§ 38-1374. Four Corners Charrette Executive Summary Report.

The following general recommendations contained in the Four Corners Charrette Executive Summary Report dated June 10, 1994 ("executive summary report"), as modified herein, are hereby adopted and shall be implemented:

(1)

Pedestrian access and use.

a.

Create a pedestrian walk on each side of the major roads within the CVC (Apopka-Vineland Road and Conroy-Windermere Road).

• Create crosswalks at the future loop road intersections which occur away from the actual intersection of the major roads.

• Use landscape design to minimize the intimidating effects for foot travelers along the major roads.

• Make the roadside safe, pleasant spaces for pedestrians.

b.

Treat the major roads with special paving, landscaping and/or other traffic calming devises which blend with the overall aesthetics of the CVC.

c.

Use design, materials and graphics to define pedestrian areas for oncoming vehicles.

(2)

Vehicular access and use. Design and construct internal streets within the four (4) quadrants which are organized for safety and convenient access between developments for both pedestrians and vehicles.

• To the greatest extent practicable, an entry from a major road to an internal street shall be aligned with the entry to an internal street on the opposite side of the major road.

• Maintain the continuity of landscape design and pedestrian-friendly treatment at all vehicular ingress/egress points.

(3)

Roadway landscape features and style.

a.

Landscape the major roads fronting the development properties. Use a clearly unified, structured landscape statement which provides a strong sense of arrival at and departure from the CVC.

• Use regularly spaced canopy trees to define and emphasize enclosure of the major roads.

• Design the roadway landscape so as to maintain ample sighting opportunities through the streetscaping to the nonresidential development.

• Use smaller scale undercanopy along with flowering shrubs and groundcovers to relate to pedestrians and to provide color and distinction of place.

• Carry over the palette of landscape design to the nonresidential development entrances for design continuity.

• Use street furniture and hardscape features which harmonize with the design concepts of the CVC.

b.

Create an identification statement with landscape and architectural features at the intersection of the major roads.

• Use landscape materials and architectural statements which provide a strong visual message but have a relatively low maintenance requirement.

c.

Install adjacent to the rights-of-way along the major roads either a continuous landscape buffet twenty (20) feet in width or a hardscape supplemented with landscape as may be approved by the county.

d.

Place utilities underground along the major roads pursuant to section 38-1352.

e.

Install mast arm standards for traffic signals at the intersection of the major roads.

f.

Use low profile signage for development and tenant identification along the major roads.

• Maintain the importance of the visual message of the landscape treatment by subordinating other messages.

(4)

Site design standards.

a.

Provide tree canopies for parking lots within the nonresidential developments.

• Maintain a plant palette for large plant materials within the developments similar to the roadway palette.

• Use special landscape design as accents and to define special places.

b.

Design and locate retention/detention facilities to be visual amenities.

c.

Encourage view corridors to Lake Down.

d.

Create identifiable environments within the developments through the careful design and use of materials for paving, street furniture, graphics, etc.

• Set common standards for landscape, street and parking treatments graphics, signage, etc.

e.

Require landscape setbacks between public facades of buildings and parking and traffic areas.

f.

Buffer service areas from views from adjacent residential areas and other public areas with landscape and other appropriate screening.

• Design for noise and light pollution screening.

• To the greatest extent practicable, clearly separate service traffic facilities from public traffic facilities.

(5)

Architectural features and style.

a.

Create a special environment within the developments through the careful design and use of materials for walls, walkways, roofs, trim, building ornament, graphics, etc.

• Provide for controlled materials selection rather than dictating style.

• Carefully control design through clear architectural and landscape architectural standards documents and monitoring and review activities.

b.

Provide continuous covered colonnaded walkways and/or awnings or canopies for visual linkage, unity of design and scale definition in building groups.

• Minimum width of walkways should be ten (10) feet.

• Heights of walkway covers shall be appropriate to the scale of the adjacent building and provide for actual climatic protection to users.

c.

Use sloped roofs to provide design unity and a pleasant, more sympathetic, architectural aesthetic for all publicly visible building parts.

• Design publicly visible roof surfaces with slopes of not less than three (3) in twelve (12) or with facades or parapets that create the foregoing effect. Flat roofs shall be prohibited except in service/loading areas.

(Ord. No. 96-36, § 1, 11-12-96)