100 ENVISION FRANKLIN | Design Concepts SITE DESIGN Landscape Ornamental plantings, parking-lot islands, and street trees should be provided. Landscape buffers should be provided where adjacent to residential development. Amenities Usable open spaces, such as plazas, courtyards, and outdoor seating areas, that serve as gathering areas should be provided. These open spaces should be highly accessible and in a prominent location that encourages continued active use. Street furnishings should include a combination of pedestrian seating, movable tables, planters, pedestrian-scaled light fixtures, artwork or decorative paving, waste receptacles, bike racks, and other furnishings. Public art and public art programs are encouraged. Sculptures, decorative benches, and/or other art elements strategically placed in prominent locations for public viewing are encouraged. The Franklin Public Arts Commission provides guidance to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen on public art. Parking Off-street parking should be provided, and parking structures are encouraged. Parking should be located to the rear of buildings with limited side parking. Streets internal to a development may have on-street parking. Large expanses of pavement, particularly between a building and a street, should be avoided. Architectural and/or landscape features should be used so as to diminish the appearance of parking from public view. New developments should be encouraged to capitalize on shared parking. MOBILITY Vehicular Vehicular access should be from the street. Common or shared access points are encouraged to limit curb cuts. Parking and services should be accessed through internal and secondary streets. Streets and internal drives should be designed for slower speeds to allow for mixing pedestrian and vehicular traffic. New streets should be designed per Connect Franklin. Bicycle and Pedestrian New development should provide sidewalks, multi-use paths, and trails throughout its open spaces. New development should be designed to provide a coordinated pedestrian system throughout the area to connect pedestrians to a variety of different uses on the site and between the site and adjacent properties and rights-of-way. Internal pedestrian systems should provide direct access from sheltered transit stops to buildings. These systems should be designed to accommodate alternative transportation options along with pedestrians. Bicycle, pedestrian, and multi-use path connections should be designed and provided per Connect Franklin and the Parks Master Plan. Buildings should engage the street with landscaping, wide sidewalks, and street furnishings to allow for safe and comfortable movement of pedestrians. REGIONAL COMMERCE
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