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Centerville2040ComprehensivePlan <br />Enforce standards for structure upkeep and site maintenance to ensure longEnforce standards for structure upkeep and site maintenance to ensure long--term aesthetic term aesthetic <br />controls.controls. <br />Revisit all established standards as appropriate.Revisit all established standards as appropriate. <br />C OMMERCIAL G OALSAND P OLICIES <br />It is the goal of the City of Centerville to: <br />Provide for a variety of employment and development opportunities in the City.Provide for a variety of employment and development opportunities in the City. <br />Expand employment and tax base in the City.Expand employment and tax base in the City. <br />Maintain and improve the City’s downtown Central Business District according to the Maintain and improve the City’s downtown Central Business District according to the <br />downtown development guidelines. downtown development guidelines. <br />UtiUtilize the Main Street corridor for additional commercial uses in Centerville.lize the Main Street corridor for additional commercial uses in Centerville. <br />Expand and diversify the city’s tax base by encouraging new commercial retail development.Expand and diversify the city’s tax base by encouraging new commercial retail development. <br />It is the policy of the City of Centerville to: <br />Require that all commercial uses utilize public utility systems. <br />Create a cohesive identity for all commercial areas with design guidelines for buildings, Create a cohesive identity for all commercial areas with design guidelines for buildings, <br />signage, and streetscaping. signage, and streetscaping. <br />Provide adequate lot sizes and minimum buildable areas for business uses to provide for Provide adequate lot sizes and minimum buildable areas for business uses to provide for <br />convenient and saconvenient and safe access, adequate parking, site buffering and landscaping.fe access, adequate parking, site buffering and landscaping. <br />Avoid incompatibilities between commercial uses and residential uses. <br />Develop sign regulations that regulate size, height, placement, materials and composition <br />to ensure signs do not detract fromthe small town-feel and natural beauty of the City. In <br />general free-standing, large or internally lit signs should be prohibited. <br />Evaluate TIF, CDBG and other funding options to provide assistance for CBD Evaluate TIF, CDBG and other funding options to provide assistance for CBD <br />redevelopment. redevelopment. <br />Develop retail uses in a clusteDevelop retail uses in a clustered or shopping center concept as a preferred alternative to red or shopping center concept as a preferred alternative to <br /> <br />strip malls or scattered development.strip malls or scattered development. <br />Connect shopping areas to each other and to residential areas with sidewalks and <br />pedestrian byways and bicycle trails. <br />Establish commercial land uses in proxEstablish commercial land uses in proximity to commercial development of adjacent imity to commercial development of adjacent <br />communities to maximize the benefit for businesses within Centerville.communities to maximize the benefit for businesses within Centerville. <br />Maintain standards for landscaping and screening to ensure adequate aesthetic controls.Maintain standards for landscaping and screening to ensure adequate aesthetic controls. <br />Maintain adequate standards for buildings and signageMaintain adequate standards for buildings and signagedesign, site access, parking, design, site access, parking, <br />maneuvering, loading, and structure setbacks.maneuvering, loading, and structure setbacks. <br />Enforce standards for structure upkeep and site maintenance to ensure longEnforce standards for structure upkeep and site maintenance to ensure long--term aesthetic term aesthetic <br />controls.controls. <br />Revisit all established standards as appropriate.Revisit all established standards as appropriate. <br />Page 24 <br /> <br />