Great Bridge Village Design Guidelines

Adopted by City Council December 16, 2008

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Great Bridge Village Design Guidelines
98 pages – Complete – Updated 11-12-08

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Great Bridge Village Land Use

Land Use Map
1 page – 1.7 MB

Table of Contents

• COVER
• BACK COVER
• INTRODUCTION

• ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN GUIDELINES
  (Combined Sections I - IX below)
  1. Business District & Causeway District
  2. Architectural Massing
  3. Facade Treatment
  4. Store Fronts & Grade-Level Spaces
  5. Residential Buildings & Frontages
  6. Canopies & Awnings
  7. Fencing & Railings (and Temporary Barricades)
  8. Loading, Trash and Recycling Collection Areas
  9. Building Materials

• STREETSCAPE DESIGN GUIDELINES – GENERAL
  (Combined Sections I - XII below)
  1. General (All Districts)
  2. Streets
  3. Utilities
  4. Sidewalks and Pathways
  5. Crosswalks
  6. Street Furnishings
  7. Outdoor Dining
  8. Major & Minor Plazas
  9. Parks
  10. Ornamental Structures and Public Art
  11. Transit Stops
  12. Outdoor Lighting

• LANDSCAPE DESIGN GUIDELINES
  (Combined Sections I - VI below)
  1. General (All Districts)
  2. Street Landscapes
  3. Street Shrubs, Groundcover and Flowers
  4. Planters
  5. Public Realm Landscapes
  6. Residential Landscapes


• SIGNAGE DESIGN GUIDELINES & STANDARDS
• ECOLOGICALLY SENSITIVE SITE DESIGN
• LAND USE GUIDELINES
• THE DESIGN REVIEW PROCESS
• STREETSCAPE, STREET SECTION & PLAN EXHIBITS
• HISTORIC BATTLEFIELD DISTRICT EXHIBITS

For more information on Great Bridge Village, please contact:

Chesapeake Planning Department
2nd Floor, City Hall
306 Cedar Road
Chesapeake, VA 23322

Tel: 757-382-6176
FAX: 757-382-6406

planning@cityofchesapeake.net