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<br /> El6sji'~~~I~ll l '~'~,~~i~llinar,,lE' ii,l ~>~',i~i'~ ~ k~~~4' ~ ,~1i7,; Iw', i~l ~ i ii t{ i;n,~.i ~ l <br /> Monday. February 23. 1998 2 59:50 PM (8'081 967-8295 ' <br /> Bonnie Goodell sustamabilin Orchna,~~e 2 1S og p 2 <br /> communit}'. By drateing upon the best from the past any the present. tt~e can plan communities <br /> that will more successful!}~ serge the needs of those n ho line and tt~ork teithin them. Such <br /> planning should adhere to certain fundamental principles. <br /> CO>.Lt.It\IT~' PR]NCIPLES <br /> 1. .all planning should be in the form of complete and integrated communities containing <br /> housing, shops. workplaces. schools. parks and civic facilities essential to the daily life of the <br /> residents. <br /> 2. Community size should be designed so that housin=. jobs. daily needs and other actit itiesare <br /> ti ithin easy t~ alking distance of each other. <br /> 3. as man}' actit tries as possible should be located tcidun eas~,~ tt~alking distance of transit stops. <br /> 4. .a commmtit}• should contain a diversity of housin~~ i~~pe~s ro enable citiaens from a n~ide range <br /> of economic let els and age groups to live n ithin its b~~uudarics. <br /> a Businesses within the community should provide a range o1 job q~pes for the communit}~~s <br /> residents. <br /> o. The location and character of the communin~ should be consistent tt~ith a larger n~ansit <br /> nent~ork. <br /> 7. The communit}~ should hate a center focus than combines commercial cultural and <br /> recreational uses. <br /> 8. The community should contain an ample supply o~ specialized open space in the form of <br /> squares greens and parks ti~hose frequent use is encour;is^d through placement and design. <br /> 9. Public spaces should be designed to encourage the attention and presence of people at all <br /> hours of the da} and night. <br /> 10. Each community or cluster of communities should have awell-defined edge, such as <br /> agricultural greenbelts or teildlife corridors, permaneutl; protected From development. <br /> 11. Sn~eets, pedestrian paths. and bike paths should c~~nrribute to a s}~stem of full;-connected <br /> and interesting routes to all destinations. Their design <hrnild encourage <br /> pedestrian and bic}'cleuse b}' being small and spatiall. ~ d~ tined Uy buildings. trees. and lighting: <br /> and b}' discouraging high speed traffic. <br /> t2. ~~'hereterpossible, the natural terrain. drainage a !~i ~egetationof the comnnmit}~should be <br /> preserved with superior examples contained trithin part or «reenbelts. <br /> 13. The communit}' design should help conserve reseur~~es and minimize tt~aste. <br /> l~l. Communities should provide for efficientuse of t~ at~~r through the use of nantral drainage, <br /> drought tolerant landscaping attd recycling. <br /> 1~. The street orientation. the placement of buildings and tl~te use of shading should contribute to <br /> the energ}• efficiency of the communit}. <br /> REGIO\.~L PRI\CIPLES <br /> 1. The regional land use platming sn~ucture should to integrated within a larger transportation <br /> <br />