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<br /> <br />REVISED DRAFT JUNE 14APRIL 9, 2012 <br />b)Specifying front yard setback provisions as build-to lines, <br /> <br /> <br />rat <br />the street on the same side of the street or the setback of the <br /> provisions will <br />not ensure an urban character form over the long-term. <br />c)Specifying minimum and maximum height requirements as <br /> <br />an urban form character environment requires a visual sense <br />of enclosure. The current provisions only specify that a <br />maximum height is to be determined. <br />d)Adding some level of building standards relating to scale and <br /> <br />massing, materials, exterior treatments, site lighting, and <br /> <br />signs and awnings. <br /> <br />3)Continue to monitor investor interest in Downtown <br /> <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 /> <br />4)Continue to work with the Economic Development <br /> <br />Corporation (EDC) to offer Main Street Enhancement Grants to <br />provide matching funds to enhance existing buildings in the Main <br /> <br />Street District, including façade rehabilitation or enhancement; <br /> <br />new awnings, canopies, porches, and signage; and other <br />beautification projects. <br />5)Continue partnering with the county and other <br /> <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 /> <br /> <br />development projects (e.g., restaurants and other retail <br />Expressed through the sentiments of <br />opportunities, conference facilities, among others) to compliment <br />many who participated in the public <br />the beach park and fishing activities and to generate additional <br />participation process, there is a <br />revenues. <br />strong desire for the future of Main <br /> <br />Street to become a community <br />attraction. The above illustrations <br /> ‘…—•”‡ƒʹ—ƒŽ‹–›‡‹‰Š„‘”Š‘‘†•ƒ† <br />depict a pedestrian-friendly <br />Housing <br />streetscape environment as examples <br />-term future is inextricably tied to its housing <br />of the types of improvements that <br />availability and conditions. Housing is central to almost any <br />could happen in Downtown La Porte. <br />discussion about City affairs, no matter whether the discussion is <br /> <br />Source: Chapter 10 of the 2001 La Porte <br />on economic development, desire for additional local commercial <br />Master Comprehensive Plan. <br />retail opportunities, or the ability to walk from one neighborhood <br />to another. While one challenge is to sustain the integrity of <br />2.8 <br /> <br /> <br />Chapter 2 <br /> <br />