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<br />Uniform front setbacks where <br />Traditional Residential <br />Auto Urban Residential <br /> <br />minimal variation in individual house <br />design can create a monotonous <br />street environment. <br />Lack of variation (sometimes) or <br />excessive monotony which can be <br />offset by “antimonotony” <br />architectural standards, landscaping, <br /> <br />and limitations on subdivision <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />layouts that are overly <br />characterized by straight streets and <br />uniform lot sizes and arrangement. <br /> <br />Traditional Residential. This designation <br /> <br />covers many of the core single-family <br />residential neighborhoods within East La <br /> <br /> <br />Porte. The prevailing lot size allows for <br />less openness and separation between <br />homes than in Suburban and Rural residential areas. Traditional Residential <br />character areas typically exhibit: <br />Mature tree canopies; which help to differentiate these areas from Auto- <br />Urban Residential areas. <br />Highly gridded streets, oftentimes with alleys. <br />Incremental increases in housing density and lot coverage; enough to <br />differentiate from corresponding Suburban Residential areas. <br /> <br />Suburban Village. This designation includes mixed use (on single sites and <br />Suburban Village <br /> <br /> <br />within individual structures), attached residential dwellings (possibly <br />live/work units), commercial retail, office, etc. Rather than linear strips, <br />these village centers will have much smaller building footprints and <br />typically cater towards neighborhood conveniences such as drug stores, <br />professional services, and retail users. Given the expected increases in <br />population constrained by the limited areas remaining for development, it <br />is recommended that La Porte consider facilitating the development of <br /> <br />some of the remaining areas as more self-contained, mixed use villages. <br /> <br />Suburban Village character areas typically exhibit: <br />High degree of landscape surface than found in Auto-Urban character <br />areas. <br />Pedestrian-oriented setting and more walkable environments. <br />Higher site coverage, where a minimum two-story structures are <br />encouraged. <br /> <br />Reliance on on-street parking, centralized public parking, and where <br />Photos not from La Porte <br />feasible, structured parking. <br /> <br />2.37 <br /> <br />LAND USE & DEVELOPMENT <br />2.37 Adopted July 20, 2009 <br /> <br />