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routes, and encourage use of alternatives such as bicycles or walking. e) Construct all levels of pathway /sidewalks improvements, including paths separate from the roadway, additional bicycle lanes within the roadway pavement, sidewalks and improved bicycle parking facilities. Connect sidewalk systems where gaps occur. In addition} improve bus* parking and pathway signage. 20) Ensure that essential services are aesthetically pleasing and harmonious with adjacent uses. a) Require that utility structures and essential services not negatively impact surrounding uses by careful placement on sites of landscaping and screening, parking, and implementing adequate nurse and odor control devices. 1) Reduce light, air, noise and visual pollution. a) Provide adequate lighting for streets and parking areas but without creating a hazard for motorists or a nuisance for adjacent residential property owners. Require direct or directly reflected light be confined to the property. Fights must be equipped with hoods or louvers to direct light downward and prevent glare from crossing property boundaries. 22} Address highway - generated noise. a) Develop noise - mitigating features, especially for residential areas that are adjacent to the two lakes and on Fairview Avenue. This should include greater setbacks from the road, additional buffer or screening requirements and construction techniques such as fewer windows on the highway side of the house, acoustical design, quieter air handling equipment, and additional insulation, as well as improved siting of new conunercial/industrial buildings to act as buffers for highway noise. 23) Revise the standards to include site design and review standards that encourage innovative on -site management of storm water where possible, and storm water conveyance to regional ponds where necessary. For example, some temporary (12- hour) storage could be done in and under parking lots to control flow from parking lots to pond. work with the Minnesota pollution Control Agency and LAS Environmental Protection Agency to implement a regional water quality system. 24) Protect, preserve and restore features, on both public and private property, which significantly contribute to the character and appearance of the natural environment of Twig Lakes. a) Utilize dedication of easements, outright purchase, and purchase of development rights to preserve open space near or adjacent to lakes and shore land. 7