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<br /> <br />PUBLIC HEARING DRAFT SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 <br />GOAL 6: Enhance the overall appearance of the built <br /> <br />environment in the City. <br />future, proactive efforts should be undertaken to improve the <br />appearance of the built environment within the City. <br />Unfortunately, the needs often outweigh the financial or <br />administrative resources available to achieve the desired <br />outcomes. Therefore, it is recognized that there are areas of La <br /> <br />Porte that are more visible and, thus, may serve as a starting <br /> <br />point to initiate these enhancement efforts. <br /> <br />There are a large variety of components that contribute to the <br />ome components <br />are more apparent than others, although they all contribute to <br />the overall character of the community. Since the last plan <br />update, the City has been proactive in improving the appearance <br /> <br />Expand upon existing gateway <br />of the City, including the installation of gateway signage, and <br />improvements to create a consitent <br />investments in public amenities such as the revitalized Five <br />theme and ensure a high quality of <br />Points Town Plaza and the emerging City-wide trail system. <br />appearance of the monument, lighting, <br />However, according to the sentiments expressed during the <br />and surrounding landscaping. <br />public participation process, the citizens feel that continued <br /> <br />improvement is a priority. <br />Source: Kendig Keast Collaborative. <br /> <br />Actions and Initiatives <br /> <br />1)Expand the efforts started with Ordinance 1501-II <br />(which was intended, partly, as a means to mitigate the visual <br />impacts of container yards) to require existing non- <br />in designated enhancement corridors to be brought into <br />compliance over a reasonable period of time. Similar provisions <br />have been adopted elsewhere in Texas where nonconforming <br />site conditions (e.g., parking lot landscaping and screening <br />outdoor storage and display, fencing, buffering, signage, etc.) <br /> <br />must be registered with the City and steadily brought into <br />Consider code modifications and other <br />compliance over a period of years. <br />program support to implement <br />2)Outside of City limits, partner with the entities in which <br />beautification projects in accordance <br />the City has interlocal agreements to determine strategies to <br />with the San Jacinto Design Standards, <br />increase the level of screening of container yards that exist <br />e.g., conceptual plan to beautify the N. <br /> <br />th <br />9 Street / State Loop 410 intersection. <br />3)Consider the development of corridor enhancement <br /> <br />plans for the primary and secondary enhancement corridors <br />Source: Aerial Image (City of La Porte GIS); <br />Conceptual Plan (San Jacinto Design Standards, <br />depicted in Map 2.2, Beautification Plan. (Additional guidance <br />pg. 29) <br />can be found in Chapter 4, Community Mobility. <br />4)Enhance the appearance of properties adjacent to street <br />corridors by evaluating and improving codes and standards for be <br />building placement (build-to, maximum vs. minimum setbacks), des <br />(building shape, wall articulation, entry identification, transp <br />2.16 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />