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EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br />Policy 8.6.7 Monitor the quality of signs installed in the downtown under the 2006 revisions to <br />the B-3 zone regulations and amend as may be necessary to ensure that sign standards reinforce <br />the pedestrian -friendly character desired. <br />Policy 8.6.8 Encourage art in public places, both permanent and temporary, throughout the <br />downtown. <br />Policy 8.6.9 Provide special facilities for children, both outdoors (e.g. mini -parks) or indoors, <br />in several locations. <br />Policy 8.6.10 Develop a phased program for relocating overhead utility lines into underground <br />conduits. <br />Promote and encourage lively outdoor commercial <br />activities in the downtown. <br />Policy 8.6.11 Monitor the effectiveness of design standards in the zoning code and amend as <br />necessary to improve the character of redevelopment and contribute positively to the downtown <br />streetscape and skyline. <br />Policy 8.6.12 Monitor the effectiveness of design standards of the zoning code for parking <br />facilities, either surface or structured, and amend as necessary so they do not dominate the <br />character of downtown; and ensure that the design of such facilities enhances their visual setting. <br />Policy 8.6.13 Encourage new or renovated parking structures to include street -level commercial <br />uses, planting, and architectural proportions to make them compatible with surrounding <br />buildings. <br />Policy 8.6.14 Monitor the effectiveness of zoning regulations and amend as necessary to ensure <br />that surface parking lots in the downtown area do not dominate the streetscape and that when <br />new parking lots are built, they are located, designed and landscaped to contribute positively to <br />the overall pedestrian -friendly environment desired for downtown. <br />URBAN DESIGN AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION ELEMENT 21 <br />