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6.30 Utilize trees to define a street edge and enhance
walkability.
a. In areas with narrow streets and other right-of-ways,
select and place trees to create an intimate scale along
the streetscape.
b. In areas with wide streets and boulevards, select trees
that are larger in scale and that provide effective shading
of the street.
Coordinate a fence or wall with an Fences, Walls and Landscape Buffers
overall site design concept.
Fences, free-standing walls and landscape buffers are often
used to enclose a private outdoor place. Retaining walls are
used to address site topography. Cut and fill on a site should be
minimized whenever possible, and development should work
with the topography. These site features should be carefully
coordinated with the overall site design of a property. Visible
fence and wall materials should be compatible with materials used
throughout a site and on a building. Fences, walls or decorative
buffers are especially important when a development is adjacent
Use a fence or wall material that is to a residential property in order to minimize impacts. The
compatible with buildings and site guidelines that follow are most critical for areas of a site that are
materials. visible from the public realm and along a front property line.
NOTE 6.31 Coordinate a fence or wall with the overall site design.
a. Create fence or wall openings to lead to an internal
Designing with topography is
discussed in Chapter 7. circulation system.
6.32 Use a fence or wall material that is durable and
compatible with buildings and site materials.
a. For a fence, use finished metal, natural wood, or a
durable substitute that appears similar in scale and
character.
b. Concrete and stone are appropriate for walls.
c. Do not use chain link.
6.33 Concrete walls and retaining walls visible from the
street should be articulated to provide visual interest
and avoid solid, blank walls. Appropriate methods
include:
• Scoring
• Staining
• Landscape Screening
6.34 Limit the height of landscape buffers to create a visual
connection between the public realm and outdoor
amenity spaces.
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