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¤ “Meet the future housing needs in La Porte by providing for a variety of housing <br />options” (Goal 9.2) <br />¤ “Preserve the integrity of existing neighborhoods and create livable and safe <br />neighborhood environments” (Goal 9.6) <br />¤ “Stabilize and improve the quality of neighborhoods and other areas of decline by <br />attracting renewed private investment activity.” (Goal 12.1) <br />¤ “Revitalize the City’s historic downtown area” (Goal 12.2) <br />¤ “Revise existing ordinances and adopt new ordinances as necessary to implement <br />the La Porte 2020 Comprehensive Plan Update.” (Goal 13.5) <br />The select policies implicitly recognize that linking destinations and quality neighborhoods is <br />necessary to sustain quality of life and to create the base for the recommended economic <br />development strategy. However, the following policies set up a possible conflict in terms of <br />being able to make it convenient by walking to link neighborhoods to improved downtown <br />destinations. <br />¤ “Protect Neighborhoods from encroaching incompatible development” (Obj.9.6.d) <br />- Amend the zoning ordinance to incorporate provisions regarding lot sizes, <br />setbacks and buffering (Action 1) <br />- Use the Land Use Plan to protect existing neighborhoods from adjacent <br />incompatible land uses (Action 3) <br />These policies of buffering uses from neighborhoods are depicted in the following schematic. <br />10 <br />Forward La Porte Economic Development Strategic Plan I 2009-2013 <br /> <br />