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Centerville 2040 . • Protect residential neighborhoods from incompatible and offensive uses. • Identify areas appropriate for multiple family and senior housing opportunities. • Allow residential lot divisions only when adequate utilities are immediately available and are consistent with public utility sequencing. • Prohibit residential development without public utilities. • Require the installation of sidewalks on at least one side of the street in new neighborhoods where suggested by the City Engineer. • Explore opportunities to install sidewalks in existing neighborhoods that lack them. • Maintain standards for landscaping and screening to ensure adequate aesthetic controls. • Maintain adequate standards for site access, parking, and structure setbacks. • Enforce standards for structure upkeep and site maintenance to ensure long-term aesthetic controls. • Revisit all established standards as appropriate. It is the goal of the City of Centerville to: • Provide for a variety of employment and development opportunities in the City. • Expand employment and tax base in the City. • Maintain and improve the City's downtown Central Business District according to the downtown development guidelines. • Utilize the Main Street corridor for additional commercial uses in Centerville. • Expand and diversify the city's tax base by encouraging new commercial retail development. It is the policy of the City of Centerville to: • Require that all commercial uses utilize public utility systems. • Create a cohesive identity for all commercial areas with design guidelines for buildings, signage, and streetscaping. • Provide adequate lot sizes and minimum buildable areas for business uses to provide for convenient and safe access, adequate parking, site buffering and landscaping. • Avoid incompatibilities between commercial uses and residential uses. • Develop sign regulations that regulate size, height, placement, materials and composition to ensure signs do not detract from the small town-feel Chapter 2 1 Page 3 61