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Land Use Intensity ne cam study- Introduction Thee Al7t01ypre PAD7 In section 2.1- Development Areas,schematic plans were presented to illustrate the desired balance between economic rho protrotypep6n used by the devekpar development and environmental protection. In this section, m othercomr»unrties is an offnce corrlalex intensity standards are introduced which seek to carry this consir*V of four om-story office approach one step further by defining an acceptable three- borrit fts cAstered around a Pw*m 1p court dimensional spatial relationship between natural features and ro detenrnine if ftre prototype plan wwf man-maw construction. Stated differently,intensity standards fit the site, the dsvaioperreviewed Vw seek to define the degree to which a parcel of land may be recorrnrrnsrrdgd bt of or*;ari=, echn W used. reports,and other docru mnts contatined inAADvW'xA anddvw yo the folowmV To assist the user in applying the intensity standards described A'stof dsst"constraWs. in this section,a"case study" is presented,using the development scenario described in the Introduction section of — Bukfts andparrki*tQ lots must not be this Manual. Fist,however,a brief description of some more located#?hoop?areas. traditional approaches to measuring intensity is presented to — the bott=AnndharrAwm fawtnwt help the reader understand the evolution to the intensity not be aPsiturbed. concepts of impervious surface ratio (IS R),building volume The mrrrai WW W0dbraas nwtbe ratio (BVR),landscape volume ratio (LVR),and site volume ds0tedordy to the extent necessary ratio (SVR). to fit the&W&V and parking to the site. Traditional Approaches — Old N.C.Hohway as is to be wwasrred Traditionally,the typical measure of residential land use from a so-foot r6ht=of-way to a intensity has been density. For nonresidential uses,bulk has too feetsactran,ragrJirarip ilia been the measure of intensity,and building coverage,building dsddcatOn of 20 fat ofr4ht-of-way. height,and floor area standards have been used to limit bulk B&id Ips mast be Wtdack at lout 25 to acceptable levels.A basic understanding of these intensity feat from Ow now prcpar ty ftht ot- measures wAy)Aire. 8y alDpiyirlQ these constraints and Bail g COvem9e Raft(OCR): Perh*3 the oldest of intensity measures,the BCR measures the ratio or AAmc.YV the prototype pAv?on the we, percentage of a site that is covered by a buiding. However, the deveAW/cams that thepr'otntyce building coverage is not a true measure of bulk. It only deals w#not"fit"and revisions must be mods. with two of the three dimensions needed to define bulk,and building height must be used in combination with the B C R to Econornk DeveA*rrrent Distracts Deson A4&%W Page 2.3.t