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The City can continue to improve downtown’s appeal as a residential location by protecting the stability of its adjacent residential neighborhoods edges; supporting residential retail uses continuing to invest in streetscape improvements; upgrading cleanliness; and working to enhance perceived security.

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Development within the DDA district, especially in the area which forms the Interface [D2] between the intensively developed Core and near-downtown neighborhoods, should reinforce the stability of these residential areas — but without unduly limiting the potential for downtown’s overall growth and continued economic vitality.

[Again, the subject being growth and "development within the DDA district." The DDA district boundary is located north of the Heritage Row site, along William, and this boundary was reaffirmed and reinforced by the new plan and zoning. The new zoning created a D2 "interface" district at that location. Heritage Row is already seeking to jump into the protected neighborhood beyond this buffer district, only a few short months after the new zoning was implemented, with no compelling reason to do so.]

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Adjoining Neighborhood Area

Goal: Protect the livability of residentially zoned neighborhoods adjacent to downtown.

The neighborhoods which edge downtown are an important factor in making it an attractive, vital center of community life. Near-downtown residents help to establish a market for retail, service, and entertainment functions, as well as extending the cycle of downtown activity into weekend and evening hours.

Definite land use boundaries, marking the outer limit of expansion for downtown-oriented commercial development, should be respected in order to reduce pressures for inappropriate encroachment into
neighborhoods. In addition, efforts should be made to minimize through automobile traffic impacts on neighborhood streets and to reduce the parking pressures created by non-residents.

Recommended Action Strategies:

(1) Respect residential zoning boundaries and discourage downtown commercial expansion past these limits.

(2) Reduce parking pressures in neighborhood areas by expanding the use of resident parking permit programs and strictly limiting the addition of surface parking lots.

(3) Minimize through automobile traffic impacts on neighborhood streets by adding traffic calming facilities such as corner bulb-outs, raised pedestrian crossings, speed humps, or other appropriate measures.”