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31 <br /> Village Development Standards <br /> PUBLIC&CIVIC USE PROVISIONS <br /> Land designated as part of Public and Civic Uses may include the following: <br /> • Parks and squares;and <br /> • Community buildings and facilities, including meeting halls, libraries, post offices, <br /> Land Use schools, day care centers, churches, civic clubs, police and/or fire substations, recycling <br /> centers,maintenance facilities,and similar uses. <br /> Large scale recreational uses shall be located outside the village proper within the village <br /> conservancy. <br /> At least ten percent(10 1/6) of the land area in the village proper shall be set aside for Public <br /> and Civic Areas. <br /> • Each village proper shall contain a central civic space or'village green"of at least one(1) <br /> acre in size. The village green shall be surrounded on at least three(3)sides by Storefront <br /> and/or Townhouse Areas which may include closely spaced, detached row houses, and <br /> storefront buildings or"shops". <br /> • Each village proper shall contain a "meeting hall" located adjacent to the village green, <br /> designed and sized to accommodate a village meeting, constructed in the early stages of <br /> village development, and owned and operated by the residents of the village; e.g., the <br /> homeowners association. <br /> • The requirement of providing a"meeting hall' may be satisfied through assurances that a <br /> community center, school or church may be used for and is of sufficient size to <br /> Land accommodate a village meeting. <br /> Allocation • At least five percent (5 1/o) of the land area in the village proper shall be arranged in a <br /> series of parks and squares designed to serve as focal points for residential neighborhoods, <br /> and linked together by a system of pedestrian sidewalks and avenues. Wherever possible, <br /> they shall be positioned to form "terminal vistas" at the ends of streets or along bends in <br /> the street alignment. <br /> • At least two percent(2%) of the land area in the village proper shall be designated for <br /> other permitted public and civic uses such as schools, day care centers, churches, and <br /> similar uses. <br /> Land included in the village green, parks, and squares, may be counted toward satisfying the <br /> thirty-three percent(33 1/6)open space requirement. <br /> Lots Buildings located in Public and Civic Areas shall be subject to the same setback and height <br /> & standards of uses on adjacent lots. For example, a meeting hall located adjacent to a <br /> Buildings Townhouse Area shall meet the same setback and building height standards as required for <br /> buildings in a Townhouse Area. <br /> • Streets fronting on Public and Civic Area lots shall conform to the same standards as land <br /> uses across from or adjoining the lots. For example, the streets fronting a meeting hall <br /> Streets located adjacent to a Townhouse Area shall meet the same standards as required in a <br /> & Townhouse Area. <br /> Alleys • Street trees shall be installed within four(4)feet of the property line abutting a street at no <br /> more than 40 foot intervals. They shall be deciduous and of varieties that obtain a mature <br /> height of at least 50 feet. <br /> • The number of parking and loading spaces shall be provided in accordance with Article 10 <br /> of the Zoning Ordinance. <br /> Parking • No fewer than 75 percent of the parking spaces shall be located to the rear of the building <br /> being served The remaining spaces shall be accommodated in curbside parallel spaces <br /> and/or in side parking lots screened from the street. <br />