CHAPTER GUIDE: 6.0 STREETSCAPE ELEMENTS

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Trees and landscaping, lighting, pedestrian furnishings, paving, and other ELEMENTS fi ll the spaces of the STREETSCAPE with life, light, color, and texture and make a street a comfortable, interesting, and usable space for people. GUIDE: STREETSCAPE Urban stormwater management Paving Site Utilities and DrivewaysStreetscape ELEMENTS are those functional and aesthetic items in pedestrian spaces that provide amenity and utility to pedestrians and other street ELEMENTS discussed in this CHAPTER include:Urban Forest: All plantings in the right-of-way, including street trees, understory planting (ground landscaping), and above-ground planting (planter boxes and hanging baskets) stormwater management Tools.

Stormwater management: Th e design of planting areas should consider including appropriate conditions for improved storm-water detention and infi ltration. See Section 6.2: Stormwater. Reuse of underused right-of-way space: Many spaces that occur within the public right-of-way may be considered for trees and other plantings.

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