Establish A High Standard

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Employ planners and architects that have demonstrated understanding of the concepts and do not make plans to build merely a “product.” Designers should create a place for multiple trips, uses, and unique activities – a real place with an identity.

Some with experience in town centers recommend keeping style, colors, materials, and design of mixed-use projects consistent. But several projects employed multiple architects to provide diversity and an organic feel to the new town center or mixed-use district rather than employing a single architect to design everything.

Public agencies should follow urban design principles and adhere to them regardless of suburban design formats forwarded by developers or tenants. Park Forest’s Village Board unfortunately approved conventional designs, including deep setbacks, on key gateway parcels on the new main street sold to chain outlets, even though the designs were not consistent with the new district’s design guidelines. Belmar worked to prevent this from happening by forming its Architectural Control Committee. Under the PUD permit agreement, the committee is the decision-making entity regarding urban design compliance, with appeals going to the city manager.

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Last edited by TeganDowling. Based on work by JeffBarke and JamesCarlson.  Page last modified on July 26, 2005