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Section 5 - Land Use Scenarios <br />A. Land Use Planning <br />1. Through the Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map, identify transit <br />oriented corridors as the land within a certain distance (perhaps i/4 mile) from <br />major arterial streets. Examples in Durham include Roxboro Road, Main <br />Street/Hillsborough Road, University Drive /Chapel Hill Road, Alston <br />Avenue/NC 55, Holloway Street/NC 98, Miami Blvd, and NC 54. Other <br />examples include: US 15 -501 (Gateway area) in Chapel Hill; I -85 in Orange <br />County; NC 54 by -pass in Carrboro; and Old NC 86 in the southern part of <br />Hillsborough. <br />2. Prepare detailed small area plans to identify locations in transit- oriented <br />corridor areas for mixed use and high intensity development, transit <br />stops /stations, structured parking, pedestrian/bicycle facilities, other <br />infrastructure, etc. <br />B. Land Use Regulation <br />1. Create a transit- oriented corridor zoning overlay district or base district. <br />2. Establish minimum land use intensity (residential density in dwelling units per <br />acre and non - residential floor area ratios) for new development in the transit - <br />oriented corridor district. <br />3. Require a high level of pedestrian and bicycle connections within the transit - <br />oriented corridor district and between the district and surrounding <br />neighborhoods. <br />4. Require accommodation for bus transit in specific locations identified in the <br />small area plan for the transit - oriented corridor. <br />5. Prepare design guidelines and review new development against the guidelines <br />to ensure that new development is transit, pedestrian, and bicycle friendly. <br />6. Prohibit auto - intensive land uses. <br />7. Significantly restrict surface parking and encourage /require structured parking. <br />8. Amend the development review and approval process to provide a higher <br />priority and reduced application fees to new development in transit- oriented <br />corridors and a lower priority and higher application fees for new development <br />outside of transit- oriented corridors. <br />C. Transportation System Management (TSM) <br />1. Systematically assess the designated transit- oriented corridors to identify <br />opportunities for TSM and roadway improvements to better coordinate traffic <br />flow, especially with increased bus traffic. <br />2. Incorporate a program of TSM and roadway improvements into the <br />jurisdiction's CIP. <br />D. Transportation Demand Management (TDM) <br />1. Prepare a TDM Plan for each transit- oriented corridor, including objectives <br />and strategies to reduce traffic congestion; manage parking; and make the <br />corridor area a desirable place to live, work, and visit. <br />2. Require that TDM improvements and programs be included in any new <br />development in accordance with the TDM Plan. <br />5-23 <br />