NORMAN SIGN CODE PROJECT

Land Use Controls

RCPL 5203
Spring 2014
Instructor: Dr. Dawn Jourdan

1DISTRICTING AND WAYFINDING

NORMAN SIGN CODE PROJECT

Contributors:
Vanessa Morrison
Gina Sofola

PROBLEM

CODE DOES NOT CLEARLY

ADDRESS OR PROMOTE THE IDEA
OF IMPLEMENTING WAY FINDING
AND DISTRICTING
INFRASTRUCTURE.

CODE
SEC18-503.1 ARTICLE B6 AND 18.504 ARTICLE
B7 - ONLY REFERENCE TO PRIVATE
DIRECTIONAL SIGNS -TO PARKING LOTS,
REDUNDANT, REFERENCES ARE BURIED
NO REFERENCE TO DIRECTIONAL SIGNS FOR
RESIDENTIAL
NO ADA PROVISIONS FOR PEDESTRIANS
NO DEFINITION FOR A DISTRICT, NO DISTRICTS
CALLED OUT

ENVIRONMENT
CONFUSING TO NAVIGATE
LACK OF WALKABILITY
DECAYING/FORGOTTEN NEIGHBORHOODS

LACK OF CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN SERVICES

AND NEIGHBORHOODS
LACK OF IDENTITY

BEST PRACTICES
DISTRICTING AND WAYFINDING GO HAND
IN HAND
MUNICIPAL WAYFINDING AND DISTRICTING SYSTEMS NOT ONLY DIRECT AND
ASSIST INDIVIDUALS TO DESTINATIONS, BUT ALSO SERVE AS A TEACHING TOOL
THAT EDUCATES THE VISITOR ON THE BOUNDARIES, DESTINATIONS AND KEY
FEATURES OF THE AREA. THIS CREATES A LEGIBLE CITY WHERE WAYFINDING
AND IDENTIFICATION ELEMENTS SUPPORT THE OVERALL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE
AND EXPERIENCE. USING DISTRICTING TO HIGHLIGHT UNIQUE AREAS OF THE CITY
MAKE WAYFINDING MORE EFFECTIVE, ENABLING NAVIGATION TO CULTURAL,
BUSINESS, OR TOURIST AREAS.

DIRECT VISITORS AND

DESTINATIONS

RESIDENTS TO

ADA PROVISIONS
DISTRICT BOUNDARIES ESTABLISHED AND
DEFINED
FORM BASED CODES USED TO PROJECT
CONSISTENT IMAGE FOR ENTIRE CITY
REDUCE VISUAL CLUTTER
PROMOTE WALKING, BIKING, MASS TRANSIT
HIGHLIGHT UNIQUE CULTURAL AREAS
PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR SCALE
DISTRICT BRANDING
NYC, NY | San Antonio, TX | Hillsborough, SC
Memphis, TN

PROPOSED CODE
CHANGES
NEW CODE LANGUAGE WAY FIDING
DOESNT ADD TO SIGN LIMITS IN THE
AREA
INCLUSION OF FORM BASED CODES WITH
NAVIGATIONAL AND DISTRICT BRAND
IDENTIFIERS LIKE COLOR, EMBLEMS, YOU
ARE HERE LOCATORS
POTENTIAL DISTRICTS
DOWNTOWN BUSINESS (BOUNDARIES
ACRES TO ALAMEDA, JAMES GARNER
TO PORTER)
MEDICAL/PRIMROSE/ SILKSTOCKING
(BOUNDARIES ROBINSON TO ACRES,
PORTER TO FINLEY OR CARTER TO
INCLUDE NEIGHBORHOOD) HOSPITAL
SERVES AS ANCHOR)
ZONING OVERLAY
MEDICAL/PRIMROSE/SILKSTOCKING
DOWNTOWN MAIN STREET