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Downtown Precise Plan design goals. The purposes of the MUC -ECR sub- district are to: i. Transform El Camino Real into a remarkable, walkable, and exciting corridor, home to a variety of residential and nonresidential uses. ii. Facilitate a pedestrian - scaled environment with buildings that emphasize active and street - oriented frontages, well - scaled and designed buildings, and engaging outdoor spaces and landscaping. iii. Allow for higher- intensity residential, commercial, and mixed -use buildings to provide the appropriate height relative to the width of the street. iv. Provide increased opportunities in Redwood City for residents to live near goods, services, transit, and entertainment. v. Ensure that consideration and proper transition is provided to adjacent Tower- density residential uses. vi. Encourage additional pedestrian and transit amenities along El Camino Real and the development of a consistent street front, with ample public right -of -way to facilitate pedestrian environment. b. Mixed Use Corridor - Veterans Boulevard (MUC -VB): Purpose Veterans Boulevard provides a primary entrance gateway into Redwood City from U.S. 101 and neighboring jurisdictions. The purposes of the MUC -VB sub - district are to: i. Encourage signature buildings that accentuate the gateway and boulevard features of Veterans Boulevard at appropriate locations that serve as entrances to Redwood City. ii. Facilitate circulation interconnectedness and maximize waikability within sites and between adjacent developments, including connections across Veterans Boulevard to Zink the bayfront of Redwood City with Downtown. iii. Ensure that consideration and proper transition is provided to adjacent Tower- density residential uses. iv. Encourage the implementation of street patterns of a similar scale to adjoining historic areas. ORD. # 1130 -353 FORMERLY MUFF # 602