western avenue
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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
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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.
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