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D. NICOLLET AVENUE <br /> The segment of Nicollet Avenue between Burnsville _ � I�f.._,_L <br /> Parkway and Highway 13 will serve as the core of \ - M -- ti <br /> the Town Center.Retail,office,and residential uses =_ 1* 1= <br /> will concentrate along the street and around <br /> ' \ =r- - <br /> Nicollet Commons, <br /> Outdoor dining& <br /> - ... <br /> The buildings along Nicollet Avenue will be placed seating space - <br /> 21 feet from the curb (1 1 feet from the right-of- <br /> way line) in order to foster a vital community set- 1 ;. <br /> Ling, A comfortable pedestrian environment will <br /> be created by reducing the perceived width of Pedestrian level <br /> the street, thus slowing automobile speed, and street lights I _ <br /> by providing generous sidewalk space for outdoor I t Concrete pavers <br /> dining,seating,and other streetscape furnishings. Access to parking for walkways <br /> As with the streets around Nicollet Commons,this <br /> segment of Nicollet Avenue will possess the most <br /> - <br /> intense streetscape treatment in the district, in- 1:L <br /> - <br /> cluding: <br /> Sidewalk ...... <br /> 9i <br /> • modate outdoor cafes, farmers' markets, r- - ' I �!•. <br /> pace generous enough to accom- <br /> Benches perpendicular <br /> community festivals, public art,sidewalk sales, to slope <br /> and other activities; ' !- _._.._._._._._ _ <br /> Planting area <br /> • Streetscape elements, such as sculpture, - <br /> street trees, pedestrian-scale lighting, kiosks, Boulevard trees <br /> directional signs, colorful banners, and w/flowers, shrubs, or I I <br /> benches. sod at ground level I <br /> Recessed access <br /> ramps or outdoor ; <br /> seating deck _ ... <br /> Pedestrian linkage <br /> to parking <br /> Figure IV-4 <br /> Heart of the City - Design Framework Streets IV- 7 <br />