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TYPICAL CHARACTERISTICS

SEMI-RURAL DISTRICT - LOCATION MAP

ess densely populated and developed than all other areas of

he city, this district is characterized by isolated single family

esidences, garden acvies, and large undeveloped natural

reas. Streets paerns do not connue the greater street grid,

re very long and somemes curvilinear, have few intersecng

treets, and oen end in cul-de-sacs. Boulevards are few,

ypically two lanes, and paved. Interior streets are narrower,

wo-way and are not always paved. No street wall is present

s lots are very large, buildings are detached, and setbacks are

reat. No sidewalks or pedestrian amenies are in these areas.

esidenal uses can be along major boulevards or interior

treets but are always accessed only by long driveways.

esidences are modestly sized to one or two stories, have

itched roofs, squarish windows and slight decoraon favoring

ost-Modern Colonials and Eclecc styles. Commercial uses are

nly along major boulevards and tend to be low scale with basic

ectangular shaped and at roofs, and are fronted by a small

mount of surface parking.

SEMI-RURAL DISTRICT

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SEMI-RURAL DISTRICT

SEMI-RURAL DISTRICT - LAND USE CHARACTERISTICS

TYPICAL LAND USE CHARACTERISTICS RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL / INDUSTRIAL

Date of subdivision 1949 1949

Average elevaon above/below sea level 15 feet below to 4 feet above 15 feet below to 4 feet above

Major land uses Primarily residenal Commercial use isolated to major thoroughfar

Block size N/A N/A

Lot size 205x2100, 100x25, 315x725 735x900

Type of open space Farm or rural land,undeveloped land in natural

states

Farm or rural land,undeveloped land in nat

states

Special designaons None None

Dening corridors Woodland Hwy, I-10, and Hwy. 90 Woodland Hwy, I-10, and Hwy. 90

Mix of uses Residenal and farm land mixed throughout Commercial properes located primarily a

major thoroughfares

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SEMI-RURAL DISTRICT - BUILDING CHARACTERISTICS

SEMI-RURAL DISTRICT

TYPICAL HOUSING TYPE DESCRIPTIONS

TYPICAL MID-CENTURY MODERN HOUSING

TYPICAL POST MODERN HOUSING

1-2 stories; usually include front-facing garage ordriveway

Side yards and rear yards expansive

Front setback is 20+ feet

Brick, wood and stucco facades

Styles: Neoeclecc, combining several Colonialinuences

Single family

1 story; somemes include front-facing garage or carport

Side yards and rear yards not dened, but expansive insize

Front setback is 20+ feet

Brick, wood and stucco facades

Styles: most commonly, simple ranch plan (pyramidal roof,horizontal layout); somemes, tract housing

Single family

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TYPICAL BUILDING CHARACTERISTICS RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL / INDUSTRIAL

Architectural character/style Asymmetrical facade elements with pitched

roofs; front rooms and garages protrude

towards the street

Free standing structures; pitched or at roofs

Building materials Wood, stucco and brick Wood, brick and steel

Faade characteriscs Few small porches, small windows with some

shuers, few columns

Flat facades with limited decoraons

Lot coverage rao Building footprint consumes 5-20 percent ofthe lot

Building footprint consumes 5-20 percent of thelot

Density 0.3 du/ac 1.00-2.00 FAR

Average height 1-2 stories 1 story

Elevaon above street 0-4 0

Front setback 20+ 20+

Side setbacks 20+ 20+

Parking type Private driveways Some small surface parking

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SEMI-RURAL DISTRICT - STREET CHARACTERISTICS

SEMI-RURAL DISTRICT

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TYPICAL STREET CHARACTERISTICS RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL / INDUSTRIAL

Street grid Irregular street grid, many cul-de-sacs Irregular street grid, not well connected

Street hierarchy Typically local, cul-de-sacs Typically collectors and arterial streets

Street width Boulevards: 50

Interior Streets: 14

Boulevards: 50

Street trac Boulevards: two-way

Interior Streets: two-way

Boulevards: two-way

Corridor type examples

(Typicals measured for this study in bold)

Boulevards: Woodland Hwy, I-10, and Hwy. 90

Interior Streets: Willow Dr., Oliver St.

