& Community Design

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Green Laws
Green Laws

• Community Design

LSU Green Law Research Project Louisiana
Department of Agriculture Forestry Office of
Forestry Urban Forestry Program

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Working With Nature in the City
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Part one.how we build..
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Why Landscape Regulations?

• Landscape Codes set forth standards for better
  community design. Lets look at some common
  problems of urban
• design that can be solved with a well-crafted
  community landscape code.

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Land Clearing and Tree Removal

• Good planning, good design and good development
  practices will keep nature in the city.

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View From The Street
View From The Street

• The view from the public road is the primary
  objective of a community landscape law.

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Street Edge
Better Site Design

• Street edges and curb cuts are the responsibility
  of the city?

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Street Yard
Better Site Design
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Street Walls
Better Site Design
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Building Entries
Better Site Design

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Urban Heat Island

• Why do commercial land uses remove all trees?

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A Sea of Parking

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• Car storage consumes much land and most parking
  areas contain little landscaping?

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VUA Interiors
Better Site Design
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Parking Lot Design

• Parking lot interiors should be more than
  continuous concrete and asphalt.

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No Walkways

• When walkways are not provided people walk in the
  street.

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VUA Screening

• Parking lots should be screened from public
  streets and residential developments.

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Concrete Sites Open Space
Concrete Sites Open Space
Concrete Sites Open Space

• Paving from lot line to lot line removes nature
  and natural elements from development sites!

• Car storage consumes much land and most parking
  areas contain little landscaping?

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Storm Water Run Off
Better Site Design

• Where does all of the rain water go?

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Yard Buffering
Better Site Design
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Trash Service Area Screening
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Plant Material Quality and Planting Methods
The proper quality, use, maintenance of landscape
plant materials within the urban environment is a
problem which is often neglected.
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Irrigation and Water Conservation and LBMPs
Nature in the city requires water, water must be
carefully managed!
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Part two. how to build green communities.
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Credits
Prepared in cooperation with the East Baton Rouge
Tree and Landscape Commission, Office of
Landscape Forestry and the Louisiana Urban
Forestry Council. Design, script, photography and
production by the Landscape Ordinance Research
Project at the School of Landscape Architecture ,
Louisiana State University. For additional
information Contact the research program at
225.578.1434 or visit the web site at
www.greenlaws.lsu.edu
For a free copy of this program contact
Louisiana Department of Agriculture
Forestry Office of Forestry P.O.Box 1628 Baton
Rouge, LA 70821-1628 225.925.4500
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Production Staff

• PROJECT DIRECTOR-
• Prof. D.G.Abbey,ASLA
• Louisiana State University
• CONSULTANT-
• Prof. Sissi Foster
• Michigan State University
• PRODUCER-
• Louisiana Department of
• Forestry, Urban Forestry Program
• DIGITAL PRODUCTION-
• Dan Farrah
• Joe LAbbe
• GRAPHIC ASSISTANTS-
• Matt Faust
• Courtney Bush
• Kay Orlando Ourso
• SPECIAL ASSISTANCE-
• Collier County Florida Planning Department
• Abbey Associates Landscape Architects

Drawing By Kay Orlando Ourso Landscape Architect
Abbey Associates,Inc. Landscape Architects -
The Architecture Group Baton Rouge, Louisiana