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<br />Action and Initiatives <br />1)Prepare a master plan for the Greater Downtown area. The purpose of <br />the plan is to establish a clear and collectively supported vision and then <br />an implementation framework to guide reinvestment and new <br />investment in the Greater Downtown area of La Porte, including t <br />areas of Main Street, Sylvan Beach and waterfront. This plan sho <br />wntown (e.g., Five Points <br />Town Plaza, the San Jacinto off-street trail/sidewalk, and the C <br />improvements at Sylvan Beach and waterfront), identifying opport <br />to bolster Downtown as an attractive and lightly functional cent <br />activity based on its unique assets. The plan should identify th <br />appropriate land uses and the arrangement and form of <br />development/redevelopment, along with well-planned and designed <br />improvements to streets and parking areas, vehicular and pedestr <br />access and circulation, streetscape the amenities, signage, ligh <br />infrastructure upgrades. In addition, this master plan should: <br />a)Assess the constraints to redevelopment and the effective use of <br />Downtown properties and buildings. Such factors as land and <br />buildings ownership, traffic and pedestrian circulation, parking <br />building sizes, building code issues (such as ADA accessibility) <br />rates, and other contributing factors should be addressed in the <br />plan. <br />b)Address the fringe and/or transitional areas immediately adjacen <br />identify measures to secure their integrity. <br />c)Include details on the use of design elements and unifying <br />treatments (could include wayfinding signage), in addition to th <br />gateway monuments, to demarcate the boundaries of this area so <br />that it is distinguished from other areas of the community. <br />2)Consider revising regulatory provisions in the Main Street Distr <br />ensure new development creates an urban form. This could include <br />a)Modifying the Main Street purpose statement to include intent of <br />creating a human-scaled urban form comprised of mixed uses. <br />b)Specifying front yard setback provisions as build-to lines, rath <br />the same side of the street or the setback of the closest struct <br /> provisions will not ensure an urban <br />form over the long-term. <br />2.7 <br /> <br />2. <br />z Adopted July 20, 2009 <br /> <br />