Woodland Hwy, I-10, and Hwy. 90

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TYPICAL CHARACTERISTICS

LAND BRIDGE DISTRICT - LOCATION MAP

and in this area is unique as it is connected to the mainland of

he city by only a narrow isthmus barely wider than US-90 which

uns along it, and is otherwise surrounded on all sides by Lake

ontchartrain and Lake St. Catherine. All interior streets are

ccessed only by US-90, extend along the individual ngers of

and protruding into the lakes, and terminate at the waterfront.

arcels are sited between these interior streets and the inlets

hat directly access Lake St. Catherine.

uildings here that are accessed equally by ground and waterransportaon tend to have a primary facade and entry sequence

acing each mode of transportaon. Commercial structures are

uilt on-grade, but all residenal structures are built on tall piers

nd are accessible only by stairs. Most residenal structures are

modestly sized with one or two occupiable oors designed in

radional styles, but they are aorded a degree of prominence

y the piers that raise their rst oor over 10 feet above the

round, their physical separaon from one another, and the

ast atness of the land and water surrounding them.

LAND BRIDGE DISTRICT

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JEFFERSON

PARISH

LakePontchartrain

MississippiRiver

JEFFERSON

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ST. BERNARD

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PLAQUEMINES

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LakeSt. Catherine

LakeBorgne

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Pontchartrain

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LAND BRIDGE DISTRICT

LAND BRIDGE DISTRICT - LAND USE CHARACTERISTICS

TYPICAL LAND USE CHARACTERISTICS RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL / INDUSTRIAL

Date of subdivision 1950 - present 1950 - present

Average elevaon above/below sea level 0-10 feet above 0-10 feet above

Major land uses Primarily residenal Commercial uses located on the main corr

(Hwy. 90)

Block size 100x600 820x1250

Lot size 60x205; Medium to large lots, few rectangular,several irregular

820x1250; Medium to large lots, few rectangseveral irregular

Type of open space Wetland and Fort Pike State Historic Site Wetland and Fort Pike State Historic Site

Special designaons Fort Pike State Historic Site Fort Pike State Historic Site

Dening corridors Chef Menteur Hwy. (US - 90) Chef Menteur Hwy. (US - 90)

Mix of uses Residenal structures located farther away from

Hwy. 90 and close to the lakes edge

Commercial properes located on the highw

close to the highway as opposed to the lake

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LAND BRIDGE DISTRICT - BUILDING CHARACTERISTICS

LAND BRIDGE DISTRICT

TYPICAL BUILDING CHARACTERISTICS RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL / INDUSTRIAL

Architectural character/style Mostly non-symmetrical faades with smaller

windows, pitched gabled roofs with dormers,

front porches that run at across the front

faade

Few free standing post-modern structures,

warehouses and storage facilies with at

storefronts and small windows. Pitched, at or

gabled roofs

Building materials Primarily wood construcon on piers Steel construcon

Faade characteriscs Large porches running along the front facade,

small windows with shuers.

Warehouses with small or no windows, no

decoraon

Lot coverage rao Buildings cover 30-50 percent of lot; house sits

on the water leaving a large front yard

Buildings cover 30-50 percent of lot ; remainder

of space is parking and green space

Density .1 du/ac 2.00 FAR

Average height 1-2 stories 1-2 stories

Elevaon above street 6-10+ 0-6

Front setback 15-20+ 5-25

Side setbacks 10-30 10-50

Parking type Private drives Surface parking lots

1-3 stories; usually raised 6-10 feet with parkingunderneath the house; street grid nonexistent

Side yards and rear yards dened by the lakes edge,parking in private driveways and on ground oor ofhouse

Front setback usually 15 to 20+ feet from street; mosthouses are on the waterfront

Wood or clapboard facades

Styles: Modern Cape Cods highly prevalent, Neo-Eclecc, combining several Colonial inuences,historicist recreaons of popular Colonial styles (FrenchRenaissance, Italian Renaissance, etc.)

TYPICAL HOUSING TYPE DESCRIPTIONS

TYPICAL POST MODERNISM HOUSING0 75 150

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LAND BRIDGE DISTRICT - STREET CHARACTERISTICS

LAND BRIDGE DISTRICT

TYPICAL STREET SECTIONS

TYPICAL STREET CHARACTERISTICS RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL /INDUSTRIAL

Street grid Isolated development, with single access road Single well-connected primary highway

Street hierarchy All local dead end streets, most are unnamed

driveways, shared driveways

One dominant street / highway arterial

Street width Interior Streets: 15-20 Commercial: 40-50

Street trac Interior Streets: two-way Commercial: two-way

Corridor type examples Interior Streets: Mayne St. Commercial: Chef Menteur Hwy. (US - 90)

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