- The Sugar Camp property should be developed as a “campus-type” environment, with buildings located in a well-landscaped and attractive physical setting.
- Development within the Sugar Camp property should not adversely impact the existing residential neighborhoods to the south and east.
- Development within the property should result in community-wide benefits for the City of Oakwood which are commensurate with the property’s significant real estate values and locational assets.
- Development within the property should be adequately served by existing public facilities, services and infrastructure.
- Development proposals for the property should include a fiscal impact analysis which clearly identifies the costs and benefits of proposed development to the City and other appropriate jurisdictions.
Access, Traffic Circulation and Parking
- The Sugar Camp property should be served by adequate access facilities and an efficient internal traffic circulation system.
- Development within the property should not adversely impact traffic flow along Far Hills or Schantz, or traffic operations at the intersection of these two important roadways.
- The placement of new buildings and other site improvements should maintain adequate “lines of sight” for motorists approaching the intersection of Far Hills and Schantz.
- Development within Sugar Camp should not result in additional through traffic along nearby residential streets.
- Curb cuts and access drives should be limited and their locations carefully controlled.
- Development within the property should be served by an adequate amount of attractively designed off-street parking.
- Parking lots should be located behind buildings or in other locations that can be effectively screened from views along both Far Hills and Schantz.
Natural Environment
- Development within the Sugar Camp property should preserve and respect the existing natural features and the attractive environmental quality of the property.
- As many of the existing mature hardwood trees as possible should be maintained and protected, particularly along the Far Hills and Schantz frontages.
- Environmental features should be used as visual focal points and design amenities for building and site development.
- Development within the property should maintain soil stabilization along the steep slopes and ravines at the north end of the property.
- The natural drainage channels which pass through the property should be maintained and protected.
Building and Site Design
- All development within the Sugar Camp property should be characterized by high standards of site and building design and construction.
- Building and site development should create an attractive and visually distinctive northern “gateway” for the Oakwood community.