SmartCode Review By Joe Beck, RLA

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SmartCode ReviewBy Joe Beck, RLA
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Background on Zoning

• Protect the Publics Health, Safety and Welfare
• Euclidean zoning (1926)
• Land Use Zoning
• Le Corbusiers Ideal City (1930s)
• Lee County, FL. Urban Sprawl

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LCLDC Chapter 10

• Written by Civil Engineers for Civil Engineers
• Key component is an efficient transportation
  network
• Move vehicles one direction from out lining area
  to bigger and faster roadways
• Paradigm of Code is Automobile
• _at_ 35 MPH

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LCLDC Chapter 10

• Major/Minor arterials and collectors defined as
  adjacent used are Secondary
• Proposed change - Minor arterials and collectors
  adjacent uses are Primary and through traffic
  Secondary
• Complete Streets Multi-model
• Narrow Lane Width
• On Street Parking
• 30-35 MPH

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Form Base Code

• Form based zoning regulates not the type of land
  use, but the form that that land use may take
• Smart Growth Goal is to create Urban Villages
  throughout Lee County
• Key element to the Urban Village is it designed
  on a human scale for human use, such as the ideas
  of the Pedestrian Shed and multi-model
  transportation (walking, bike, transit). i.e.
  Complete Street

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Question

• Does the current Euclidean zoning protect the
  Publics Health, Safety and Welfare?
• The SmartCode is a practical alternative
• Support Smart Growth Goals

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Transect
Duany Plater-Zyberk Company
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T5 Urban Center
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T4 General Urban
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T4-T5 Urban
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T4 General Urban
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T4 General Urban
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Nodes and Corridors

• Nodes Transect/Urban Village
• Corridors Major arterials and collectors
  connecting the Urban Village
• Within the Transect/Urban Village the arterials
  and collectors would transition into Minor
  arterials and collectors
• Local Street create interconnecting grid with
  through traffic alternatives

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Minor Collectors and Arterials within Transect

• Minor Collectors Avenue
• Divided medium
• Minor Arterials Boulevard
• Parallel access roads
• On Street Parking

Duany Plater-Zyberk Company
Duany Plater-Zyberk Company
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T4 General UrbanAvenue
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Local Commercial Streets within Transect

• Local Commercial Street
• 80 ROW
• Local Commercial Street
• 100 ROW

Duany Plater-Zyberk Company
Duany Plater-Zyberk Company
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T5 Urban Center80ROW
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• SmartCode Table
• Alternative Lanes and Parking configuration

Duany Plater-Zyberk Company
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Who Defines Transect?

• Lee County has 12 Community Planning Panels (NFM,
  Lehigh, Alva, etc)
• Charrette with each CPP to define their Community
  Vision and Transect
• Smart Growth Committee (BOCC)
• Identify other Transect Zones

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Charrette

• Charrette means Little Cart
• History
• Charrette is an multi-day planning and design
  workshop, which melds the design of the community
  and its infrastructure
• Stakeholder
• Community Leaders
• Design Professional
• County Staff

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Transect Process

• Create a Community Vision
• Define Land to be Protected
• Existing and future
• Define Pedestrian Sheds
• Allocate Transect Zones
• Follow Urban Design Code

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NFM Transect Hancock and Orange Grove
By Joe Beck, ATELIER Design Studio
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Hancock Pkwy Orange Grove
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Section -Hancock Pkwy
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Lehigh TransectLee Blvd and Gunnery Rd
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Lee Blvd and Gunnery Rd
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Section - Gunnery Rd.
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Charrette Design Professionals

• Urban Design -Those who can visualize in 3-D and
  communicate ideas
• FS 481
• Landscape Architects
• Architects
• Urban Designers (AICP)
• Infrastructure Designers
• FS 471 (Engineering statute)

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Smart Growth VillageLee County, FL
By Joe Beck, ATELIER Design Studio