Transect Zone Descriptions
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T-1 NATURAL |
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T-1 Natural Zone consists of lands approximating or reverting to a wilder- ness condition, including lands unsuitable for settlement due to topography, hydrology or vegetation. |
General Character: |
Natural landscape with some agricultural use |
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Building Placement: |
Not applicable |
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Frontage Types: |
Not applicable |
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Typical Building Height: |
Not applicable |
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Type of Civic Space: |
Parks, Greenways |
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T-2 RURAL |
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T-2 Rural Zone consists of sparsely settled lands in open or cultivated states. These include woodland, agricultural land, grassland, and irrigable desert. Typical buildings are farmhouses, agricultural buildings, cabins, and villas. |
General Character: |
Primarily agricultural with woodland & wetland and scattered buildings |
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Building Placement: |
Variable Setbacks |
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Frontage Types: |
Not applicable |
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Typical Building Height: |
1- to 2-Story |
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Type of Civic Space: |
Parks, Greenways |
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T-3 SUB-URBAN |
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T-3 Sub-Urban Zone consists of low density residential areas, adjacent to higher zones that some mixed use. Home occupations and outbuildings are allowed. Planting is naturalistic and setbacks are relatively deep. Blocks may be large and the roads irregular to accommodate natural conditions. |
General Character: |
Lawns, and landscaped yards surrounding detached single-family houses; pedestrians occasionally |
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Building Placement: |
Large and variable front and side yard Setbacks |
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Frontage Types: |
Porches, fences, naturalistic tree planting |
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Typical Building Height: |
1- to 2-Story with some 3-Story |
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Type of Civic Space: |
Parks, Greenways |
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T-4 GENERAL URBAN |
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T-4 General Urban Zone consists of a mixed use but primarily residential urban fabric. It may have a wide range of building types: single, sideyard, and rowhouses. Setbacks and landscaping are variable. Streets with curbs and sidewalks define medium-sized blocks. |
General Character: |
Mix of Houses, Townhouses & small Apartment buildings, with scattered Commercial activity; balance between landscape and buildings; presence of pedestrians |
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Building Placement: |
Shallow to medium front and side yard Setbacks |
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Frontage Types: |
Porches, fences, Dooryards |
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Typical Building Height: |
2- to 3-Story with a few taller Mixed Use buildings |
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Type of Civic Space: |
Squares, Greens |
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T-5 URBAN CENTER |
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T-5 Urban Center Zone consists of higher density mixed use building that accommodate retail, offices, rowhouses and apartments. It has a tight network of streets, with wide sidewalks, steady street tree planting and buildings set close to the sidewalks. |
General Character: |
Shops mixed with Townhouses, larger Apartment houses, Offices, workplace, and Civic buildings; predominantly attached buildings; trees within the public right-of-way; substantial pedestrian activity |
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Building Placement: |
Shallow Setbacks or none; buildings oriented to street defining a street wall |
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Frontage Types: |
Stoops, Shopfronts, Galleries |
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Typical Building Height: |
3- to 5-Story with some variation |
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Type of Civic Space: |
Parks, Plazas and Squares, median landscaping |
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T-6 URBAN CORE |
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T-6 Urban Core Zone consists of the highest density and height, with the greatest variety of uses, and civic buildings of regional importance. It may have larger blocks; streets have steady street tree planting and buildings are set close to wide sidewalks. Typically only large towns and cities have an Urban Core Zone. |
General Character: |
Medium to high-Density Mixed Use buildings, entertainment, Civic and cultural uses. Attached buildings forming a continuous street wall; trees within the public right-of-way; highest pedestrian and transit activity |
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Building Placement: |
Shallow Setbacks or none; buildings oriented to street, defining a street wall |
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Frontage Types: |
Stoops, Dooryards, Forecourts, Shopfronts, Galleries, and Arcades |
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Typical Building Height: |
4-plus Story with a few shorter buildings |
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Type of Civic Space: |
Parks, Plazas and Squares; median landscaping |