i. To orient uses toward the street, particularly the street or streets that serve the transit station.

ii. To locate the primary building faces closer to the street while leaving adequate space for pedestrians to comfortably walk between uses and to the transit stop.

iii. To concentrate higher density residential, retail, entertainment and employment uses in a mixed-use environment within the primary five- to ten-minute, one-quarter mile walking distance from the transit station.

iv. To encourage pedestrian activity through the incorporation of pedestrian-oriented uses within ground level street frontages along the streets leading and adjacent to the transit stop.

v. To provide more commuter-oriented uses adjacent to transit stops such as dry cleaners, coffee shops, video rental, etc.

i. To provide higher density mixed-use development adjacent to transit stops.

ii. To provide direct and convenient pedestrian connections to transit waiting areas.

iii. To provide transit waiting areas that are clearly identified, attractive, and well-maintained.

iv. To encourage residential and office uses above ground floor retail space.

v. To set back commercial and mixed uses enough to include a wide, attached sidewalk with three zones: an amenity zone, a walking zone and a building zone (see the standards common to all or multiple subareas).

vi. To set back buildings, particularly residences, from streets enough to include a detached sidewalk, a landscaped park strip with street trees (where feasible) and a landscaped front yard, the minimum size of which is enough to provide the following elements:

vii. To keep buildings close enough to the street so as to create a defined street space, which aids in creating a sense of place and community, and provides informal oversight and security for the public realm.

i. To provide safe and convenient walking routes to transit facilities.

ii. To provide sufficiently wide sidewalks to accommodate bus shelters and waiting areas, as well as other amenities, and pedestrian circulation space.

iii. To provide frequent opportunities for pedestrians to cross the street in the form of crosswalks or signalized intersections.

i. To provide ample parking at transit park and ride facilities, ideally as structures to maximize the land surrounding the transit stop.

ii. To provide a retail presence in parking structures on the ground floor facade facing the transit waiting/pick up area.

iii. To provide a passenger drop-off location near the station.

i. To encourage taller buildings or building elements at the transit stop to mark its presence from a distance.

ii. To create a view corridor to the transit stop through the alignment of buildings.

i. To ensure that high quality facades adjoin or face the transit station.

ii. To ensure that facades facing or adjoining the transit stop provide substantial areas of transparency.

i. To provide additional site lighting at the transit station and its related parking lots.

i. To provide, at or near the transit stop, public open space for passenger circulation, pick-up and drop-off, transfers to other modes, and waiting areas.

i. To separate bicycle circulation and storage from pedestrian routes within an open space serving the transit stop.

i. To provide bicycle storage facilities such as bike racks within an open space or parking lot serving the transit station.

i. To provide ample pedestrian lighting in an open space serving the transit stop and at the transit stop itself.

i. To provide transit system maps and schedules at key stops where transfers occur.

ii. To provide design elements and/or encourage public art at the transit stop so that the stop can express the identity of the area it is serving.

i. To create an interconnected street and block system that focuses on the transit stop.

i. To provide street trees, at a minimum, on the streets that lead to the transit stop, where practicable.

ii. To emphasize the streets that serve the transit stop with special and/or extra landscaping, where practicable.

i. To provide both street lighting and pedestrian lighting on the primary street or streets leading to the transit stop.

i. To focus street amenities such as seating, trash containers, newspaper boxes, pedestrian lights, information kiosks, public art, drinking fountains, and bike racks on the primary street or streets that serve the transit stop.