Leytham A New Traditional

Neighborhood

By Herb Freeman, President

Full Circle Ventures, Inc.

www.Leytham.comCopyright © 2006-2009 Herbert L. Freeman All Rights Reserved

An Overview of Leytham

• Site and The Commons

• Time Line

• About the name “Leytham”

• Leytham Site Plans

• Leytham Lot Types and Counts

• Zoning for Leytham

• Leytham Neighborhood Conservation District

• Leytham Renderings

State Street

Maple Street

156th Street

Military Road

168th Street

Bennington

Wal-Mart

Newport Landing

HyVeeElkhorn

Standing Bear Lake

Site in Context from 6.2 miles

Site from 2.1 miles

Stratford Park

Majestic PointePine Creek

Hanover Falls

SynergyReal Estate &Development

Shadowbrook

Hearthstone

BenningtonElementarySchool Site

Site from 3,000 feet

House

168th Street

State Street

Lane

The Leytham Commons – The Community Center

Designed by William H. Phillips, AIA and formerArchitect of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

The Commons - a 1760 Tide Water Virginia Colonial

Designed by William H. Phillips, AIA and formerArchitect of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

The Commons - a 1760 Tide Water Virginia Colonial

Designed by William H. Phillips, AIA and formerArchitect of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

The Commons - a 1760 Tide Water Virginia Colonial

Designed by William H. Phillips, AIA and formerArchitect of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

The Leytham Commons – Rear View

Designed by William H. Phillips, AIA and formerArchitect of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

An Update on Leytham

Leytham Time Line

• Planning Charrette was conducted by PlaceMakers (www.Placemakers.com) in September, 2006.

• Preliminary plat and zoning approval was given unanimously by the Planning Board and City Council in June, 2007.

• Lew Oliver, Whole Town Solutions, was selected as Leytham urban designer in February, 2008. Sample home plans have been designed.

• Preliminary approval will be extended in expected in mid 2009.

• Then, subject to SID and development loan financing, final approval can be granted. After that, grading can begin. Then, the sewers, paving and utilities will be installed.

• The first lots in Phase I of Leytham could be buildable a year after final approval is granted. The first homes should be closing a year after that.

An Update on Leytham

The “Leytham” Name

• The Land Bounty Acts and the Leytham 1860 PatentThe United States, in a series of Bounty Land Acts dating from the Revolutionary War in 1776 through 1855, followed a policy of rewarding those who served the country with bounty land grants.

• Leytham Family HistoryRichard and Elizabeth Leytham came from England to settle in Omaha in 1856, and then in 1860 to obtain bounty land Warrant 25,027 and to redeem that warrant for a patent from the federal government for 160 acres of virgin prairie in Douglas County, Nebraska Territory

• Meaning of “Leytham”The etymology of British place names reveals that "Leytham" means, quite literally, "Village in the Meadow.“ How appropriate!

It is only fitting and proper that we name Omaha’s new traditional neighborhood after Richard and Elizabeth Leytham . . . .

Leytham Site Plan

Original Charrette Drawing

Leytham-A New Traditional Neighborhood Site Plan

Current Site Plan

Northwest corner of168th and State Street160 AcresBennington Schools No. of

Lots Single Family 514Multi-Family 16Flex Building 20 Private Lots 550Civic Lots 6 Total Lots 556

Note: Creating a new traditional neighborhood is an evolving and ongoing process. Accordingly, all site plans, land uses, layouts, diagrams, schematics, homeelevations and floor plans, renderings, features, facilities, and amenities are conceptual in nature and are subject to cancellation, refinement, change and/or revision without notice.

Leytham Private Lots

Leytham Private Lots

Leytham Open Spaces

Leytham Green Spaces

Acres

Natural 17.71Civic 4.17Outlots 11.01 Total 32.89

Percent 20.82%

Leytham Street Network

Leytham Street and Alley Network

Leytham Lot Types

> 80' Manor 34 6.6%

73' to 80' Boulevard 10 1.9%

65' to 72' Park 43 8.4%

57' to 64' Village 70 13.6%

49' to 56' Garden 132 25.7%

28' to 48' Cottage 75 14.6%

30' to 59' Carriage 53 10.3%

24' to 36' Rowhouse 69 13.4%

22' to 30' Live/Work 28 5.4%

Subtotal Single Family 514 100.0%

Multi-Family 16

Flex 20

Total 550

Leytham - Lot Types and Counts

Front Footage Lot Type No. Percent

Lot counts and phasing are subject to change

Zoning for Leytham

Leytham’s Zoning Is Based on the Transect

© Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company

“Transect: a system of ordering human habitats in a range from themost natural to the most urban. The SmartCode is based on sixTransect Zones which describe the physical character of place at anyscale, according to the density and intensity of land use and urbanism.”

T1 Natural T2 Rural T3 Sub-urban T4 Urban T5 Urban T6 Urban General Center Core

Transect “T - Zones”

T-1 Natural Zone consists of lands approximating or reverting to a wilderness condition, including lands unsuitable for settlement due to topography, hydrology or vegetation.

