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IEVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN URBAN DESIGN AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION ELEMENT 111110 D. Potential Implementation Programs site and building design features to soften its and Projects visual and physical impact and to ensure that I it is a positive element to the nearby 1. Establish sidewalk, street tree and street neighborhood. furnishings standards. Objective 6.5.3 New development that is 2. Establish a street tree planting program. next to a designated historic building should reflect a sensitivity to the height, mass, I 3. Develop a prototype gateway plan with proportion, and design characteristics of the guidelines. older structure. Il 4. Adopt a waterfront pathway design. Objective 6.5.4 When different uses are mixed together horizontally (within the same 5. Prepare a Hewitt Avenue master plan. site), both site design and building design Ielements should be used to ensure that 6. Provide specially designed transit shel- different structures fit together and function ters. as a unified development. 1 7. Set upan "Adopt a Street" program.p p g Objective 6.5.5 When different uses are I mixed vertically (within the same building), 8. Prepare a trails and sidewalk master plan architectural design elements should be used either on a neighborhood-by-neighborhood to ensure a compatible mix. till basis, or for each of the designated 6. Objective 6.5.6 Along the edges of the V. TRANSITIONS AND EDGES city that abut the river and the harbor, new J A. Goal development should emphasize a maritime, rather than inland, character and utilize marine amenities in the design (such as fea- I 6.5 Produce greater compatibility between tures that allow public access to the water). different land uses and between new development and existing development. Objective 6.5.7 Recognize the importance I of prime natural features, such as water B. Objectives edges and ravines, protecting their qualities, while allowing for public access. 11 Objective 6.5.1 Where multiple family development occurs near single family areas, C. Policies ensure that the multiple family use Policy 6.5.1 The city's Land Use Code 1 incorporates site and building design should incorporate special guidelines for features of the single family characteristics both site design and building design that will I to soften its impact. ensure a compatible relationship between commercial and residential development and Objective 6.5.2 Where commercial de- between multiple family and single family 4 velopment occurs near any residential area, development. ensure that the commercial use incorporates I UD-13