Community Charrette Presentation June 6, 2018
Project Team • Jackie Turner • Jake Petrosky • Stephen Faber • Kristy Carter • Caroline Edmonds • Michael Poston • Emily Soper 2
Project Overview • Prepare a SMALL AREA PLAN for the Village of Cashiers • Typical Plan Components • Current Development Conditions • Land Use • Transportation • Economic Development and Tourism • Public Utilities & Infrastructure • Natural & Cultural Resources • Parks & Recreation 3
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Plan Assessments • Mountain Landscapes Initiative Tool Box (2007-08) prepared, not adopted • Cashiers Commercial Area Land Development Ordinance (2009) • Jackson County Land Use Plan 2040 (2017) • Jackson County Greenways Project – Comprehensive Master Plan (2009) • Jackson County Comprehensive Transportation Plan (2017) • Cashiers Transportation Priority Plan (2012)
What we heard 6
Land Use Themes • Want a connected community • Additional density desired in the village core • Lack of workforce housing in the Village • Regulations limit variety of architectural styles • Visual and/or physical connectivity to Cashiers Lake • Residential not addressed in current districts 7
Visual Preferences The following slides identify the images that received the highest numbers of votes in each category. 8
Visual Preferences • Transportation • Trails/multiuse paths • Crossroads features • Workforce Housing • Bungalow Court Style • Parking to the rear
Visual Preferences • Signage • Public Art • Village Core Design
Visual Preferences • Amenities • Commercial Center
MLI 2009 Goal and Policy Confirmation Top Ten Preferences: 1. Establish a Village Council and “Mayor” to provide oversight and leadership 2. Complete an expansion of the Village Trail network 3. Encourage a range of affordable housing types for both full-time residents and seasonal workers on the crossroads area 4. Connect the various business activities along the highways and future secondary streets in village center 5. Develop a comprehensive Water and Sewer Plan for providing services to the Cashiers community with a specific focus
MLI 2009 Goal and Policy Confirmation • Establish a village council and “Mayor” to provide oversight and leadership • Connect the various businesses and activities along the highways and future secondary streets • Establish a community wide bicycle network that centers on the Crossroads and connects neighborhoods • Encourage a range of affordable housing types for both full-time and seasonal worker • Complete an expansion of the Village trail network • Develop a comprehensive water and sewer plan for providing services to Cashiers • Create a stormwater master plan • Buildings should be oriented to the street or a pedestrian path to encourage walkability 13
Study Area Boundary Discussion • Expand the Study Area Beyond the Regulated District “Commercial Development Area” Boundary? 14
Cashiers Trade Area 15
4,700 Year Round Population Estimate 16,582+ Seasonal Population Estimate Source: Esri 2017 Data, note does not include lodging visitors, yet. 16
Village Core RECOMMENDATIONS • Encourage a mix of uses and walkable design and scale • Multiple stories in new buildings frame streets • Limited parking in front of buildings • Buffers and screening only between dissimilar uses • Integrated formal public space Existing Character
Village Core PRECEDENT Aspen, Co
Village Core CONCEPT Retail, restaurants and mixed use areas Mix of residential framed by green space
Gateways RECOMMENDATIONS • Encourage infill and redevelopment in-line with the character of Cashiers • Reduced setbacks and parking locational criteria • Defined edge and corridor management (viewsheds and frontage buffers) beyond Existing Character gateways
Gateways CONCEPT Commercial with office or residential above Residential and office set back and screened to create an edge
Gateways PRECEDENT Cornecopia
Lakeside RECOMMENDATIONS • Increase activity on southside of the village center, especially on northwest corner of lake • Improve visual and pedestrian connections to the lake and points south • Integrate new development sensitively Existing Character into the landscape
Lakeside PRECEDENT Chetola Resort, Blowing Rock, NC
Edge Management RECOMMENDATIONS • Edges of Village are as important as the center • Coordinate with county to improve aesthetic and open space requirements on key corridors • Perimeter tree protection • Landscaping and site design best practices Existing Character
Parks and Open Space • Improve connections to natural assets • Encourage open space and amenities in new development • Coordinate with infill to create formal public space in Village Core • Address drainage with low impact development techniques (i.e. rain gardens, bioretention, etc.) • Priority park facilities (i.e. dog park) 27
Transportation • Sidewalks and Trails • US 64 / NC 107 Intersection Improvement • Other Recommendations 28
Key Connectors
Sidewalks and Trails • Work with business owners and NCDOT for Village sidewalk loop (US 64 to 107 to Frank Allen, back to US 64) • Other priorities (Ingles and Summit School connections) • Improve wayfinding, surfaces and maintenance of the Village Ramble • Address drainage issues • Directional signage north of 107 and from Laurelwood Inn to Chestnut Village • Integrate improved pedestrian connection in new development or collector street in southwest quadrant. • Address crossing concerns • Improve connections to the south (i.e. Cashiers Lake and High Hampton) 30
US 64 / NC 107 Intersection Improvements
US 64 / NC 107 Intersection Improvements Do Nothing Add Turn Lanes Roundabout Wings + Improvement Neutral Largest impact Mid-range impact Smallest impact Most expensive Good for 20+ Years Not a long term solution Slight Significant May be easier to improvement for improvement for implement peds pedestrians Most complicated May need additional May not score well roundabouts Score well Score well
Other Issues and Priorities • Improvements on Frank Allen Road • Larger culvert near Village Green entrance • Raise road bed and add new culvert on southwest corner of bank property • Work with public and private entities to add pedestrian accommodations • Drainage issues elsewhere and in new development • Traffic safety concerns near Zeb Allen Road • Address crime concerns • Alignment of civic and non-profit efforts 33
Outstanding Questions • Comments on and refinements to concepts • What is missing? • Discussion of intersection • Improvement or not? 36
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Next Steps • Circulate, Review Concepts, Provide Feedback tonight • Review with Community Planning Council June 6 • Prepare draft of the Small Area Plan • Community Review of the Plan • Presentation to County Commissioners 38
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