| #e.22436 | Friday 1:00PM to 2:30PM
March 8,
2013 | CM | 1.50 |
Using Design Guidelines to Control Strip DevelopmentAPA Ohio Chapteronline, OH Free event Strip development changes the character of communities. It converts the traditional New England pattern of compact, walkable villages and downtowns into a linear mass of automobile- dependent sprawl. Design guidelines are a relatively new and innovative tool for controlling the pattern and form of strip development to maintain community character. They expand on typical zoning regulations by using graphics and photographs to illustrate the desired form of new development. They provide more detailed guidance to landowners, developers, and Board members and thereby make the development review process more predictable.
The topics covered by design guidelines usually include building location, architecture, landscaping, signage, and lighting, and sometimes address access management, pedestrian movement, stormwater management, and other issues.
This session will present case studies on the preparation and use of design guidelines to control strip development from several communities in Maine, from Salem, New Hampshire, and from the Cape Cod region of Massachusetts. The presenters have extensive experience with strip development and the preparation and implementation of design guidelines.
More Instructors: Ross Moldoff AICP Ross Moldoff, AICP, has been the Planning Director for the Town of Salem, New Hampshire (pop. 30,000), for 29 years, where he provides staff support for the Planning Board and Conservation Commission. He has extensive experience in subdivision and site plan permitting as well as writing and enforcing land use regulations and zoning ordinances. He has taught courses on Controlling Strip Development, Managing Residential Growth, and Evaluating Development Proposals for the University of New Hampshire Continuing Education Program. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Environmental Studies from Colby College and a master’s degree in Regional Planning from the University of Massachusetts. Terry DeWan Terry DeWan, FASLA, is principal of Terrence J. DeWan & Associates, a landscape architecture and planning firm in Yarmouth, Maine. Terry has over 35 years of professional experience in landscape architecture, visual resource assessment, design guidelines, site planning, and community development. His experience involves work with communities, developers, state and federal agencies, utility companies, and the forest products industry in New England. He has written numerous award-winning studies on design guidelines, community planning, visual impact assessment, recreation planning, and highway corridor redevelopment. Sarah Korjeff Sarah Korjeff is a planner and historic preservation specialist at the Cape Cod Commission, a regional planning and regulatory agency serving the fifteen towns in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. She works with communities to develop bylaws and design guidelines that protect the region’s distinctive character, referencing historic architectural forms and past development patterns. Ms. Korjeff coordinated production of the Cape Cod Commission’s design manual “Designing the Future to Honor the Past,” and was a principle author of the Commission’s latest design guidelines publication, “Contextual Design on Cape Cod: Design Guidelines for Large-Scale Development.” She holds a bachelor’s degree in History from Middlebury College and a master’s degree in Historic Preservation from the University of Pennsylvania. (399 Ratings)
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