Item 8: Ordinance Establishing Chambers Special Area Zone

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neighborhood, the implicit interrelationships among adjacent properties, and the natural elements are the most important determinants of this character. Anti-Patterns 16: Development that conflicts with ETN neighborhood character It can also help understand the ETN neighborhood character by considering elements and patterns that destabilize and erode the neighborhood's character. The fonowing list isn't a comprehensive catalog of all anti-patterns, but represents some of the most common or egregious. We've listed addresses of sample developments in or near the ETN that illustrate each anti-pattern. The development examples are also intended to serve as "test cases" against which proposed design standards can be evaluated. Proposed standards must prohibit similar types of development if the standards are to be effective in protecting against further erosion of the ETN neighborhood character. · Structures and parking lot in the core of blocks without alleys. o Apartments at 1333 W. 10th Ave. o Apartments at 1429 and 1431 W. Broadway. · Excessive number of dwellings with alley access on a single block. o 1400 block ofW. 11th Alley · Excessive portion of block developed as duplexes, apartments, and/or degraded rental houses. o Apartment complex at SE corner of Chambers St. and W. 8th Ave. o 7 duplexes around 8th Place and east side of Chambers, occupies over 25% of the block. o Duplexes and degraded houses occupying almost all the block on the north side of the 1400 block ofW. 12th Ave. o Triplexes occupying a halfbJock at 1079/1089/1099 Taylor Street · Private enclave with no relation to street or block pattern o Eco Village off 1500 block of W. Broadway. · Excessively large structure in back part of rectangular lot. o Duplexes on S side ofW. 11th Alley. o Triplex at 1475/1477/1479 W. 11th Alley o Apartments at 1333 W. 10th Ave. o Apartments at 1429 and 1431 W. Broadway. 16 The concept of design "patterns" was introduced to the architecture field in 1977 by Christopher Alexander's book A Pattern Language, and the idea of patterns was subsequently adopted widely in the software engineering field. Software engineers have since recognized that identifying common "anti- patterns" - bad solutions to given problems - is also an important aid to designing good software. The concept of anti-patterns can serve a similar purpose in land use plamling and arcWtecturaJ design. November I, 2005 Chambers Revisited - Neighbors' Report 19