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City of Roseville MN <br />� ��. �,�.��� ����r� �h�e����s��� �° � <br />ESTA��.ISF�ING A S7"F2nNG PEIBLIC REAE.M: A list of Urban �3esign Principles tn ensure <br />Livabili�y, Walkability a� 5ustainability and Environmental R�� onsibi�it . <br />Revised: �'^��m�^� �° '"'�''Nov�mb�r 14 20Q7 <br />WNAT !S THE SMALL �LOCK PATT�RN? <br />Ariotl�er ur%an form t�at is found throughout zz�any of Roseville's older res'rder�t'rai <br />neighborl�oods is the sma11 bloek. <br />� � <br />�,.,�'�'' �,.- <br />�' �e <br />s � <br />.r' <br />,,,���, _ <br />� ` �,, f�� �-_� <br />�,,,, '`�' ,!" � <br />�.i ' <br />..��.., �� "`�. <br />� `�. '°G� � <br />�, `�� '�•' �t!! <br />o.,� <br />.�� <br />.••� <br />.�' ,,.�., ��°``• <br />� *e '�,.� i <br />�'' <br />.�f <br />The sma[l bIock pa�tern en�anees wa��abilitv: �S��aall blocks allo� for a network of <br />interconnected stxeets. Thzs nei�uvork is vital for pedestrians. Large blocks force <br />pedest�rians to walk araur�d t�em — aften creating vvalking dis�anc�s �ha� are toa long. �� is <br />vvidely la�ovrn t�Zat pedestrians wilI oniy consider walking if the trap can be znade within <br />three to �ve minutes. Tn Mi�mesota's winters, cutti�ig down walking dis�ances are even <br />more irr�portant especially in a life styie, flpen air shopping developrne�t. S�nal1 blocks <br />reduce average waikin� distaraces. <br />The s�tall bioek pattern en�a�€ces sustainability: Designing blocks create� flexible <br />incre�nents of development over ti�e. Szna11 blocks Iead to more ef�cient �arceling a�ad <br />subdividiz�g, reducing the average increment and scale of eaeh developrr�ent. DeveIoping <br />Twin Lakes ane small block at a time creates a reusabJe infras�ructure by ensuri�g that <br />aecond phases or second generations of developznent can be inserted or redevelop�d <br />`right across the street' without creating awkward transitions 6et�reen uses. A s�a�ler <br />block paitern also increases the lineal frontage per square foot of 1anc�, creating be�ter <br />access and mare oppartunities far dafferet�t �ses within the sarne block. <br />, `� �� <br />C7 �OC}2 CE�c�rr�t�eCent�r.c.om inc, C,�e� �� -�" <br />� � <br />� � <br />� <br />