western avenue

WESTERN AVENUE A FRAMEWORK TO ENHANCE URBAN LIFE

PLACEMAKING & INFILL

Using buildings, public spaces, and streets to create a

sense of place & increase economic

potential.

PLACE MAKING

The public realm directly influences the type of development that will occur.

OKC WESTERN AVENUE

COMMUNITY INPUT The foundation of placemaking.

INTERVIEWS & MEETINGS

PARKING

Traffic noise

Safety

Construction timing

PLACEMAKING BLUEPRINT Get the public space right.

LOST SPACE

STREETSCAPE AND INFILL

Calm traffic

Maximize sidewalk space

Increase on-street parking

Create a district identity

PLACEMAKING PRIORITY

PARKING Find appropriate management solutions.

PARKING ANALYSIS

Off-Street Parking: 564

On-Street Parking: 181

Total Parking: 745

PARKING ANALYSIS

PARKING

PARKING

PARKING

PARKING

PARKING

PARKING ANALYSIS

PARKING OPTIONS

Shared Agreements

Private Management

Time Limit Parking

Metered Parking

PARKING OPTIONS

URBAN DESIGN FRAMEWORK Do your codes work?

EXISTING ZONING

REGULATORY ASSESSMENT

C-4 “The activities conducted, and the traffic

generated, make this district very much incompatible with

residential development.”

C-3 “Individual sites with separate ingress, egress, and parking… Important to separate them as much as possible, both visually and physically.”

REGULATORY ASSESSMENT

Current development regulations fall short:

Allow inappropriate land uses by right

Limit development opportunity

Discourage urban character

Exert minimal form and design control

PRINCIPLES OF REGULATION

Development regulations should:

Provide predictability

Promote development opportunity

Protect public investments

FORM-BASED REGULATIONS

FORM-BASED REGULATIONS

Building Height

Building Scale and Massing

Building Types

Build-To Zones

Parking Strategy

Transition Requirements

FORM-BASED REGULATIONS

Building Types

Building Height

The City of OKC has the opportunity

to expand economic potential

on Western Avenue.

Unite high quality public

space with more effective

development codes.

OU Institute for Quality Communities

OU Institute for Quality Communities

@OUIQC

shanehampton@ou.edu

iqc.ou.edu