To reserve these trends and expand the progress being made in the Borough’s downtown redevelopment area to the entire corridor, H2M created three new zone districts for the corridor. The new zoning promotes compact, mixed-use development that features attractive, highly articulated buildings and site design that caters to the pedestrian experience. The purpose of the new CC districts is to accommodate vehicles, pedestrians and transit users; stimulate pedestrian use of the corridor; develop attractive buildings and appealing site design; minimize visibility of parking lots and automobile accommodations; and create a visually stimulating and economically viable commercial corridor.
The three new districts include a downtown core transit-oriented area near the train station; a district geared towards creative/maker, innovation, and live-work uses; and an easterly mixed-use district that transitions to residential. The regulations feature bike parking requirements, shared parking allowances, architectural facade standards, and signage requirements. Abundant graphics, diagrams and photographs enable users and reviewers to easily interpret the regulations.
