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• Design outdoor space to be a primary feature of the multi-
family complex, and to be a majority of landscaped or
garden area, with some hardscaped area.
• Incorporate design elements that encourage social
interaction such as benches, low walls for sitting and shade
structures.
• Incorporate areas with play equipment for children.

Bicycle Parking
• Providing easily accessible and secure bicycle parking is
encouraged for multi-family development.

Access and Lighting
• Coordinate access and lighting to ensure well-lit areas that
enhance safety for the user.

Security Through Design
• Orient dwellings and windows of frequently used rooms,
such as the living room and dining room, to overlook
common open spaces and play areas.
• Locate parking areas so that the walk from the parking area
to the dwelling is short and direct.
• Ensure visibility between entries of neighboring units.
• Limit the height of solid fencing between private yards and
common open spaces. Tall fences should incorporate some
amount of transparency in the fencing material along the
top to allow for vision in and out of the yard.
• Provide semi-private spaces at entries to units.
• Avoid locating outdoor areas that are between or behind
buildings, or that have little to no surveillance.

Institutional

Design Flexibility
• Institutional buildings that house churches, schools,
hospitals and other similar uses are typically designed to
stand out from their surroundings. They often use unique
materials, colors, massing and other design elements
that differentiate them from adjacent buildings. This is
appropriate.

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