Does City Council draws line with design definitions?
More than two years after interpretation of it became a hot-button issue, the term pedestrian scale has been added to Powell’s design guidelines — along with a manual on how it is defined. At its Wednesday, Nov. 4 meeting, Powell City Council approved an ordinance amending the city’s zoning code to include definitions of pedestrian scale and incorporate a design manual on the concept. The pedestrian scale concept gained prominence during the battle over a planned Target store that began in the summer of 2007. One of the arguments against Target set forth by the store’s opponents was that, at 133,000 square feet, the “big-box” store was not of the “pedestrian-friendly scale” designs required of developments in the Golf Village subdivision. City officials disagreed, saying the Golf Village plan contained limited criteria defining “pedestrian-friendly scale” and that Target met the criteria. However, “pedestrian scale” has been used more broadly in other contexts within the city and has
More than two years after interpretation of it became a hot-button issue, the term pedestrian scale has been added to Powell’s design guidelines — along with a manual on how it is defined. At its Wednesday, Nov. 4 meeting, Powell City Council approved an ordinance amending the city’s zoning code to include definitions of pedestrian scale and incorporate a design manual on the concept. The pedestrian scale concept gained prominence during the battle over a planned Target store that began in the summer of 2007. One of the arguments against Target set forth by the store’s opponents was that, at 133,000 square feet, the “big-box” store was not of the “pedestrian-friendly scale” designs required of developments in the Golf Village subdivision. City officials disagreed, saying the Golf Village plan contained limited criteria defining “pedestrian-friendly scale” and that Target met the criteria. However, “pedestrian scale” has been used more broadly in other contexts within the city and has
More than two years after interpretation of it became a hot-button issue, the term pedestrian scale has been added to Powell’s design guidelines — along with a manual on how it is defined. At its Wednesday, Nov. 4 meeting, Powell City Council approved an ordinance amending the city’s zoning code to include definitions of pedestrian scale and incorporate a design manual on the concept. The pedestrian scale concept gained prominence during the battle over a planned Target store that began in the summer of 2007. One of the arguments against Target set forth by the store’s opponents was that, at 133,000 square feet, the “big-box” store was not of the “pedestrian-friendly scale” designs required of developments in the Golf Village subdivision. City officials disagreed, saying the Golf Village plan contained limited criteria defining “pedestrian-friendly scale” and that Target met the criteria. However, “pedestrian scale” has been used more broadly in other contexts within the city and has
More than two years after interpretation of it became a hot-button issue, the term pedestrian scale has been added to Powell’s design guidelines — along with a manual on how it is defined. At its Wednesday, Nov. 4 meeting, Powell City Council approved an ordinance amending the city’s zoning code to include definitions of pedestrian scale and incorporate a design manual on the concept. The pedestrian scale concept gained prominence during the battle over a planned Target store that began in the summer of 2007. One of the arguments against Target set forth by the store’s opponents was that, at 133,000 square feet, the “big-box” store was not of the “pedestrian-friendly scale” designs required of developments in the Golf Village subdivision. City officials disagreed, saying the Golf Village plan contained limited criteria defining “pedestrian-friendly scale” and that Target met the criteria. However, “pedestrian scale” has been used more broadly in other contexts within the city and has
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