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the same side of the street or the setback of the closest structure <br />on an adjacent lot." The existing provisions will not ensure an <br />urban character fo.rm.over the long-term. <br />c)Specifying minimum height requirements as an urban form <br />requires a visual sense of enclosure. <br />The current provisions only specify that a maximum height is <br />to be determined. <br />d)Adding some level of building standards relating to scale and <br />massing, materials, exterior treatments, site lighting, and <br />signs and awnings. <br />3) Continue to monitor investor interest in Downtown <br />residential projects, including attached single-family, multi -family, <br />and residential -over -retail opportunities. Work with private <br />interests to pinpoint and remove or reduce barriers to new <br />development and redevelopment in and around Downtown. <br />Additional ownership housing options are needed, but such <br />housing alternatives need to be planned and permitted by -right. <br />4) Continue to work with the Economic Development <br />Corporation (EDC) to offer Main Street Enhancement Grants to <br />provide matching funds to enhance existing buildings in the Main <br />Street District, including fagade rehabilitation or enhancement; <br />new awnings, canopies, porches, and signage; and other <br />beautification projects. <br />5) Continue partnering with the county and other <br />stakeholders in the redevelopment of the Sylvan Beach area (e.g., <br />the rehabilitation of the Sylvan Beach Pavilion and other such <br />improvements) so that the park grows as a local attraction (and <br />local amenity) similar in quality to the one envisioned in the 2004 <br />Sylvan Beach Park Master Plan. <br />6) Continue to pursue an array of waterfront public/private <br />development projects (e.g., restaurants and other retail <br />opportunities, conference facilities, among others) to compliment <br />the beach park and fishing activities and to generate additional <br />revenues. <br />Focus Area 2 - Quality Neighborhoods and <br />Housing <br />La Porte's long-term future is inextricably tied to its housing <br />availability and conditions. Housing is central to almost any <br />discussion about City affairs, no matter whether the discussion is <br />on economic development, desire for additional local commercial <br />retail opportunities, or the ability to walk from one neighborhood <br />to another. While one challenge is to sustain the integrity of <br />existing housing, another is to address future housing needs. <br />Having a diverse stock of housing — new and old, big and small — is <br />