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16 Codifijing New Urbanism <br />Conrplc:nzentary uses set zvithirz an <br />irztercnnnected street netwvrl< brir•rg <br />togetlzer essential aspects of corrznzuuity <br />life a.rul rninirnize relinrzce orz the car. <br />A compact, nzixeci-use pattern (belozv)- <br />ficrrclanzental to New Urbarrisrn- <br />contrasts with tYu~ Euclidian separation <br />(aboz7e) that clcaracteriLes converrtiorual <br />suburban dez~elopnzent. <br />While only some ordinances will incorporate every one of the provisions <br />suggested here, most should be incorporated into all ordinances intended to <br />implement New Urbanist principles. <br />Many community leaders want to know what they can do immediately <br />to make their land-use regulations implement New Urbanism. By translat- <br />ing key principles into specific regulatory changes, a community can start <br />to change its development pattern without having to completely overhaul <br />its code. Chapter 2 describes how a local approach can start with strategic <br />changes and then proceed to comprehensive regulatory reform. If the com- <br />munity is committed; some fundamental changes are easy to do, and some <br />can be done in isolation from large-scale changes requiring more time. <br />The signature chazacteristic of Euclidean zoning-widely used throughout <br />the country-is the separation of uses and their dispersion through minimum <br />lot-size requirements. New Urbanists reverse this approach to bring many <br />activities into proximity, in the interest of convenience, walkability, and liveli- <br />ness. Emphasizing mixed use does not mean eliminating blocks that consist of <br />housing only. Mixed-use neighborhoods traditionally include residential <br />blocks with a variety of densities and housing types within a neighborhood <br />distinguished by many activities within comfortable walking distance of most <br />homes (Figure 1). <br />FIGURE 1. EUCLIDEAN SEPARATION VS. MIXED-USE INTEGRATION <br />EUCLIDEAN SEPARATION <br />MIXED-USEINTEGRATIDN <br />CO <br />~:~_ <br />h¢Ck~R` l HOUSING <br />~o ~ '~ ; <br />PEDESTRIAN-FRIENDLY ~l~ `-~ ~ ~ '~ ROUND-FLOOR <br />STREET ~~' ~,\~~ ~ ~~ RETAIL <br />~ i <br />~ i <br />.s <br />NG <br />
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