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Hugo Downtown Framework Plan <br />Final Plan & Design Guidelines <br />Design Guidelines <br />The intent of the Hugo Downtown Design Guidelines is to provide a baseline for quality in <br />order to revitalize and expand the downtown business district. These guidelines are written to <br />meet the community's goals: <br />Goal 1: Preserve the rural small town character of Hugo <br />Goal 2: Establish a threshold or baseline for design and quality <br />Goal 3: Maintain a harmonious visual environment within the existing architectural context <br />Goal 4: Communicate the community's high expectations for new development in Hugo <br />Obiectives <br />The specific objectives for downtown Hugo design guidelines are: <br />• To establish a clear definition of urban design standards that informs property owners, <br />developers, builders and decision -makers. <br />• To serve as a tool that planners and designers can use and incorporate into their plans <br />to achieve and support the City's design objectives. <br />• To act as a basis for a uniform and consistent review of development and <br />redevelopment proposals by the City Council and Planning Commission. <br />The design guidelines which apply specifically to the CBD also include principles that can be <br />broadly applied to the entire Hugo Downtown Area. <br />Downtown CBD <br />The Design Guidelines apply specifically <br />to the central business district or "Old <br />Downtown" concentrated around Highway <br />61, from 147t" Street to the new County <br />Road 8 intersection. The guidelines <br />provide more detailed definitions of <br />requirements for site planning, placement <br />of building mass, materials, architecture, <br />lighting, signage, and design of the public <br />realm. <br />Page 7 of 23 <br />