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Watertown Road undulates both up and down through this moderately trafficked corridor, <br /> allowing for key rural views of a varied landscape of pastures, small single family homes, and <br /> woods. There are several negative views along the corridor where edged enclosure gives way to <br /> varied or open enclosure. These views include unscreened residential east of Leaf Street to the <br /> north of Watertown Road and residential areas with visible parking lots between CR6 and the <br /> city's western boundary. Screening techniques and zoning standards discussed in Case Study #1 <br /> can be used to remedy such views. In the context of the Watertown Road corridor it is important <br /> to note the value of edged enclosure for maintaining rural character and positive views. The <br /> existence of edged enclosure along key places of road mitigates the visual impacts of <br /> development on the rural character of the area. These instances occur around the intersections of <br /> Leaf Street and Watertown Road and Willow Drive and Watertown Road, where residential <br /> land uses are prevalent. <br /> Threats to such edged enclosure include the degradation of quality and the removal of vegetative <br /> buffering along roadsides. These impacts can be seen in areas where the edged enclosure along <br /> Watertown Road give way to the more spotted vegetation associated with varied or open <br /> enclosures (i.e., between Willow Drive and Leaf Street). Promoting preservation and <br /> enhancement of roadside vegetative buffers will help maintain the rural character contributed by <br /> edged enclosure. Corridor guidelines could be implemented to ensure that development adjacent <br /> to roadsides will maintain and preserve these buffers. <br /> Case Study #3:Fox Street- Tunneled Enclosure <br /> Fox Street, between Leaf Street and Orono Orchard Road, has predominantly tunneled enclosure <br /> (See CPA Figure l, Corridor H). CPA Figure 4 depicts the street's rural residential feel and <br /> indicates the consultant's analysis of its attributes. <br /> Though development along the corridor consists of a variety of housing types, the forested road <br /> edge screens these views and creates an enclosed, narrow corridor. Attributes associated with <br /> positive views such as wetlands and landmarks are visible through the tunneled edges around the <br /> intersections of Willow Drive and Fox Street and Brown Road South and Fox Street where there <br /> are wetlands, and at the intersection of Old Crystal Bay Road and Fox Street where there is an <br /> old church. The rural residential feel of the Fox Street corridor is susceptible to the same threats <br /> edged enclosure. If the roadside vegetation is removed, the tunnel enclosure will be lost and <br /> negative views of non-rural land uses would appear. Prevention measures, similar to those <br /> described in Case Study #2, could be implemented to preserve and enhance the vegetative <br /> buffers associated with tunnel enclosure. <br /> Case Study #4:North Shore Drive— Varied Enclosure <br /> From County Road 15 to the Noerenberg Channel, the North Shore Drive corridor alternates <br /> between open to edged to tunneled and varied enclosures. Its enclosure is predominantly varied. <br /> The images and graphics on CPA Figure 5 depict this changing landscape and highlight its rural <br /> attributes. <br /> City of Orono DSU, Inc <br /> Draft CPA 10 August, 2005 <br />