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The Built Environment (Community Design) indicator calls for the height, bulk, texture, form, materials, colors, lighting, signing, and other design elements of new, remodeled, and redeveloped buildings to be compatible with the natural, scenic, and recreational values of the Tahoe Region. Steady and incremental improvements in the built environment from redevelopment projects contribute to both the attainment of scenic travel route ratings and the man-made features component of the scenic score. The primary drivers affecting the quality of the built environment in the Tahoe Region are the rate and type of development and redevelopment, and the effectiveness of design standards and guidelines.The TRPA Code of Ordinances includes minimum design standards for elements such as height and signs. More specific design standards and guidelines are often adopted by local government in community plans or area plans tailored to the needs and desires of individual communities. Every four years, a team of professionals evaluates several new development and redevelopment projects that have been constructed since the last evaluation to see if they are consistent with the required design standards and whether the design standards and guidelines are achieving the desired community character and supporting the implementation of the policy statement.
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- Status
- Implemented
- Scenic evaluation data shows an incremental improvement during the last four years in roadway travel unit scores due largely to redeveloped buildings that meet updated community design requirements.
- An evaluation of recent development and redevelopment projects found that the projects were consistent with applicable design standards and guidelines, and the application of those standards and guidelines was consistent with the policy statement.
General TRPA design standards for the built environment apply throughout the region unless they are replaced by TRPA approved community specific substitute standards. The map shows the location of adopted Community Plans and Area Plans where community-specific substitute design standards apply to new development and redevelopment projects.
- Improvements in the built environment contribute to the attainment of travel route ratings. The replacement of older structures with newer structures that conform to the design standards and guidelines has been a primary driver of the increase in travel unit scores. Redevelopment projects can result in notable improvements to the man-made features component of the scenic score. As more development and redevelopment projects are implemented, the aesthetic and visual quality of the built environment will continue to improve.
- The primary drivers affecting the built environment in the Lake Tahoe Region are the rate and type of development and redevelopment, and the effectiveness of design standards and guidelines.
Example EIP Projects
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Edgewood Lodge and Golf Course Improvement
This Douglas County, Nevada project included the construction of a large hotel. The building design implements recently updated design standards in Douglas County's South Shore Area Plan.
Local and Regional Plans
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Area Plan - Tourist Core
The City of South Lake Tahoe's Tourist Core Area Plan, like all adopted area and community plans, includes design standards tailored to the more heavily developed community character of this area.
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Scenic Quality Improvement Program
The program is a comprehensive threshold attainment strategy to improve overall visual quality of the built environment.
- Implemented. The policy statement has been implemented. A review of the TRPA policies, ordinances, and programs found that the Regional Plan and TRPA programs support attainment of the policy statement. Scenic monitoring data shows a moderate improvement in roadway travel unit scores that is in large part due to redeveloped buildings that comply with community design requirements. An evaluation of a sampling of development and redevelopment projects completed from 2020 to 2023 found that the projects were consistent with applicable design standards and guidelines, and the application of those standards and guidelines was consistent with the policy statement.
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- 8/9/2024
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- Description
- A sample of projects completed between 2020 and 2023 that were evaluated for compatibility with design standards.