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• All downtown residential developments should be planned and designed to minimize <br /> paving for driveways and surface parking. Garage-forward or"snout-house" homes or <br /> townhomes are highly discouraged. <br /> Highly Discouraged: <br /> Example of Garage-forward <br /> design,dominating view <br /> from sidewalk and street. <br /> Streets, Public Space &Amenities <br /> • Forest Boulevard (Highway 61)and 1451h Street should be restored to be closer to their <br /> original, traditional downtown "Main Street"form, lined with street trees and planters, <br /> pedestrian street lights, and street furniture including benches and trash receptacles. The <br /> fixtures that are selected for these streets should be required continuously within the <br /> downtown CBD district and highly encouraged throughout the downtown commercial area <br /> for visual continuity. <br /> • Downtown intersections should be designed to be safe for pedestrians; enhancements to <br /> safety include use of textured-colored paving or striping to mark crosswalks, narrowed or <br /> throated intersections, pedestrian-oriented street lighting, planted center medians or <br /> landscaped boulevards, and warning signage at busy crossings along Highway 61, such <br /> as 147th, 145th and County Road 8. <br /> Change in paving or striping marks the <br /> 8a safe crossing zone for pedestrians at <br /> d t8 A major crosswalks. <br /> o ¢ d <br /> '" qs <br /> d Planted center medians or landscaped <br /> . €` boulevards provide resting points for <br /> ,u pedestrians at major crosswalks,facilitate <br /> turning movements, and help calm traffic <br /> speeds. <br /> Page 11 of 23 <br />