| The Traditional Neighborhood Form District (TNFD) |
Is intended to promote the development and redevelopment of neighborhoods in a manner consistent and compatible with the distinct site and community design elements of a traditional neighborhood. TNFD design standards are also intended to promote the establishment of a mixture of uses that effectively integrate retail, office, insitutional, and other non-residential uses within traditional neighborhoods in a manner that provides high quality and convenient service to residents while protecting the character of the neighborhood. 1. Appropriate and compatible integration of residential, civic, commercial and office uses that promote close-to-home shopping and service opportunities; 2. Parks and open space resources convenient to neighborhood esidents; 3. Alternative modes of travel including public transit amenities; 4. Compatible infill development whether residential or commercial; 5. Inclusive housing opportunities; and 6. High quality design of individual sites. The TNFD standards may be applied to both existing neighborhoods and proposals to create new neighborhoods. The standards address both the internal site design elements of a development (e.g., building location, design, and orientation) and the relationship of the development to the surrounding community context (e.g., relationship to the adjacent street/sidewalk network). |
| The Downtown Form District (DFD) |
Is intended to promote the development and redevelopment of the downtown area in a manner consistent and compatible with the unique and diverse design elements of Louisvilles downtown. It will create a downtown with a compact, walkable core and a lively and active pedestrian environment that fosters and increases the number of people walking and to ensure a more humane downtown environment. DFD design standards are also intended to promote the downtown as a unique and active destination with a variety of land uses, including residential uses, designed in context with the area in which they are located |
| The Neighborhood Form District (NFD) |
Design standards are intended to promote development and redevelopment that is compatible with and enhances the unique site and community design elements of a neighborhood. NFD design standards are also intended to promote the establishment of activity centers at appropriate locations as established in Guidelines 1 and 2 of the Comprehensive Plan. Activity centers should effectively integrate a mix of retail, insitutional, and other non-residential uses within neighborhoods in a manner that provides convenient service to residents while protecting the character of the neighborhood. The provisions of this section are intended to promote new development within the NFD that is consistent with a neighborhood pattern and form of development, including as applicable: 1. Appropriate and compatible integration of residential, civic, commercial, office and service uses that promotes close to home shopping and service opportunities; 2. Integrated activity centers rather than stand-alone shopping centers; 3. Park and open space resources convenient to neighborhood residents; 4. Alternative modes of travel and connectivity of neighborhoods, minimizing the use of collectors and major thoroughfares for short trips; 5. Compatible infill development, both residential and non-residential; 6. Inclusive housing opportunities; and 7. High-quality design of both individual and integrated sites. The NFD standards apply to both existing neighborhoods and proposals to create new neighborhoods. The standards address both the internal site design elements of a development (e.g., building location, design, and orientation) and the relationship of the development to the surrounding community context (e.g., relationship to the adjacent street/sidewalk network). |
| The Village Form District (VFD) |
Includes primarily the following characteristics: 1) Outlying Areas: Low to medium density residential uses situated on a variety of lot sizes. 2) Village Centers: Development in the center of the village offering goods and services at a scale that is appropriate for nearby residential areas. Villages within the Village Form District also frequently have an identifiable boundary and/or open space at the edge. The VFD is a form typical of outlying communities in Jefferson County that developed as scattered independent population growth centers prior to 1940. For this reason, villages typically have development patterns, particularly in the village centers, which reflect pre-World War II design elements. These may include connected and narrow streets and walkways, compact centers with a variety of village-serving uses, and designated sites for civic, historic, and cultural buildings, surrounded by rural lot patterns and a green belt. |
| The Town Center Form District (TCFD) |
Represents a traditional pattern of development in Louisville and Jefferson County. Town centers are typically compact areas with a mixture of moderately intense uses that are developed around an identifiable core. They are often located at a historic crossroads or at the intersection of a major thoroughfare and collector roadway with connections to surrounding neighborhoods. Buildings are close to and oriented toward the street, and there is a connected street pattern, shared parking and pedestrian amenities. More intense commercial and residential uses are located in proximity to major thoroughfares, and the intensity of uses gradually declines toward an edge or transition area to lower density residential neighborhoods. |
| The Regional Center Form District (RCFD) |
Encompasses the communitys major shopping facilities. Medium and high intensity commercial development serving a regional market are found in this district. A wide range of related uses, including residential, office and institutional development, is strongly encouraged within Regional Center Form Districts. Mixed uses within a principal building on the site. (e.g., commercial and residential) are supported. District standards are designed to ensure compatibility with adjacent form districts, to ensure a high level of access by a variety of travel modes, to encourage full development of regional centers, and to promote high quality design. |
| Traditional Marketplace Corridors (TMC) |
Are characterized by older, pedestrian-scale development along major roadways adjacent to traditional neighborhoods. The corridors typically contain a wide variety of land uses (retail, restaurants, office, institutional and residential) that range from low to medium intensity. Buildings along the corridor are often narrow, closely spaced or attached, and built out to or near the street with display windows and wide sidewalks in front. Parking is usually provided on the street or in parking lots located at the rear of lots. Commercial corridor development is closely integrated with adjacent neighborhoods through side street connections and alleys, which typically delineate the boundaries between corridors and traditional neighborhoods, running along rear lot lines. The corridors have a high degree of pedestrian and transit use. Examples include Frankfort Avenue and portions of Broadway, Bardstown Road and Baxter Avenue. |
| The design of the Suburban Marketplace Corridor Form District (SMCFD) |
Is characterized by linear commercial development along major roadways. The Suburban Marketplace Corridor is a medium to high density district, with a mixture of highway commercial uses, shopping centers, and office development. Buildings along the corridor are typically set back from the roadway with parking lots in front. Examples of Suburban Marketplace Corridors include Hurstbourne Parkway, Dixie Highway, and Preston Highway. The SMCFD standards do not address permitted land uses and density or intensity of development. These aspects of land use planning are more appropriately addressed through zoning district regulations or regulatory goals, and objectives and policies of the Comprehensive Plan. |
| The Traditional Workplace Form District (TWFD) |
Applies to older established industrial and employment areas that contain primarily small-to-medium scale industrial and employment uses. These uses are often historically integrated with or adjacent to residential neighborhoods, especially traditional neighborhoods. District standards are designed to encourage adaptive reuse and investment in these areas while ensuring compatibility with adjacent uses and form districts, to ensure adequate access and transit service, and to retain distinctive land uses and patterns such as connected street grids. |
| The Suburban Workplace Form District (SWFD) |
Is designed to reserve land for large-scale industrial and employment uses in suburban locations. District standards are designed to ensure compatibility with adjacent form districts, to buffer heavy industrial uses from potentially incompatible uses, to ensure adequate access for employees, freight, and products, to provide services and amenities for employees, and to improve transit service. The SWFD standards do not address permitted land uses and density or intensity of development. These aspects of land use planning are more appropriately addressed through zoning district regulations or regulatory goals, and objectives and policies of the Comprehensive Plan. |
| The Campus Form District (CFD) |
Is clearly represented in both historic and modern patterns of development within the Louisville and Jefferson County. The University of Louisville-Belknap Campus, Southern Baptist Seminary, and Bellarmine University are some of the historic examples of this form. Modern examples of the form include the Hurstbourne Green/Forest Green complex and the Shelby Campus of the University of Louisville. The Campus Form District (CFD) is an established or proposed pattern of development having a mixture of uses clustered for a single or predominant purpose. Residential or commercial uses should primarily serve the people who work or live on the Campus. The form should be compact and walkable, with substantial open space, central gathering areas, shared parking and signage, and an internal circulation system. |