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Section 5 - Land Use Scenarios <br />E. Transit Service <br />1. Provide a high level of bus transit service along the arterials in the transit - <br />oriented corridors. <br />2. Ensure that transit amenities are convenient and comfortable to encourage <br />transit use. Amenities could include benches, shelters, lighting, landscaping, <br />public art and graphics, ticket vending machines, rider information displays, <br />bicycle facilities, etc. <br />F. Parking <br />1. Prohibit commercial parking lots as a stand -alone use in transit - oriented <br />corridors. <br />2. Reduce or eliminate required parking in transit- oriented corridors. <br />3. Establish a maximum parking requirement in transit - oriented corridors. <br />Scenario 5 -- Transit Compact Zone <br />The Transit Compact Zone Scenario also speculates about what might be the affect on <br />housing, employment, and travel demand from a conscious effort to achieve a different land <br />use pattern. The focus in this scenario is on new development in transit - oriented compact <br />neighborhoods in strategic location in the WO. Likewise, this approach assumes the same <br />amount of employment and housing growth as the Baseline Scenario, but assigns it to <br />different locations. <br />Scenario Objective: Focus a significant proportion of future growth in compact <br />neighborhoods. Ensure that that new development is located and designed in an appropriate <br />manner and that appropriate regional and local transit service are available. Develop effective <br />strategies to encourage new development in Transit Compact Zones and discourage new <br />development elsewhere. <br />A. Land Use Planning <br />1. Through the Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map, identify transit - <br />oriented compact neighborhoods as the land within a certain distance (perhaps <br />'/2 mile) from regional transit stops or stations. Examples in Durham include <br />Roxboro Road, Main Street/Hillsborough Road, University Drive /Chapel Hill <br />Road, Alston Avenue/NC 55, Holloway Street/NC 98, Miami Blvd, and NC <br />54. Other examples include: US 15 -501 (Gateway area), Carolina North, and <br />UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill; I -85 in Orange County; NC 54 by -pass in <br />Carrboro; and Old NC 86 in the southern part of Hillsborough <br />2. Prepare detailed small area plans to identify locations in transit - oriented <br />compact neighborhoods for mixed use and high intensity development, transit <br />stops /stations, structured parking, pedestrian/bicycle facilities, other <br />infrastructure, etc. <br />B. Land Use Regulations <br />1. Create a transit - oriented compact neighborhood zoning district. <br />5-24 <br />