T-2 Rural Zone consists of lands in open or cultivated state or sparsely settled. These include woodland, agricultural land, grassland, and irrigable desert.

T-3 Sub-Urban Zone consists of low density suburban residential areas, differing by allowing home occupations. Planting is naturalistic and set-backs relatively deep. Blocks may be large and the roads irregular to accommodate natural conditions.

T-4 General Urban Zone consists of a mixed-use but primarily residential urban fabric. It has a wide range of building types: single, sideyard, and rowhouses. Setbacks and landscaping are variable. Streets define medium-sized blocks.

T-5 Urban Center Zone consists of higher density mixed-use building types that accommodate retail, offices, rowhouses and apartments. It has a tight network of streets, with wide sidewalks, steady street tree planting and buildings set close to the frontages.

T-6 Urban Core Zone consists of the highest density, with the greatest variety of uses, and civic buildings of regional importance. It may have larger blocks; streets have steady street tree planting and buildings set close to the frontages.

Special Districts consist of areas with buildings that by their function, disposition, or configuration cannot conform to one of the six normative Transect Zones.

The Leytham Transect

T - Zones and Zoning in Leytham

T-1 T-2 T-3 T-4 T-5 T-6

© Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company

Leytham’s Four T-Zones: T-1 The Natural Zone will be zoned DR. T-3 The Suburban Zone will be zoned R4. T-4 and 5 The General Urban and Urban Center Zones will be zoned MU.

T-Zone: Natural Rural Suburban General Urban Urban Zone Zone Zone Urban Center Core

Zone Zone Zone

Leytham Transect Zones

Percent of Percent ofColor Transect Zone Land Area Net Site Area Gross Site Area

T-1 Natural 17.71 AC 11.21%

T-3 Suburban 15.04 AC 20.00% 9.52%

T-4 General 43.55 AC 57.92% 27.56%

T-5 Center 16.60 AC 22.08% 10.51%

Civic Space 4.17 AC 2.64%

Outlots 11.01 AC 6.97%

Street and Alley ROW 49.92 AC 31.59%

Total Area 158.00 AC 75.19 AC

Land Use by Transect Showing Acres and Percent Distribution

Net Site Area does not include T-1, Civic Space, and Street and Alley ROW

Leytham T-Zones and Land Uses

The Leytham Neighborhood Conservation District

Leytham will be a Neighborhood Conservation District

T-1 T-2 T-3 T-4 T-5 T-6 T-Zone: Natural Rural Suburban General Urban Urban Zone Zone Zone Urban Center Core

Zone Zone Zone

Base Zoning is DR in the T-1 Zone R4 in the T-3 Zone

MU in the T-4 and 5 ZonesThe Base Zoning is modified by the Leytham Neighborhood Regulation.

Base Zoning: DR R4 MU MU

The Leytham Neighborhood Conservation District

Leytham Neighborhood Regulation

T-1 T-2 T-3 T-4 T-5 T-6 T-Zone: Natural Rural Suburban General Urban Urban Zone Zone Zone Urban Center Core

Zone Zone Zone

The Base Zoning is modified by the Leytham Neighborhood Regulation.The Leytham Development Regulation is based on the SmartCode.The requirement that the neighborhood exist for 25 years has been removed.

Base Zoning: DR R4 MU MU

The Leytham Neighborhood Conservation District

Leytham Neighborhood Regulation (the “LNR”)

The Leytham Neighborhood Regulation, like the SmartCode it emulates:

• Is form-based. It encourages physical outcomes unlike conventional zoning which is focused on uses.

• Operates at many levels. The LNR operates at the neighborhood level, the block level, the building level.

• Is Transect-based. The LNR organizes the natural, edge, general and center urban landscapes into categories of density, complexity, and intensity of both design and use.

• Is graphical in nature. The LNR is heavily illustrated with drawings, charts and tables.

• Is enduring. The LNR, once adopted as law, will stay in place, allowing the neighborhood to evolve and mature without losing its sense of order because what is intended for the community has already been specified.

Greenway Viewed from the Wetlands

View from the T-1 Wetlands up a Greenway in T-4 to The Commons

The Commons at Leytham

A Civic Space in T-4

A Leytham Residential Street

A Mix of Dwelling Types in T-4, General Urban Zone

The “High” Street at Leytham

The T-5, Urban Center Zone, Showing a Mix of Uses

Leytham Market Square

Civic Space and Mixed Uses in T-5, Urban Center, at 168th and State Streets

Contact Information and Websites

Herb FreemanFull Circle Ventures, Inc.16510 State StreetBennington, NE 68007

home 402.238.3095 cell 402.689.4000email herb@FullCircleVentures.com

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Check out Herb’s new urban, new traditional neighborhood and sustainable development blog, www.NewHerbanism.Blogspot.com, for commentary and items of interest.

Thank You for your Attention and Interest

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