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SUSTAINABLE URBAN LANDSCAPES
Alternative Development Standards
for Sustainable Communities
CHAPTER TWO  
Matrix  
Location
STATUS QUO PATTERN
Newton, Surrey
TRADITIONAL
PATTERN
Kitsilano, Vancouver
TRADITIONAL PATTERN
with an Ecological Underlay
Fraser Heights, Surrey
Size sq. m
0.03
0.03
0.03
hectares
3.0
3.0
3.0
acres
7.4
7.4
7.4
POPULATION
Total (people/sq.km)
2500
9130
12,583
Density d.u./hectare
10
33
50.3
d.u./acre
4.4
13.4
20.4
Total Population subsequent to this pattern 
(people/sq. km)
2500
8250
11,918
PERMEABILITY & COVERAGE (study site)
Pavement (%)
25
24
26
Roofs (%)
29
27
20
Total Pavement (sq.m/d.u.)
229
66
51
Total Impermeable Surface  sq.m/d.u.
493
141
99
percent
54
51
46
Total Permeable Surface (%)
46
49
54
PERMEABILITY & COVERAGE (individual lot)
Average Lot Size sq.m
665
371
219
sq.ft
7389
3989
2438
Pavement (%)
14
6
14
Roofs (%)
40
43
36
Total Coverage (%)
54
51
50
Total Permeable (%)
46
49
50
UTILITIES
Drainage
subsurface
subsurface
surface
Utility Pattern
dendritic
grid
grid
Average Utility Run (ft/d.u.)
44
16
12.5
PUBLIC OPEN SPACE
Recreation Type
active
active and passive
active and passive
Total Area (sq.m/d.u.)
10
14.0
18
*projected
Average Walking Distance (minutes)
10
2
1
Population with >5 minute Walking Distance (%)
71
1
0
COMMERCIAL & TRANSPORTATION NODES
Average Walking Distance (minutes)
12
2
2.5
Population with >5 minute Walking Distance (%)
58
0
0
Pedestrian and Bike Movement
on arterials
on interior residential grid
on interior residential grid
and/or on streamway system
STREETS
Street Pattern
dendritic
grid
grid
Total Paved Street Surface (ft) ft/d.u.
44
16
16
sq.ft/d.u.
1417
428
313
TYPICAL RESIDENTIAL STREET
Paved Surface (ft)
37
27
20
Boulevard (ft)
14
13.5
10
(including parking
and swale)
Sidewalk (ft)
5
(one only)
6
5
Right of Way (ft)
66
66
49
Building Front Setback (ft)
20
16
10
Total Distance Building Front to Building Front (ft)
96
99
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