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CHAPTER 5. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT STANDARDS 5.1 STREETS Street Hierarchy, Context, and Design The street network for the Lino Lakes Town Center provides five points of entry to the site from Lake Drive. Anetwork of required streets, enhanced by pedestrian walkways through parking lots and along open spaces, provides connections between the Mixed -Use, Residential, and other Dis- tricts of the Town Center. There is potential for a pedestrian overcrossing at Interstate 35W, linking the two sides of the Town Center. Streets in the Town Center provide for the comfort of pedestrians and the needs of the automobile. Unlike in traditional suburban-style development, the streets in the Mixed -Use Districts are lined with buildings and landscaped parks or open space, rather than parking lots, creating a pleasant environment for walking and an interesting route for drivers. Parking is set behind buildings, away from the street. The narrow roadway widths discourage fast automobile speeds, while still allowing automobile access throughout the site. All streets have on -street parking, which helps provide a "buffer" between the traffic on the street and the pedestrians on the sidewalk. Street trees are required on both sides of all street rights -of- way, spaced at no more than 30 foot apart. Certain streets have trees planted in between parking spaces, and certain streets have swales to help control and filter stormwater runoff. Allowable Street Sections Figure 5, in Chapter 2, shows the location of the Required Streets in the Town Center. The Required Streets Plan, Figure 6, specifies the type of street section associated with each Required Street, and also shows the location of a suggested, complementary network of streets to serve the remainder of the Town Center, including the Residential Districts. The alignments of Required Streets are fixed. The alignments of non - required streets, including all residential streets, are flexible, but should enhance views and minimize grading requirements. Site planning should recognize the role that street alignment and topography contribute to visual promi- nence. High points on the land and vistas along common routes provide unique opportunities to site important buildings and places, such as civic institutions or landscaped plazas. Doing so will add recognizable landmarks that can make the Town Center a memorable place. All streets in the Town Center, including Required Streets and other streets, must be one of the specified street sections described in this chapter, including lane and sidewalk widths, location and type of street trees and on -street parking. The street sections are broadly classified into Com- mercial Streets and Residential Streets. There are eight street sections: 57