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PAGE 32 GOP Number GOP Language Recommended Action Comments/Rationale Street Network 3. In order to disperse traffic by offering many alternative routes and connections between destinations within the project and to appropriate uses on adjacent sites, the street network shall consist of a grid or modified grid pattern and shall accommodate connections to appropriate uses on adjacent sites. 4. Not more than 10% of blocks shall have a block with a perimeter measuring more than 1,800 feet. Within commercial and mixed use areas, no block face dimension should exceed 400 feet. 5. The project shall contain a network of interconnected streets, sidewalks, and pathways. 6. Streets shall be designed to balance pedestrian and automobile needs, to discourage high automobile speeds, to effectively and efficiently accommodate transit systems, and to distribute and diffuse traffic rather than concentrate it. 7. Street trees shall be provided so as to shade sidewalk areas and buffer sidewalk areas from automobile traffic. 8. Streets and adjacent buildings shall be sited and designed to encourage interactions between the street and buildings through the use of amenities such as reduced building setbacks, “build-to” lines, front porches, stoops, rear and side yard parking lot locations, and other means. 9. Projects shall decrease the prominence of front yard driveways, garages, and parking lots through one or more of the following: mid-block alleys, garages located toward the rear of lots, rear and side loaded garages, garages which are not the predominant architectural feature of the front elevation of buildings off-street parking at the rear of buildings, restricted driveway connections to streets, and traffic calming techniques. Mixing of Uses 10. The project shall be designed as a compact or clustered development. Projects may include the following mix of uses occurring together in close proximity: • single-family residential, • accessory dwelling units, • multiple-family residential, • commercial and work place, • civic and cultural, and • open space. 11. The following ratios shall apply to land uses within the project: a. Community open spaces open to the public, such as squares, plazas, or parks, shall comprise a minimum of 5% of the total project area. b. Civic uses, such as post offices, churches, community centers, meeting halls, schools, day care centers and cultural facilities shall comprise a minimum of 1% of the total project area. c. Residential uses shall comprise a minimum of 50% and a maximum of 80% of the total non-conservation and non- agricultural project area. d. Commercial and office uses located on residentially or agriculturally designated land shall not exceed 10% of the total land area designated on the land use plan as residential and agricultural. 12. The vertical mixing of uses is allowed and strongly encouraged around designated town centers, main streets, mixed-use centers, and central squares and greens. Centers (Locus of Community Activity) 13. Each project must have at least one public square, town center, or mixed use area within a ¼ mile walking distance