Achieve higher intensity commercial/industrial land uses through at least one of the following strategies:
Best Practice of this action
Rating Guideline
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Document the existence of a district meeting the Floor to Area Ratio (FAR) standard and/or zero-lot line. |
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Achieve 1 Star rating AND: locate the higher intensity district near higher density housing; have at least one co-working office space in your city. |
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The number of retail entrances per 330 feet in a downtown retail district ranges between 8 and 13; employment density of 25+ jobs/acre in compact areas; a maximum block perimeter of 2000' in a downtown zoning district. |
Resources
- As one walks along an indoor mall there is another storefront to look at and enter every 25 to 40 feet. Mall interiors have very few blank walls. Successful commercial zones follow this same Gehl Door Average rule of thumb: the more different retail shops located along a street, the more reasons to be there. See a sampling of ordinances for limiting parking garage walls facing the street.
- See also implementation tools for action 7.1
Sublist
a. Include in the city zoning ordinance and zoning map a commercial district with zero-lot-line setbacks and a FAR minimum of 1.
b. Set targets for the minimum number of employees/acre in different commercial zones.
Order Number
3
Action Type
Finite