Laserfiche WebLink
<br />7A <br />Page 6 <br /> <br />Attachment 2 <br /> <br />Guiding Principle Potential Strategies <br />1. Target housing and job growth in . Amend General Plans and implement <br />strategic areas along the corridor :zoning and Specific Plans that facilitate <br /> increases in density, particularly around <br /> transit stations and key intersections. <br /> . In accordance with city goals, encourage <br /> more housing and business opportunities, <br /> with a greater range of affordability and <br /> choices, exemplifying high-quality <br /> architecture and urban design. <br /> . Preserve significant buildings. <br /> . Provide a system of local and corridor- <br /> wide incentives to attract private <br /> development and economic investment <br /> along the corridor. <br />2. Encourage compact mixed-use . Develop design gUidelines to assist in the <br />development and high-quality attainment of the Grand Boulevard vision <br /> and challenge statements. <br />urban design and construction . Accommodate housing. <br /> . Implement zoning and precise plans with <br /> design-specific elements that address <br /> street orientation, facades, parking and <br /> setbacks <br /> . Provide planning aides and design <br /> guidelines, such as the Community Design <br /> and Transportation Manual, to developers <br />3. Create a pedestrian-oriented . Provide an integrated pedestrian <br />environment and improve environment with wide, continuous <br /> sidewalks, landscaping, lighting, and <br />streetscapes, ensuring full access to signage, all with human-scale details, with <br />and between public areas and a commitment to maintain those <br />private developments amenities. Such amenities should <br /> conform to Caltrans standards. <br /> . Continuously clean and maintain the <br /> Grand Boulevard streetscape and public <br /> spaces. <br /> . Preserve sightlines between actMty <br /> areas. <br /> . Create landmarks and signature buildings <br /> to shape the street environment to a <br /> pedestrian orientation. <br /> . Repair barriers between activity areas <br /> such as discontinuous sidewalks. <br /> . Reduce street crossing distances where <br /> appropriate. <br /> <br />5 <br />