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Main Street

(See Figure 44) Public-private space interface:

Surrounding buildings should preferably be paral-lel with the street and actively contribute to its spa-tial definition (i.e. the buildings should provide the edges or “walls” of the street space).

No building should be allowed to turn its back fa-cade (often characterised by small windows, win-dows of auxiliary rooms or no windows at all and exposed building services) to the street.

Continuous, high boundary walls or any other opaque forms of property edges should not be al-lowed. All boundary features (e.g. fences, hedges, etc.) must be predominantly transparent in order to improve both the appearance and safety of the street space.

Layout and landscaping:

There should be a paved pedestrian walkway on each side of the street.

Minimum width of such a walkway is 2,4m. Walkways and roadways should be separated by a 2 to 3m wide strip with trees planted between 8 and 15m apart.

All unpaved and untarred surfaces within the road reserve must be planted with low maintenance or maintenance-free ground covers.

Paving:

If any paving patterns are created through the use of different materials or different colours, they should be very simple.

Public furniture and facilities:

Seating facilities, accompanied by litter bins, should be provided in the shade of the trees, approxi-mately 50m apart (under every 4th to 5th tree).

Lighting:

The sidewalks must be well lit at night by means of lights purposely designed for pedestrian areas which can be stand-alone features or attached to ordinary roadway lights.

Main Road

(See Figure 45) All guidelines set for ‘Main Streets’ apply to ‘Main Roads’ as well. Over and above these, the following are applicable:

Public-private space interface:

All surrounding buildings, due the importance of the road and prominence of the location, should be of high quality (preferably contemporary) architec-ture.

Parking areas between the road and the building should be discouraged, but if they are inevitable, they should be intensively landscaped. Carports of any type should not be used in such parking areas.

Layout and landscaping:

The walkway on the northern side of Main Reef Road between Link Road and the proposed pedes-trian path along the eastern edge of the study area should not be narrower than 3,6m.

An additional row of street trees should be planted within or outside the walkway. If the trees are planted within the walkway their surroundings must be appropriately edged and covered by tree grids.

Residential Street

(See Figure 46) Public-private space interface:

Continuous, high boundary walls or any other opaque forms of property edges should not be al-lowed. All edge features (e.g. fences, hedges, etc.) must be predominantly transparent in order to im-prove both the appearance and safety of the street space.

Layout and landscaping:

There should be a paved pedestrian walkway on each side of the street.

Minimum width of such a walkway is 1,8m. The streets should preferably be lined by trees planted between 8 and 15m apart.

All unpaved and untarred surfaces within the road reserve must be planted with low maintenance or maintenance-free ground covers.

Public Transport Facilities At all bus stops and taxi pick-up and drop-off points shelters combined with seating facilities and litter bins should be pro-vided.

Pedestrian Paths Unrelated to Streets All proposed pedestrian paths unrelated to streets must be paved and lined by at least a single row of trees, planted be-tween 8 and 15m apart. The width of the paving should not be less than 2,4m. The paths should be equipped by lights, seating facilities (ap-proximately 50m apart) and litter bins.

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