1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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Tree canopy and sidewalks along E. 131 st Avenue east of N. 15 th Street looking west
1. Adopt a form based code along E. 131 st Avenue. This code should help facilitate the redevelopment of parcels along the corridor by focusing on the relationship between building façades and the street, instead of the land use and density of development. A form-based code creates a more cohesive development style and facilitates creation of a traditional compact urban environment. It also gives the Industrial section of the road a more predictable zoning district through which it could redevelop when the market is appropriate. 2. Create a future land use category to support the form-based code for the corridor. Current categories are too broad in typical uses and intent to reliably deliver a compact urban form. 3. Prohibit vacating rights of way in the area surrounding E. 131 st Avenue and provide
incentives in development regulations to increase the density of the street network in the area. 4. Amend the Redevelopment Pilot Project to include residential or majority residential development in the University Redevelopment Area. The program, as currently constructed, does not provide incentives to bring market rate housing into an area that is already rich in jobs. This amendment to the program should help improve the realized job/housing balance for the area, thus improving the effectiveness of the multi-modal network. The recommendations of this study are intended to work in conjunction with each other to create an E. 131 st Avenue complete street that not only improves the safety and mobility options of people using the street today, but also helps encourage the development of the community envisioned in the Community Plan for the area.
E. 131 ST AVENUE PLAT STUDY PRELIMINARY LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION STUDY
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