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Residential Neighborhood
Residential Neighborhoods are generally occupied only by residential uses, although small areas of neighborhood shops could be embedded within them or along an edge of the neighborhood. This place type could include almost any type of residential structures, from single-family detached housing to multi-story apartment buildings. However, as the DENSITY increases, the likelihood that other uses – commercial streets, office buildings, etc. – would be present increases. In such cases, some streets with only residential frontages would fit in this place type, but other streets might fit into one of the other place types below.

Residential-area
Credit: CAI
Residential-area
Credit: CAI

 

 

 

 



Design considerations can be divided into three major categories:

    • Site Planning involves site- and building-specific issues such as density, urban scale, and floor area ratio.

    • The Choices & Guidelines section encompasses numerous design matters including parking, setbacks, lighting, and drainage, among others.

For more information about design and the relationship between the public ROADWAY and private property see the Design Tutorial.

Process considerations deal with the steps and procedures involved in the planning process.  This manual addresses nine specific process areas.