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Yorktown Neighborhood Plan Update Residential Survey
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Respondent Attributes
1. Please provide the address for your residence.
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2. Do you rent or own the place in which you stay?
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3. How long have you lived in the Yorktown Neighborhood?
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4. Including yourself, how many individuals live or stay in your home?
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5. How many individuals living or staying in the home are in each age category?
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6. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, patterns of where and when individuals work has changed significantly and continue to evolve. These changing patterns impact transportation and parking needs and expectations. Of those who live in your household, how many:
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Home-Based Businesses
7. Do you own a home-based business?
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Home-Based Businesses
8. What goods or services does your business provide (e.g. bookkeeping, tax consulting, financial planning, landscaping, editorial, artwork, interior design, personal training)?
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9. How do you characterize this business?
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10. Which of the following are challenges for your home-based business? (Select all that apply.)
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Neighborhood Character and Identity
11. How do you describe the Yorktown neighborhood to others?
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12. Why did you choose to live in the Yorktown neighborhood? (Select all that apply).
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13. What do you value most about the Yorktown neighborhood?
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14. What in the Yorktown neighborhood can be improved to maintain or enhance the quality of life for all residents?
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15. What do you see as the biggest threat(s) to the quality of life in Yorktown?
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16. Please rate the following for the Yorktown neighborhood: (1 = poor, 5 = excellent)
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17. How safe do you feel walking in your neighborhood at night?
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18. With which Arlington County health and safety services do you or a member of your household have direct experience (check all that apply)?
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19. Based on your or your household member's direct experience, please rate the health and safety services for our neighborhood. (1 = poor, 5 = excellent)
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20. The neighborhood hosts Yorktown High School (YHS), which serves as the educational home to over 2100 students in grades 9 to 12. Its presence and the many activities associated with the high school have a significant impact on the character and identity of the neighborhood. Please indicate the extent to which you agree with the following statements.
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21. Do you currently have school-aged children or have children who were school-aged at some point during the time you have lived in the Yorktown neighborhood?
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School-Aged Children
22. Where do or did your children attend school? (Select all that apply.)
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23. Based on your experience, how would you rate our neighborhood schools?
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24. How do the school-aged children in your household get to/from school? (Select frequency for all modes that apply.)
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Housing
25. Has there been an addition or major renovation to your house?
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Year of addition or renovation
In what year was the addition or renovation completed? (Enter YYYY)
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Housing
26. Does your home have an accessory dwelling unit (a separate living unit with a kitchen and bath, either within your home or in a separate building on your property)?
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27. In the next five years, do you plan to do any of the following? (Please select all that apply.)
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Land Use and Zoning
28. To what extent are you concerned with potential impacts of residential infill development?
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29. What potential benefits of residential infill development are of most interest to you? (Select all that apply).
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30. How often have you rented a bedroom, basement, or your entire home on Airbnb or other short-term (less than 30 days) rental platforms?
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31. How often have you rented a bedroom, basement, or your entire home for 6 months or more?
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32. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
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Multimodal Transportation and Microtransit
33. How frequently do you and other members of your household use the following means of transportation?
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34. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
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Traffic, Pedestrian Safety and Walkability
35. How Would you rate Arlington County traffic enforcement in our neighborhood in each of these areas?
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36. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
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37. On which arterial streets in the neighborhood do you have difficulty safely crossing? (select all modalities that apply for the street).
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38. The Yorktown Civic Association has requested Arlington County improve traffic safety at the intersection of N Harrison Street and 26th Street North since September 8, 2015. In other areas of the neighborhood, what traffic hazards have you observed that require attention? (Select all that apply and note location in the following question.)
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Where are the traffic hazards you indicated in the previous questions and what is your suggested solution?
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39. In general, which traffic calming measures do you support? (Select all that apply.)
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40. How do you rate the comfort and appeal of the following existing features of sidewalks and paved trails in the neighborhood?
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41. Do you have a sidewalk on your block?
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42. Arlington’s Master Transportation Plan (adopted in 2008) established the County policy of “Complet(ing) the walkway network with appropriately lit, ADA‐accessible sidewalks along both sides of arterial streets and at least one side of neighborhood streets.” To what extent do you support this policy?
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43. Why do you and members of your household use the sidewalks in the neighborhood? (Select all that apply)
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44. While the Yorktown neighborhood has added some sidewalks in recent years, several blocks still don’t have sidewalks. Which statement best matches your view of sidewalks in the neighborhood?
