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Specificcally in regard to the Main SStreet and thee Historic District east of HHighway 146, the <br />objectivee currently in the Comprehhensive Plan of “neighborhhood bufferingg” will make itt difficult <br />to implement good traansitions to cconnect neighborhoods witth high qualityy adjacent <br />destinattions. <br />A betterr strategy will be to revise tthe land use pplan through tthe creation oof a Comprehhensive <br />Master PPlan for Greaater Downtownn and correspponding perfoormance-baseed regulationss to <br />facilitatee good pedestrian connections and transitions betweeen neighborhhoods and <br />commerrcial areas. TThe key is to rrely on qualityy pedestrian ttransitions bettween uses, nnot <br />buffers. The resultingg developmennt will take onn the followingg characteristtics, placing GGreater <br />Downtowwn on the susstainable “bluue” curve on the graph aboove. <br />Note thaat while this cconsistently hoolds true for LLa Porte’s dowwntown and hhistoric area, <br />neighboorhood buffering may be deesired for somme residential developmennts located weest of <br />Highwayy 146. Thesee homeownerrs will expect aa degree of bbuffering betwween their houuses and <br />surroundding industriaal or heavy coommercial usees. <br />12 <br />Forward La Porte Econoomic Developmment Strategic Plan I 2009-22013 <br /> <br />