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Hugo Downtown Framework Plan Final Plan & Design Guidelines <br /> <br /> <br /> Page 11 of 23 <br /> <br />• 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 /> <br /> <br />Streets, Public Space & Amenities <br /> <br />• Forest Boulevard (Highway 61) and 145th 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 /> <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 /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Highly Discouraged: <br />Example of Garage-forward <br />design, dominating view <br />from sidewalk and street. <br />Change in paving or striping marks the <br />safe crossing zone for pedestrians at <br />major crosswalks. <br />Planted center medians or landscaped <br />boulevards provide resting points for <br />pedestrians at major crosswalks, facilitate <br />turning movements, and help calm traffic <br />speeds.