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C~ ~J ......................................................................................................... Implementation Plan Chapter 13 within the first five years of the implementation process. Some of the actions have already been initiated by the City while others will be prioritized and implemented at an appropriate time over the course of the next five years and beyond. While the proposed implementation actions are not legally binding like the zoning ordinance and subdivision regulations, the proposals are critically important to the plan's successful implementation, and are a vital supplement to its goals, objectives, policies, and statements of action. The action statements are numbered for reference purposes only and are in no particular priority order. Major Actions: Land Use and Annexation • Consider a tax reduction program whereby there are financial incentives for in-fill development. • Evaluate existing incompatible land uses and determine what types of buffering techniques would be effective. Areas to be evaluated include those adjacent to manor roadways such as S.H. 146, S.H. 225, Broadway, Main Street, Fairmont Parkway and industrial development areas. • Evaluate the appropriateness of design standards that include landscaping, screening, increased lot sizes and setbacks, and other methods to minimize negative effects among different land uses. • Review the subdivision regulations and identify innovative site planning and development techniques, such as street layout; perimeter easements; and, lot size, shape, and orientation to help future residential development co-exist compatibly with existing non-residential uses. Whenever possible, consider vacating, abandoning and closing, certain public rights-of--way deemed unessential to the City. Adopt airport-zoning regulations that protect a controlled compatible land use area to include electrical interference, visibility, development density and height restrictions. Utilize the runway approach, transitional, horizontal and conical airport zones established by anairport-zoning district in considering applications for new development. • Determine appropriate residential densities for various areas within the City on the basis of accessibility, utility availability, topography, proximity to shopping areas, and other relevant factors. . • Partner with commercial property owners that are adjacent to residential neighborhoods to determine ways to effectively buffer their property. Major Actions: Transportation • Periodically consider and adopt proposed amendments to the Thoroughfare Plan. • Ensure functional integration of streets within new development with the existing arterial and collector street system. • Utilize the Thoroughfare Plan during the subdivision and site development review process to ensure provision of continuous streets between adjacent developments. • Acquire future rights-of--way, through dedication or other means, for the extension of collector and arterial roadways that are proposed for improvement on the Thoroughfare Plan. • Acquire additional public street rights-of--way on existing facilities as needed to facilitate tom lanes and acceleration deceleration lanes to provide additional traffic capacity at intersections. Page 13-8 ....................................................................................... La Porte Comprehensive Plan Update