Gwinnett County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
Appendix Section 5.0
Design Guidelines Public Spaces31
Pocket Parks and Green Spaces
A. Pocket Park
| Minimum size: 3,000 square feet |  |
| Landscaping: mix of undisturbed natural plantings and/or formal plantings | |
| Outdoor furnishings: benches, tables, seat walls, planters, play structure, picnic areas/shelter | |
| Maximum impervious cover: 25 percent. |
B. Green
| Minimum size: 25,000 square feet |  |
| Maximum Length to width ratio: 3 to 1 | |
| Maximum impervious surface: 20 percent | |
| Landscaping: mix of undisturbed natural plantings and/or formal plantings | |
| Outdoor furnishings: benches, picnic shelter, gazebo, water feature, play structure, trellis, wayfinding or interpretive signage |
Squares and Plazas
C. Square
| Minimum size: 1 acre |  |
| Maximum Length to width ratio: 2 to 1 | |
| Maximum impervious surface: 60 percent | |
| Bounded by streets on two or more sides | |
| Formal areas of landscaping | |
| Outdoor furnishings: benches, gazebo, water feature, play structure | |
| Outdoor lighting |
D. Plaza
| Minimum size: 10,000 square feet |  |
| Facing a public street or connected to public street ROW by pedestrian corridor | |
| Maximum impervious surface: 75 percent | |
| Formal areas of landscaping | |
| Outdoor furnishings: benches, gazebo, water feature, play structure | |
| Outdoor lighting |
Courtyards
E. Courtyard
| Landscaped outdoor public space partially enclosed on two or three sides by buildings or other structures |  |
| Minimum area: 1,000 | |
| Maximum impervious surface: 75 percent | |
| Formal planted areas | |
| Outdoor furnishings: benches, gazebo, water feature, seating | |
| Outdoor lighting |
Paths and Trails
F. Multi-Use Path
| Connects two common areas or connects a common area to a sidewalk or trail along a public right of way |  |
| Trees planted so that trunk is 3 feet maximum from edge of trail/sidewalk and a maximum of 60 feet on center | |
| Outdoor lighting optional |
G. Greenway Trail
| Linear public space following a stream, lake, utility easement, or street with paved or unpaved improvements designed for walking, jogging, or cycling in a natural environment |  |
| Trees planted so that trunk is 3 feet maximum from edge of trail/sidewalk and a maximum of 60 feet on center | |
| Outdoor lighting optional |
(Ord. No. UDOA2023-00002(GCID 2023-0604), Exh. A(§ 53), 9-26-2023)
Footnotes:
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Editor's note— Ord. No. UDOA2023-00002(GCID 2023-0604), Exh. A(§ 53), adopted Sept. 26, 2023 enacted provisions designated as Appendix 3.0, inasmuch as said Appendix already exists, said provisions have been redesignated as Appendix 5.0, at the discretion of the editor. The former Appendix 5.0 has been repealed by § 56 of said ordinance and pertained to Zoning Districts.