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C. Construct a minimum of a 6-foot wide public sidewalk (or 8 foot wide pathway) with an 8 foot to 11-foot wide street tree planting area and an easement for a street furniture strip beyond the sidewalk; all to be installed as buildings are constructed or reconstructed along the County roads and interior public or private roads. d. Construct pedestrian park areas with sidewalk furniture and public art or displays within each Cornerstone area, and make it accessible from the interior road system. e. Allow for buildings to set within ten feet of the road right-of-way lines (a ten foot front building setback). Allow main building entry areas to open on to 6 to 10-foot wide sidewalk system. Encourage active neighborhood window shopping, sidewalk cafes, and other activities consistent with a traditional human scale "village" Cornerstone. Create "secondary" building entrances and connections to parking areas and pedestrian ways on the inside of the corner to the residential neighbor- hood. Allow for parallel parking on the interior roads. f. Work with developers and owners to pave and landscape the inside of the corners to take on the image of the "people oriented village green or commons" with parking, pedestrian ways, lighting, street furniture, fountains, and play apparatus. g. Develop a series of architectural design guidelines which emphasize human scale building facades with windows, signage, uniform street lighting fixtures, and street improvements at the street level. h. Create specific building facade material requirements and signage guidelines for the Cornerstone. Allow for projecting pedestrian signage on the streets but eliminate or prohibit freestanding signs. 3. Encourage rehabilitation of significant buildings and common parking areas and require development standards which produce aesthetically pleasing yet serviceable projects. 4. Acquire and/or use public-private partnerships or requests.for proposals to replace' deteriorating and inappropriately used residential and commercial land and buildings; as an interim use, encourage sites with razed buildings to be leveled, paved, and landscaped for safety purposes and additional parking. 5. Encourage a mix of compatible retail shops in the Cornerstone districts which provides an opportunity for the consumer to complete some of the day-to-day professional, retail, and office activities within the Cornerstone, reducing the amount of local and regional auto trips needed. 6. Utilize flexible parking standards for development in the Cornerstone that allows complimentary uses to share joint driveways and connections between parking lots and/or City parking lots in order to allow buildings to be placed closer together, and be accessible for both pedestrians and vehicles. 6