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1 , Strategy 5b Actions Develop Walnut Street as a new"main • Highlight the locations of municipal parking lots at all cross street,"encouraging local streets leading from Pine Street to Walnut Street. north/south traffic to utilize this street • Institute a signage program to direct people in cars and on foot and using cross streets for to Walnut Street, Broadway, the riverfront and other key down- access from Pine Street town locations. • Reconstruct'Walnut Street as a main street for cars and people, and with a character that fits Monticello. Strategic Outcome • A recognition that traffic concerns can only be managed (not solved) by utilizing other modes of transportation (even in a town the size of Monticello). • A downtown which is not dependent on automobiles for every trip into or within downtown. Strategic Target • To develop an expanded local circulator service by 2000. • To create an extension of the pedestrian network at every pro- "ject opportunity (new development projects and street recon- structions). • To have Walnut Street functioning for traffic as a new main street by 2000. Strategy 6: A mix of uses Strategy 6a Actions • Allow a variety of uses within the • Permit uses in downtown according to a general pattern of uses boundaries of downtown to encourage based on 11 downtown "districts"—zones that are based more use of downtown throughout the day on size and character than separation and definition. and evening • Establish patterns of land use that are not single use oriented, focusing instead on the general use, size and character of devel- opment within each downtown "district." • Require developers to demonstrate how their proposal fits the general patterns of use, size and character of the "district" where their project would be located. • Require developers to implement some degree of joint use parking in their projects. Strategy 6b Actions Encourage multiple story buildings to • Allow residential uses over retail or office uses throughout mix uses vertically within downtown downtown. • Calculate parking provided for all sites in downtown by using the parking available along a site's street frontage. • Require multiple story buildings in the River and Broadway districts of downtown. Strategic Outcome • A downtown that works together in spite of the kinds of use conflicts most zoning ordinances strive to prevent, creating a • downtown that is alive with activity because people come here A New Bridge Revitalizing Monticello's Downtown and Rlverlmnt Page 4:30