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Downtown District Design Guidelines <br /> General Design Standards <br /> • These design guidelines are intended to apply to the Downtown District CBD, but include <br /> principles that can be broadly applied to the greater Hugo Downtown Area (as indicated <br /> on the Downtown Plan), including the Central Business, Future Central Business and <br /> Central Residential zones If the CBD development extends beyond this boundary, the <br /> Downtown District boundaries may need to be extended accordingly. <br /> • On all streets in the downtown district, the guidelines are intended to apply to street <br /> frontage properties on both sides of the street. <br /> • New downtown development shall provide for pedestrian as well as vehicular circulation <br /> and shall create linkages to existing and proposed sidewalks and trails. <br /> • All new development should be sensitive to existing downtown neighborhoods and <br /> residences in the design and location of new uses and buildings with respect to shading, <br /> views, light or noise pollution; where necessary appropriate screening or buffering shall <br /> be provided. <br /> • All new development shall be designed to value, respect, and preserve identified natural <br /> features and resources. <br /> • A sense of City history should be <br /> encouraged, and landmarks such as St. YF <br /> John's Cemetery and St. John's Church <br /> should be preserved as important <br /> contributors to Hugo's character. <br /> • Key points which have been identified as <br /> primary entrances to downtown Hugo H <br /> should be designed as"gateways"to the <br /> City; gateway elements could include <br /> open space, unique landscaping, walls or <br /> gates, water features and City identity signage. <br /> These points include: <br /> • From the west—the bend in the County Road 8 at the western edge of Hugo; <br /> • From the east—At Egg Lake and the intersections where 147th and 140th meet <br /> Highway 61; <br /> • From the south —Where 140th meets Highway 61; <br /> • From the north—Where 147th meets Highway 61. <br /> • Along the west side of Highway 61, new downtown development will need to be designed <br /> to integrate with the railway corridor as it comes through the center of town: as a public <br /> open space, supporting the proposed trails, and considering future uses. <br /> Page 9 of 23 <br />