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<br />Mid/own Specific Plan <br /> <br />. Mid-block pedeslrian slreet crossings are not encouraged. All <br />pedestrian movements will be directed to approved crosswalkS. <br /> <br />. Enhance the pedestrian scale of lhe Elevenlh and Fourteenth <br />Streel mid-block pedes Irian ways between Main and Sycamore by <br />encouraging retail activilies and landscaping along their edges. <br /> <br />. Provide sale, convenienl and pleasant walkways linking <br />surrounding residential areas to Midtown activity districls. <br />These east.west conneclions include Washington, and Filleenth <br />Streets to the west, and Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Washington, <br />Fourteenth. Fifteenth, and Sixteenth Slreels 10 the east <br /> <br />CIACULA TION <br /> <br />. Maintain Broadway and Main as slrong, visually altractive <br />business corridors wl1i1e making sure that lhek abilily \0 safely <br />carry high lraffic volumes is maintained. <br /> <br />. Mainlain the function 01 Washington Street, Civic Center Drive, and <br />Seventeenth Street as east.west connectors. <br /> <br />. Deveiop land use and design Slralegies lor incorporating a <br />proposed fixed guideway rail mass transit sysfem through <br />Midtown, including poSSible alignments. <br /> <br />. Protect Bush Slreet Irom heavy business and residential traffic in <br />Older 10 maintain "s residenlial character. <br /> <br />LAND USE/ACTIVITY DISTRICTS <br /> <br />Midtown will provide lor a wide variety of uses organized into live <br />land use dislricts. These districts were first identified as part of the <br />inilial conceplual planning for Midtown, and have been refined <br />through additional area analysis. (See Exhibit 7. Midtown Districts.) <br />Each is intended to be distincl from the other, bul supportive of the <br />whole area by contributing to a balance of commercial, public. olliee <br />and other employment activities. <br /> <br />The following six chapters define each djstrict according to its theme. <br />objeclives, land uses or activities. physical framework, sile altribules. <br />development opportunities, development slandards, and design <br />guidelines. Property lines shown on exhibits are based on assessor <br />parcel maps and do nol necessarily reflect legal parcels. <br /> <br />22 <br /> <br />OfdiR8Ree ~11O ie49 <br />Page 14 of 52 <br /> <br /> <br />>a: <br /><(0 <br />~o <br />0_ <br /><(a: <br />oa: <br /> <br />h <br />z.... <br />::><(.... <br />::00< <br /> <br />> <br />~ <br />, ~ <br /> <br />~VICIPR~FESSIO~AL <br /> <br />Eb <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />BUSH STREET <br />PROFESSIONAL <br /> <br />Exhlbll 7 <br /> <br />MIdtown DistrIcts <br /> <br />Midtown Specilie Plan <br />