Infill From The SmartCode 6.5

The Town Paper website publishes the Infill section of SmartCode6.5.

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May 28, 2005, 11:00 AM PDT

"RCDs Regional Center Development (Downtowns)... shall be urbanized areas that are primarilymixed-use. Downtown Plans shall be based on conserving, completing, or creating Transect-based downtown structure. A Downtown shall be defined by a Long (1/2 mile) Pedestrian Shed, elongated to follow an important commercial corridor. Downtowns should be the location of large commercial and retail uses as well as government and other civic institutions of regional importance. The edges of a Downtown should blend into adjacent neighborhoods without buffer."

[Editor's note: The link below is to a one-page 250K PDF document.]

Thanks to The Practice of New Urbanism listserv

FULL STORY: Section 4: Infill, Smart Code 6.5, 2005

Friday, May 27, 2005 in The Town Paper

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