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Downtown Centerville Master Plan & Development Guidelines A Master Plan Concept and Development services including but not limited to restaurants, specialty stores, clothing Guidelines would allow for this kind of retailers, coffee shops, physicians offices, creative flexibility. The Guidelines set insurance offices, bank, daycare and standards for urban design relationships personal services. The Market Analysis that ensure the scale and character of also predicts that the City of Centerville will redevelopment that the community expects, be well served by the addition of while still allowing the developer to arrive at approximately 450 additional higher density creative solutions that meet their financial residential units. requirements and the needs of the end users. The uses and square footages shown on the Master Plan are based on this analysis with consideration of the appropriate uses to occur within the downtown area and transitions into the surrounding neighborhoods. The Master plan directs the design of the street and open space network and provides flexibility with the individual block layout and dispersion of housing types to meet City statutes, regulations and guidelines within. A.II Master Plan Improved Pedestrian Environment A number of goals emerged during the initial The intent of the Downtown Master Plan is meetings with downtown land owners, the to provide a comfortable, safe, Mixed-Use general public, the Downtown Task Force community with emphasis on pedestrian and through the analysis of existing oriented streetscapes, diverse housing conditions and upon review of the Market options, adequate open space and quality Analysis conducted by the McCombs architecture. Group. More specifically, the Guidelines are The goals were developed with an eye intended to: towards providing the development community with a clear and concise retail, office and residential uses. the downtown. The vision includes the desire to incorporate the History of Centerville into the redevelopment. development that emphasizes sensitivity to the pedestrian environment and existing A system was needed to set standards for neighborhoods nearby. the overall project but also to allow enough flexibility for developers to tailor their individual projects within the downtown area variety of housing types, including towards the needs of the end users. townhouses, medium density and high density residential. January 4, 2006 Page 4 of 34