
parking lot.
2. Pedestrian activity areas shall be sited to be sheltered from 4. For parking lots that contain greater than fifty vehicle parking 5. Parking lots, plazas and hardscape open space shall utilize
prevailing winds or designed with features such as wind spaces, pedestrian connections through the parking lot shall paving material with a Solar Reflectance Index (SRI) of at least
breaks that mitigate wind. be clearly defined in at least one of the following ways (except 29 and reduce the amount of surface area exposed to the sun.
as walkways cross vehicular travel lanes):
3. Pedestrian walkways or sidewalks five feet in width shall 6. Off-street bike racks should be provided in parking lots, or
Architectural Treatment: Example 5 provide for continuity between developments and connectivity • a raised walkway entry plazas.
Strong natural colors; strong horizontal rhythms of windows and other between parking facilities and buildings.
elements; massing. • buttons or painted markings 4.2.8 PARKING LOT SCREENING
4. Unless otherwise required or where larger plaza areas are • special paving, such as concrete masonry unit (cmu)
provided, sidewalk paving material shall be consistent with pavers in an asphalt area Intent: To reduce the visual impact of parking lots through the use
street frontage improvements of adjacent developments. • a continuous landscape area, a minimum of four feet of landscape buffers or architectural screening features.
Otherwise, required sidewalks and pedestrian walkways wide along at least one side of the walkway.
shall be concrete, with construction joints on a three foot 5. Fencing shall not be used to separate pedestrians from Standards:
grid, the pigment and finish of which is outlined within the vehicular traffic. 1. Parking lots that abut the public right-of-way shall be screened
City of Valparaiso Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) and with one or a combination of the following treatments:
technical Engineering Standards Manual.
4.2.7 PARKING AND LOADING
• low walls made of concrete, masonry, or other similar
5. Sidewalks should abut the back of street curb so as to avoid a Intent: The relationship between the public realm, parking and material and not exceeding a maximum height of three
grass mowing strip. feet;
loading, and vehicular access must be carefully planned and
6. Open spaces should be well lit with downward facing, thought out. Such auto-oriented features must be minimized so • raised planter walls planted with a minimum of eighty
Architectural Treatment: Example 6 pedestrian-scale lighting. that sidewalks and streets and not overwhelmed. Parking shall percent evergreen plant materials not to exceed a total
Varying roof lines; pronounced entrances; strong horizontal banding of be designed to minimize conflicts between automobiles and height of three feet, including the plant material planted
windows, low walls. pedestrians and create a clearly organized system of entrances, on top, at least a two-foot width;
driveways, and parking lots, while still providing adequate and
convenient parking spaces.
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