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Single-Family Strategies 1. Define the edge of the commercial businesses in the <br /> downtown area, prevent the migration of business into <br /> the adjacent residential areas. <br /> 2. Establish land use regulations that protect the areas from <br /> inconsistent land uses and provide buffers and transition <br /> zones that protect existing single family homes. <br /> 3. Analyze and designate, as appropriate,historic housing <br /> districts in the area and promote rehabilitation financing <br /> programs for continued preservation. Establish design <br /> guidelines in order to ensure that infill single family <br /> homes and remodeling"fits in" (e.g. similar design <br /> characteristics and scale) with the established historic <br /> housing district. <br /> 4. Encourage single family housing rehabilitation by <br /> promoting existing rehabilitation financing programs (e.g. <br /> Tri-County Action Programs, Central MN Housing <br /> Partnership and MN Housing Finance Agency) to <br /> property owners. <br /> 5. Explore opportunities to partner with established housing <br /> organizations to fund a program that supports a selective <br /> removal and rebuilding program of homes in which <br /> rehabilitation is financially and structurally infeasible. If <br /> programs are not available, the City should analyze the <br /> feasibility of establishing an internally funded project. <br /> 6. Examine zoning code provisions to allow home <br /> expansions while preserving the existing character of the <br /> area. <br /> 7. Establish educational opportunities to encourage code <br /> compliance and improvements by property owners. <br /> Draft as of November 5,2012 -Part II,page 23 - <br />