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2.o Pro�e�7.A. - Page 126 ■ Enhance the visual character of the EI Camino Real Corridor by public streetscape improvements, including landscaping, coordinated street furniture and fixtures, and upgraded infrastructure. ■ Provide vibrant public spaces and gathering places along the EI Camino Real Corridor. ■ Strengthen pedestrian, transit, and bicycle connections to provide convenient connectivity to the Caltrain Station. ■ Pursue streetscape enhancements along Veterans Boulevard that create a parkway of higher- density buildings framed by an attractive, coordinated landscape of trees and pedestrian-oriented open spaces. Increase the number of controlled intersections and crosswalks to reduce the street's effect as a barrier to pedestrian movement. ■ Pursue new land use approaches along the different segments of the Broadway Corridor consistent with the Land Use Map. These land use approaches are designed to encourage development at an intensity and pattern that supports a street car transit system. ■ Prepare and implement a streetscape plan to create a stronger entrance into Downtown and to integrate the diverse size and scale of the commercial and mixed-use activities. ■ Pursue infrastructure and mobility enhancements that will facilitate movement across Woodside Road and that promote walking, bicycling, and transit use, including a streetcar system. ■ Accommodate mixed-use projects pursuant to the Land Use Map and any implementing regulations. ■ Focus infill growth in the city's centers and along the corridors with the twin objectives of addressing global warming issues and maximizing use of limited resources. ■ Ensure that buildings along corridors are sensitive to adjacent neighborhoods, providing adequate scale transitions. ■ Accommodate a range of housing types. The New Redwood City General Plan created the foundation for future revisions to the City's Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance No. 1130 of the Redwood City Municipal Code). The General Plan guides the City toward a future envisioned by residents, the business community, and City leaders. The Zoning Ordinance, in concert with adopted precise plans throughout the City, is one of the primary regulatory tools for working to implement that vision. Program BE-1 was included in the General Plan to guide preparation of the Zoning Ordinance. Portions of the implementation program pertaining to the Mixed Use Corridor District are provided below: Program BE-1: Amend Zoning Ordinance and Map. Update the Zoning Ordinance and Zoning map to reflect the General Plan Land Use Map upon adoption of the General Plan. Create zoning districts as needed to implement the Land Use and Urban Form Chapter. Establish specific development standards for each newly created zoning district. ■ Using the Downtown Precise Plan as an example, explore the potential for form- based standards that would emphasize pedestrian orientation, access to transit, and integration of land uses. Implement the updated Zoning Ordinance and Map over time. ■ Complete Zoning Ordinance revisions to implement the General Plan as expediently as possible, utilizing a phased approach to allow priority development areas to be implemented first. Specifically, prioritize adoption of the Downtown Precise Plan (in progress) and zoning designations for Mixed Use - Corridor, Mixed Use - Neighborhood, and Mixed Use - Waterfront (within one year of adoption of the General Plan). The Housing Element identifies vacant and underutilized sites that would accommodate an estimated 6,348 new units. The vast majority of these sites (95 percent of potential 6,348 units) have one of the four above-mentioned General Plan land use designations. In general, prioritize zoning designation revisions that support housing, i.e. zoning designations that would implement residential and mixed use General Plan designations and would facilitate development of opportunity sites identified in the Housing Element. Complete commercial and industrial zoning revisions subsequently, while monitoring the city's jobs:housing balance, vacancy rates, water demand and availability, and opportunities over time. Continue to track the jobs:housing Redwood City Mixed Use Corridor District 5 Zoning Ordinance Addendum to General Plan FEIR