Working Draft

Category: Transportation

Goal: Make Second Street an attractive destination and an effective thoroughfare

Objective 1: Improve public transit system

T1. Improve bus stops: shelters, user friendly, themes, artwork, sculpture
T2. Develop priority for public transit
T3. Transit tunnel
T4. PRT, streetcar line
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Objective 2: Improve the pedestrian and bicycle experience to and within the corridor

T1. Slow vehicle traffic
T2. Improve pedestrian crossings
T3. Improve bicycle connections across HWY 52
T4. Minimize increase in vehicle traffic on Second
T5. Improve pedestrian and bicycle connections to Second Street
T6. Improve connections to recreational trails
T7. Find a safe (dedicated) route for bicycles between 6th Street and Civic Center
T8. Drive from west of HWY 52 to downtown.
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Objective 3: Improve the movement of vehicles through the corridor

T1. Minimize conflicts between various modes of transportation
T2. Minimize conflicts between vehicles (left turns, bus stops, etc.)
T3. Minimize number of individual driveways
T4. Seek LOS______?
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Objective 4: Improve the movement of vehicles to destinations in the corridor

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Category: Land Use

Goal: Make 2nd Street an attractive mixed-use place to live, work, shop, play, and visit

Objective 1: Create design standards

T1. setbacks?
T2. Design unity
T3. Well-designed, attractive, functional, safe buildings
T4. Permeable building fronts, large windows
T5. More brick, less metal paneling, awnings
T6. Buildings with texture, depth and detail at pedestrian-scale
T7. Semi-historic with contemporary aspects, honor existing buildings
T8. Standards for advertising/signage within the corridor
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Objective 2: Increase commercial street frontage

T1. Encourage high activity uses (restaurants, specialty retailers) which stay open in the evening
T2. Provide incentives for preferred uses
T3. Encourage neighborhood-type uses: groceries, general and drug stores etc.
T4. Local businesses preferred to chains
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Objective 3: Increase housing density and housing opportunities

T1. Require housing above commercial
T2. Allow taller uses
T3. Provide density incentives: height, parking, siting
T4. Create access to St. Mary's Park from 2nd Street?
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Objective 4: Preserve St. Marys as dominant architectural and institutional feature

T1. Limit building heights
T2. Encourage architectural references to St. Marys
T3. Building quality should reflect the standard set by St. Marys

Other: Land by HWY 52

Category: Public Space

Goal: Make 2nd Street Corridor a place where people choose to spend time outdoors: congregate, shop, and heal.

Objective 1: Create a vibrant, attractive, and pedestrian friendly streetscape

T1. Tree lined boulevards
T2. Benches placed regularly throughout corridor
T3. Pedestrian scale gathering places
T4. Improve vibrancy
T5. Increased neighborhood/pedestrian scale, historic-type, dark-sky street lighting
T6. Increased activity in public space
T7. Mid-corridor rest area
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Element menu: awnings, tree grates, fencing/bollards, kiosks, signage, street lights, historical markers, trees, grass, plantings, pavement/paver treatments, hanging plants, banners

Objective 2: Improve pedestrian and bicycle connections to and within the corridor

T1. Improve safety and appeal of pedestrian crossings
T2. Connect green spaces
T3. Pedestrian wayfinding: downtown, public transit, businesses, parks, Mayo buildings, etc.
T4. Create map for pedestrians: parks, suggested routes (bike and pedestrian), businesses, landmarks
T5. Highlight pedestrian crossings with alternative paving materials, signage
T6. Planters, monuments, art, kiosks
T7. Midway pedestrian crossing in East District (connection through block to north?)
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Public Space: The public area that exists on both public and private land from the face of the buildings on one side of the street to another.

Parking

Goal: Provide for the parking needs of the area without negatively impacting the pedestrian experience/quality

Objective: Provide appropriate parking for increased employment and commercial activity

T1. Park Mayo staff to take maximize commercial opportunities
T2. Provide higher density parking to maximize use of land
T3. Create standards for parking lot/ramp deisgn to maximize 2nd Street as a destination

• Prefered - Shared parking among uses
  
• Low impact ramps with commercial frontage on first floor
  
• Metered street parking
  
• Underground
  
• Discouraged - Non-accessory surface parking
  
• Neighborhood street parking
  
• Ground floor parking frontage
  
• Neighborhood-side access points (entry/exit)

T4. Create a shared, public parking ramp
T5. Remove minimum parking requirements for individual uses
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Neighborhood Impact

Goal: Positively impact adjacent neighborhoods

Objective: Make

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