Not to rain on your parade, but technically (legally) speaking, all public facing websites should be operable by all people regardless of disability (with the use of assistive technology) since they are legally considered public places by the ADA.

Now, I will counter that by telling you that despite this legal requirement, many websites are not compliant. I just wanted to make sure this isn’t a project about cutting edge innovation or whatnot, because developers/sites/companies/organizations have been expected to comply to WCAG for years.

hey you might be interested to know that $1 web accessibility course is free and goes over much of this. There is also $1 course which is also free.

Check out the website for the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired. It's extremely accessible and a great example

Have you looked at the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines? They discuss best practices for web design, including everything you've outlined here.

I would love to! I'm a visually impaired graphic designer.

This seems very misguided.
What exactly are you trying to accomplish by creating a website for (visually impaired) people?
Most websites are accessible, and anyway, even those that aren't, have to comply with the ADA.
From the sounds of it, you are trying to create this magical website specifically for blind people.
But what's it's purpose?
What are you hoping to achieve by creating this website?
What message are you trying to put out that only visually impaired people would benefit from it?
Just some things to think about.