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45. Following are some of the blocks in the neighborhood that do not have sidewalks. Select all where you support adding a sidewalk. Note: sidewalks on 25th Rd N and 25th Pl N east of N George Mason Drive are currently in planning and design.
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Commercial Zones and Retail Amenities
46. Thinking of the entire neighborhood, please rate the availability of business services by major category.
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47. What retail operations or services do not currently exist within the neighborhood that you would like to see?
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Lee-Harrison Shopping Center
48. In a typical month, how often do you or a member of your household patronize businesses in the Lee-Harrison Shopping Center and vicinity?
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49. How do you or members of your household get to the Lee-Harrison shopping center?
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50. Thinking of the Lee-Harrison Shopping Center, rate the following.
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51. I would patronize the businesses in the Lee-Harrison Shopping Center if …
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Garden City Shopping District
52. In a typical month, how often do you or a member of your household patronize businesses in the Garden City Shopping Center and vicinity?
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53. How do you or members of your household get to the Garden City Shopping Center?
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54. Thinking of the Garden City Shopping Center, rate the following.
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55. I would patronize the businesses in the Garden City Shopping Center if …
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Flooding and Stormwater Management
56. Do storm drains on your street back up during heavy rainfall/snowmelt?
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57. Have you observed water pooling and drainage problems on streets or in public spaces within the Yorktown neighborhood?
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Water Pooling and Drainage Problems
Where have you observed water pooling and drainage problems on streets or in public spaces within the Yorktown neighborhood? Please indicate block number and street name of location(s).
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Flooding and Stormwater Management
58. Which stormwater runoff mitigation strategies do you use on your property? (Select all that apply).
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59. Have you experienced flooding in your yard or home due to a rain or snowmelt event?
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Flooding in your yard or home
60. Please indicate where the flooding occurs and characterize how severe it typically is.
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61. What do you believe to be the main source(s) of flooding on your property? (Check all that apply.)
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62. How much do you estimate you have incurred in flood-related expenses?
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Electrical Services
63. There are many possible reasons for disruption to electrical services. How often do you experience service disruptions or loss of power at your house? (Select one frequency for each duration.)
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64. Have you purchased a generator or battery backup to mitigate the impact of power outages?
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65. There are both significant benefits and significant costs associated with burying utility lines and cables underground. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
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Parks, Recreation, Green Space, and Tree Canopy
Chestnut Hills Park
66. How often do you visit Chestnut Hills Park?
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Chestnut Hills Park
67. For what purpose(s) do you visit Chestnut Hills Park? (Select all that apply.)
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68. What improvements, if any, do you suggest for Chestnut Hills Park? (Select all that apply.)
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Greenbrier Park
69. How often do you visit Greenbrier Park?
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Greenbrier Park
70. For what purpose(s) do you visit Greenbrier Park? (Select all that apply.)
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71. What improvements, if any, do you suggest for Greenbrier Park? (Select all that apply.)
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Rock Spring Park
72. How often do you visit Rock Spring Park?
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Rock Spring Park
73. For what purpose(s) do you visit Rock Spring Park? (Select all that apply.)
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74. What improvements, if any, do you suggest for Rock Spring Park? (Select all that apply.)
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Tree Canopy
75. Under Arlington County’s Tree Preservation Ordinance, trees may be designated as ‘specimen trees’. Specimen tree designation is intended to protect the tree from removal or injury. ‘Specimen trees’ may be located on public or private land. Trees that have notable historic or cultural interest, commemorate an event or serve as a significant memorial, are of outstanding size and quality for its particular species, or grow in the street right-of-way may be eligible for designation. Are there any trees in our neighborhood that should be considered for ‘specimen tree’ designation?
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Specimen Tree Location
Please provide the tree species and location.
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Shade Tree Removal
76. In the past 10 years, have any large shade tree(s) (such as oak or maple) on your property been removed?
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Shade Tree Removal
77. Why was/were the tree(s) removed? (Check all that apply).
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78. After removal of the tree(s), it was...
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Dogs, Cats, and other Owned Animals
79. What types of animals do you own or care for on a regular basis? (Select all that apply.)
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80. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
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Energy Conservation and Alternative Energy
81. Which energy efficiency improvements have been made to your home in the last five years or are planned in the next five years? (Select all that apply)
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82. Which of the following passive cooling/heating strategies are currently employed or are planned in the next five years to reduce the energy demands of your home? (Select all that apply)
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83. Which of the following renewable energy technologies do you use to meet your current household needs? (Select all that apply).
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84. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
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85. What additional comments or concerns do you have that were not covered in this survey?
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