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Centerville 2040 <br /> Establish commercial land uses in proximity to commercial development of adjacent <br /> communities to maximize the benefit for businesses within Centerville. <br /> Maintain standards for landscaping and screening to ensure adequate aesthetic controls. <br /> Maintain adequate standards for buildings and signage design, site access, parking, <br /> maneuvering, loading, and structure setbacks. <br /> Enforce standards for structure upkeep and site maintenance to ensure long-term aesthetic <br /> controls. <br /> Revisit all established standards as appropriate. <br /> M') <br /> It is the goal of the City of Centerville to: <br /> • Support the development of a mixed-use downtown consistent with the goals laid out in <br /> the Master Plan. <br /> • Use the mixed-use designation to promote well-designed, pedestrian-oriented <br /> development that enhances the quality of life for City residents and promotes a "traditional <br /> neighborhood" or small town atmosphere. <br /> • Review the downtown development plan and guidelines. <br /> It is the policy of the City of Centerville to: <br /> • Require that all development in the area identified as the downtown follow the goals, <br /> policies and guidelines of the Downtown Master Plan. <br /> • Utilize City regulatory and economic development tools to encourage commercial and <br /> residential development within the downtown area that is consistent with the vision of the <br /> Master Plan. <br /> • Require that all development within areas guided for mixed-use have sidewalks on both <br /> sides of every street. <br /> • Utilize design guidelines for mixed-use areas to: <br /> • Minimize the impact of automobiles through strategies such a shared parking, <br /> in which adjacent land uses having different peak-hour parking demands can <br /> share parking facilities <br /> • Achieve "traffic calming" benefits through: an integrated street network, <br /> provision of options for traffic flow, the design of streets with adequate width, <br /> and the provision of on-street parking <br /> • Provide for public open space that uses storm water treatment ponds as a visual <br /> and recreational amenity to the project <br /> • Ensure the compatibility of buildings with respect to the specific character of <br /> their immediate context <br /> • Encourage active ground floor uses, such as restaurants, shops and services, to <br /> animate the street within mixed-use areas <br /> Chapter 9 1 Page 2 <br />