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DowntownCenterville <br />Master Plan & Development Guidelines <br />and by eliminating mid-block access to <br />character and arrangement reinforce the <br />parking areas. Instead, the parking areas <br />higherstandardofdevelopmentproposed <br />would gain access from Sorel Street or <br />and improves the overall legibility of the <br />ProgressRoad.Thisallowsforincreasedon- <br />system from what exists today. The <br />street parking and a safer pedestrian <br />followingparagraphsprovidetheintended <br />environment. Additional amenities like <br />transformation of the downtown area’s <br />decorative street lighting, shade trees, <br />roadway system from a set of narrow <br />benches, planters and hanging baskets will <br />roadways that lack a unique sense of <br />begin to create a unique sense of place <br />charactertoanunderstandable system of <br />downtown. With these recommended <br />roads with high quality pedestrian space <br />enhancements, CSAH14 will become a <br />and an image that reflects the higher <br />quality first impression to downtown <br />standard of development desired for <br />Centerville, will accommodate future traffic <br />downtown. <br />needs and become an amenity for business <br />owners within the downtown area. <br />CountyRoad21ImprovementsAlthough <br />the County has no current plans for CSAH <br />21 (Centerville Road) aside from <br />improvements to the block south ofCSAH <br />14)theDevelopmentGuidelinesrecommend <br />a desired street section for Centerville Road <br />that improves the pedestrian environment, <br />introduces on- street parking and continues <br />the pedestrian amenities recommended for <br />ExistingConditionsonCSAH14atCountyRd.21 <br />CSAH 14. <br />CountyStateAidHighway14 <br />Thefirst section onpage13depictsAnoka <br />Improvements <br />County’s proposed configuration of CSAH <br />One of the primary objectives of the plan is to <br />21. The section below that illustrates the <br />improve the overall understandability and <br />Development Guidelines recommended <br />perceivedqualityofthetransportationsystem. <br />design for CSAH 21. It is important to note <br />Characteristics and access associated with <br />that increasing the ROW width on Centerville <br />County State Aid Highway (CSAH) 14 are <br />Roadwillhave a significantimpactonexisting <br />critical componentstoachievingthisobjective. <br />property owners on the west side of <br />Anoka County is currently planning on <br />Centerville Road. The existing parcel sizes <br />constructing improvements to County Road <br />have a depth of150feet.Reducingthis depth <br />14 in 2007. The road will be widened from a <br />by 15 feet will make these parcels difficult to <br />50 foot right-of-way (ROW) to 100 feet. Many <br />redevelop given parking requirements for <br />buildings and properties on the north side of <br />retail and commercial. The Master Plan <br />CSAH 14 will be taken by the County. <br />illustrates a shared parking situation withSt. <br />Utilityimprovementswillalsobemade.This <br />Genevieve’s that would provide additional <br />project can become a catalyst fordowntown <br />parking for the church and businesses along <br />change. <br />Centerville Road. It is important that this <br />arrangement be resolved prior to any <br />The Development Guidelines recommend <br />expansion of the Centerville Road ROW. <br />pedestrianscaleimprovementsbyrelocating <br />the proposed trail system on the south side <br />of CSAH 14 to Heritage Street <br />January4,2006Page11of30 <br /> <br />