With this information it was possible to begin developing principles for new land use patterns, new building types and revised streetscape conditions. The UDC's plan therefore proposes overlay zoning channeling commercial uses into the immediate vicinity of the Lee-Harvard intersection, with more dispersed areas converted to housing. Part of the commercial core, including a newly created park at the intersection of Lee and Stockbridge. The Lee-Harvard intersection including a small plaza that provides a view corridor into the newly renovated shopping center. The street is to be a defined space bounded by multistory buildings.
Parking is pushed to the rear of the lots.
Lee Road frontage re-zoned for residential use would be developed as multifamily housing, allowing for a greater mix of residents and creating a wider range of housing opportunities in the neighborhood for single people, young professionals and the elderly. In order to maintain continuity with the existing residential fabric of single-family homes, the guidelines for these buildings require massing and materials that relate to nearby housing. New plantings, paving and on-street parking in the residential core. Combined with a small plaza at the Lee-Harvard intersection and a park at the center of the commercial core, these will help strike a balance between pedestrians and auto activity in the corridor. Naturally, the Lee-Harvard plan's sponsors and designers have questioned themselves at every step as the plan became far more ambitious than a routine streetscape project.