Site Design Standards (SDS)

SDS 5.5 Pad Sites

SDS 5.5.1 Intent.

Pad site buildings that ignore the surrounding development appear out-of-place and isolated; pad site buildings shall be designed to complement and enhance the rest of the development.

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SDS 5.5.2 Clustering.

Pad sites shall be clustered together to define street edges and entry points or to enclose and create focal points or public places between buildings. Uniform spacing of pad sites in a widely-spaced pattern within the development, even if along a street edge, is discouraged.

SDS 5.5.3 Spaces Between Adjacent Pad Sites.

Spaces between adjacent pad site buildings should be enhanced to provide small pockets (preferably heavily-landscaped) of customer parking, pedestrian connections, small-scale project amenities, or focal points. Examples include, but shall not be limited to, the following:

• A landscaped pedestrian walkway linking customer entrances between two or more pad site buildings.
• A public seating or outdoor eating area.
• An area landscaped with a variety of living materials emphasizing four-season colors, textures, and varieties.
• Sculptures or fountains.

SDS 5.5.4 Building Orientation.

The active wall of the building located on a pad site shall be oriented in one of the following ways:

• toward the primary access street.
• toward an internal “main street”.
• toward the active wall of another building.

SDS 5.5.5 Active Wall.

The active wall shall be the side of the building containing the majority of storefronts, public entrances and windows.

Pad Site Outdoor Features
Outdoor Seating Area located between Pad Site Buildings	Outdoor Dining Area located between Pad Site Buildings	Walkway with landscaping located between Pad Site Buildings

Effective on: 1/1/1901