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include specific alternative provisions within the actual developments that abut the roadway need not necessar-
<br /> corridor regulations. Try to leave some leeway within the ily entail direct access for each use. Private service drives
<br /> ordinance, too, for approval of new practices that may and shared access driveways are appropriate and reason-
<br /> be proposed. able alternatives. The use of these and other alternatives
<br /> Landscaping and screening regulations, for instance, can
<br /> •be drafted so that amenities such as plazas, artwork, and should be required or at least actively encouraged.
<br /> Indiscriminately relegating intensive development and
<br /> fountains can qualify for at least partial credit under the all uses with high traffic-generation potential to corridor
<br /> code. Performance-based screening and buffering require- locations also has a negative impact on the operational
<br /> ments, which base the width of landscape buffers and the characteristics of important roadways. Uses such as fast-
<br /> density of planting within buffer areas on the nature of food restaurants, convenience stores, and service stations
<br /> the land use, are an excellent response to concerns about should be targeted for special treatment within the con-
<br /> inflexibility and the potential for onerous treatment of text of a sound corridor regulatory program.These types
<br /> small projects. of uses, as well as high-intensity commercial develop-
<br /> Adopt a street tree program. Healthy, attractive trees merits, should be located at or near major intersections
<br /> located along the roadway can do more to enhance the as a means of mitigating the effects of their tremendous
<br /> appearance of corridor areas than any other single road- transportation demands.
<br /> side feature. Tree-planting and preservation requirements,
<br /> as well as a local tree-planting program, should be a part This report has examined some of the fundamental
<br /> of every community's corridor improvement and protec- land-use planning and policy issues involved in corridor
<br /> tion strategy. area planning and design. The study findings reveal that
<br /> Don't ignore the relationship between traffic circula- local corridor protection and enhancement programs are
<br /> tion and land use.The visual appearance of roadway cor- made up of planning and regulatory techniques that have
<br /> ridors is just one component of an overall improvement been used widely for a number of years. When viewed
<br /> equation. Land-use and development policies have a sig- individually, these techniques may seem simple or old
<br /> nificant impact on the functional operation of the cor- hat, but,when taken together, they represent an integrated
<br /> ridor's nucleus—the roadway itself. Access control mea- and comprehensive approach that offers great promise
<br /> sures should be a part of all roadway area plans and for improving the function, safety, and appearance of
<br /> ordinances. Allowing reasonable access opportunities for corridors.
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