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• • A range of uses and activities shall occur in downtown, including commercial/retail, office, public/civic, housing and recreation/enter- tainment uses. • • A guide for uses shall be established, but flexibility should be allowed to enhance the goal of an active and vital downtown environment. 1.3 Develop a downtown and riverfront area that is compact and walkable, with a density of development and a level of activity that set it apart from the rest of the community. • Buildings shall be placed near the street to create a strong edge to the street, a sense that you are passing something, and an opportunity to � see into a building from the sidewalk or see the activity of the street APS from the building. ••.� • Land resources shall be shared wherever possible to allow for a greater Buildings shall be placed near amount of development in a limited space (for example, providing for streets(Design Guideline 1.3) joint use parking, shared loading and service areas, and "regional" stormwater management). • Clustering of buildings shall be encouraged to allow people to walk easily from one use to another; stand-alone uses and uses that are ori- ented strongly to the automobile shall be discouraged. • Downtown shall be as comfortable for pedestrians as it is convenient for cars, recognizing that, once a car is parked, the driver becomes a pedestrian. • A pedestrian system shall be developed to reach all uses in downtown and form a strong connection to surrounding neighborhoods. • 1.4 Structure the street system to accommodate downtown traffic and "through" traffic, to support businesses, improve circulation, and main- tain a"downtown"character. • Walnut Street and "cross" streets shall be oriented to pedestrians but shall accommodate vehicle traffic. • Pine Street shall be oriented to vehicles while accommodating pedes- trians. • Broadway shall be balanced in its orientation to pedestrians and vehi- cle traffic. • The entrances to downtown shall be marked to announce one's arrival in downtown. 1.5 Explore a range of transportation modes to manage traffic in downtown Monticello. • Walking and biking shall be accommodated in downtown and at every site in downtown. • Regularly scheduled community "circulator" service shall be explored as a way of moving people into and out of downtown without their cars. • A trolley on the railroad tracks should be considered to provide for a unique attraction and as a method of community transportation. 1.6 Recognize patterns that are appropriate to varying downtown "districts" 41) in an effort to create development that"fits" the context of each district. - A New Bridge Revfalizing Monticello's Downtown and Rlverlront - Page 3:29