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D. NICOLLET AVENUE <br /> The segment of Nicollet Avenue between Burnsville _. <br /> Parkway and Highway 13 will serve as the core of MI i the Town Center.Retail,office,and residential uses -� _ �-i-*-- <br /> will concentrate along the street and around <br /> Nicollet Commons. g <br /> Outdoor dinin & <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- <br /> ting. A comfortable pedestrian environment will i. <br /> be created by reducing the perceived width of Pedestrian level <br /> the street, thus slowing automobile speed, and street lights <br /> by providing generous sidewalk space for outdoor I - 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 /> Intense streetscape treatment in the district, in- + R <br /> cluding: II <br /> • Sidewalk space generous enough to accom- <br /> modate outdoor cafes, farmers' markets, Benches perpendicular '' <br /> community festivals, public art,sidewalk sales, to slope <br /> and other activities; j, <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 <br /> benches. sod at ground level <br /> Recessed access i <br /> ramps or outdoor <br /> seating deck <br /> Pedestrian linkage <br /> to parking <br /> i <br /> Figure IV-4. <br /> Heart of the City - Design Framework Streets IV - 7 <br />