06-30-08 Joint Meeting/Special Called Meeting of La Porte City Council and Main Street Advisory Committee

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~eauafic~on~d~onserv~on ............................................................................ OBJ. 10.2g: Policy 1: Action 1: Action 2: Action 3: Action 4: Action 5: OBJ.IO.2h: Policy 1: Action 1: Action 2: Chapter 10 Enhance the appearance of nonresidential parking areas. The City should coordinate with property owners to develop and implement parking lot landscaping standards. Consider amending the City's development regulations, as necessary, to require enhanced interior landscaping standards within parking and vehicular use areas. Consider a ratio of landscape islands per parking spaces, such as one island per twenty parking spaces. Each island should be protected by vertical curbs. Consider landscape island standards to require them to be designed and grouped to create defined aisles and entrances. Consider installation and maintenance standards for trees, shrubs, and other landscape materials. Consider perimeter parking lot screening to fully screen the parking area from adjacent roadways and properties. Screen accessory and incidental uses, equipment, and storage areas. The City should establish standards to screen unsightly views from the public. Consider amending the City's development regulations to require screening refuse enclosures; exterior ground-mounted or building-mounted equipment including mechanical equipment, utilities' meter banks and coolers; rooftop equipment; and storage of materials, products and equipment Continue to conduct a site plan review process to ensure conformance with the screening requirements. GOAL 10.3: Invest in Downtown La Porte to establish a vibrant mix of places to work, live, and visit, with shops, restaurants, places of entertainment, and a variety of dwelling units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OBJ. 10.3a: Policy 1: Action 1: Encourage the renovation, reuse, and redevelopme nt of structures in Downtown La Porte in a manner that is compatible with the area's architectural and historic character and that will bring businesses, visitors, and residents to the area. The City should continue to devote necessary resources to revitalize Downtown and to create a VIbrant area of regional and local interest Comprehensive, consistent use and application of the existing building code shall be applied when reviewing redevelopment and improvements, (for example, health end risk factors such as electrical, plumbing, fire codes, etc.) to older structures. La Porte 2020 Comprehensive Plan Updtzte .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . .. .. ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Page 10-7