235.455 Public Plaza.
A. Plazas shall be developed in accordance with Section 235.410 (Concept Plan Regulating Diagram). The purpose of a plaza is to provide a recognizable open space area accessible to the public at a prominent location within the Town Center.
B. Plaza locations may be proposed other than as illustrated conceptually in Figure 235-1. An alternative location adjacent to, visible from, and directly accessible from Wood Village Boulevard or a Town Center Main Street, a Town Center Local Street or a Universal Street, shall be processed through a Type 1 approval procedure.
C. A plaza should contain a minimum area of fourteen thousand five hundred (14,500) square feet at full build-out. For phased developments the plaza may be built in segments of not less than four thousand (4,000) square feet.
D. A plaza should include human-scale comfort and interest features such as furniture, water fountains or other water features, landscape plantings, covers to provide shade and weather protection, art, play structures, or similar amenities.
E. Location and Visibility. The surface of all pedestrian plazas must be visually and physically accessible from a designated street. Allowances may be made for sites with steep topography.
F. Surface. Paved walking surfaces must be provided.
G. Landscaping.
•At least ten (10) percent of the plaza area must be landscaped.
•The landscaping must be planted and maintained according to Section 330.
•Landscaping shall not block visual access to the pedestrian plaza.
H. Seating.
(1) Seating shall be provided in all public plazas.
(2) Tops of walls and steps may be considered seating if designed to accommodate this function.
I. Exposure to Sunlight.
(1) Southern locations are encouraged to allow direct sunlight to enter the space and strike the plaza floor.
(2) Public plazas shall be designed to allow some direct sunlight to enter the plaza.
(3) Public plaza landscaping shall be designed in a manner that does not block the entrance of direct sunlight.
J. Plaza Edges.
(1) Plaza Enclosure. All public plaza edges must meet applicable development standards in Table 235-4.
K. Uses in Public Plazas.
(1) Permitted Uses. Playground equipment, fountains, waterfalls, pools, sculptures, works of art, arbors, trellises, benches, trees, planting beds, trash receptacles, drinking fountains, bicycle racks, open air cafes, kiosks, vending carts, outdoor furniture, lighting, flagpoles, temporary exhibits, canopies, awnings, and similar uses which encourage pedestrian use of these spaces.
(2) Allowed Motor Vehicle Use. Motor vehicle use of public plazas for passenger drop-off and pick-up at plaza edge. All other loading or motor vehicle access is prohibited. (Ord. 3-2021 § 1 (Exh. A))