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2.3 Establish spaces for community gathering that are oriented to important <br /> civic,community and natural features. • <br /> • Develop West Bridge Park to accommodate significant and scheduled <br /> downtown gatherings; focus efforts at East Bridge Park on becoming a <br /> more passive escape from the activities of downtown. <br /> • Develop a gathering space at a new City Hall to function as a <br /> Monticello"town square." <br /> • Develop a space in downtown that can accommodate a farmers mar- <br /> ket. <br /> • Allow for some downtown streets to be closed for larger community <br /> gatherings and events. <br /> • Utilize similar patterns and materials in the public gathering spaces as <br /> found in the streets to make the gathering spaces feel like a natural <br /> extension of the street. <br /> 2.4 Develop a street system to appropriate to a downtown environment. <br /> • Maintain a regular spacing of streets and a grid patterns of streets and <br /> blocks in downtown. <br /> • Use traffic calming techniques to keep speeds of traffic at safe levels <br /> and to encourage the use of"streets" by pedestrians. <br /> • Allow and encourage on-street parking on downtown streets to <br /> achieve traffic calming, to create a more active street environment, and <br /> to make a better transition between traffic and pedestrians. <br /> • <br /> 3.0 3.1 Establish common setback and lot coverage standards for each "district" <br /> The Configuration of Sites to ensure compatible and maximum development in downtown <br /> Monticello. <br /> V,ir»//iz/ • Setbacks (minimum distance from a right-of-way in which no struc- <br /> ture may encroach) and build-to lines (a line measured from the right- <br /> `• of-way which at least 70 percent of the primary structure must touch) <br /> i for downtown"districts"are established as follows: <br /> . SEraVIoK <br /> nITEsr• <br /> _/f Riverfront Build-to line: 0 feet <br /> NO .v®� Broadway-"Downtown" Build-to line: 0 feet <br /> Broadway -"East and West" Setback: Average of adjacent <br /> -- structures, but no less <br /> than 25 feet <br /> Walnut Build-to line: 0 feet <br /> ' 1Pine Setback: 20 feet <br /> 111] a„«p.T, Seventh StreetSetback: 20 feet <br /> Transitional Setback: Average of adjacent <br /> • l WNE_ structures,but no less <br /> Establish setbacks and build-to than 20 feet <br /> lines for downtown districts <br /> (Design Guideline 3.1) Neighborhood Setback: Average of adjacent <br /> — ' <br /> • <br /> structures,but no less <br /> • <br /> than 20 feet <br /> __ ANewBridge <br /> IL- Revitalizing Monticello's Downtown and Riverfront <br /> Page 3:32 <br />