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41 <br /> Recommendations <br /> • Recommend that codes require that sketch plans be created by landscape <br /> architects or by physical planners, not by engineers, whose training is mostly in <br /> streets and stormwater <br /> o Only two schools left in the country that require design with planning <br /> o Davidson, NC—planners that they hire are architects or landscape architects <br /> for many years <br /> o Believe that's the best profession for the sketch plans <br /> o Let designers do the designing and engineers do the engineering <br /> • Opposers <br /> o Abutters—upfront experiences during informal site visits where they can ask <br /> questions and sometimes provide useful information/context for the area <br /> o Example of historic preservation—civil war road—greenway has added value <br /> with history <br /> Four Step Design Process <br /> • Contained in the regulations <br /> • Identify potential conservation areas <br /> • Locate house sites <br /> • Connect homes with streets (engineer) <br /> • Darw in the lot lines (eingeers) <br /> Orange County example in book <br /> Before: <br />