DI VILLAGE & MAIN STREET PROJECT

WHY IS THIS PROJECT BEING UNDERTAKEN?

Over time D P Davis’s Vision of a Pedestrian Friendly Place to LiveOver time, D.P Davis s Vision of a Pedestrian Friendly Place to Livehas been eroded within the Village and Main Street corridor by asuburban zoning code, first enacted in the mid‐20th century.

PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY NOT PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY

Shops and RestaurantsShops and Restaurants

PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY NOT PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY

Shops and RestaurantsShops and Restaurants

PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY NOT PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY

Corner Store with Gas StationCorner Store with Gas Station

PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY NOT PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLYPEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY NOT PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY

Bird’s eye view Street level

More Village businessesMore Village businesses

PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY NOT PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY

PLAN’S VISION FOR VILLAGE & MAIN STREET

• Thoughtfully planned balance of different uses,Thoughtfully planned balance of different uses, integrated with one another and functional.  

• Predominantly low‐scale buildings oriented to widePredominantly low scale buildings oriented to wide sidewalks and designed to be pedestrian friendly.  

• A village embodying the Island’s small town feel with• A village embodying the Island s small town feel, with goods and services meeting community needs.  

• Shops on the first floor and sometimes offices and• Shops on the first floor and sometimes offices and apartments above.  

PLAN’S VISION FOR VILLAGE & MAIN STREET

• Features such as landscaping pedestrian scale street• Features, such as landscaping, pedestrian scale street lighting, signage and street furniture, that define the village as the center of the Islands.g

• Buildings constructed in a traditional town center manner with no car space between buildings andmanner with no car space between buildings and sidewalks.  

O t t ki ith dditi l ki l t d• On‐street parking with additional parking located conveniently out of sight.  

PLAN’S VISION FOR VILLAGE & MAIN STREET

• Places to sit and enjoy the street life.  

• Sidewalks that are the public domain, with beautifulSidewalks that are the public domain, with beautiful lighting and comfortable benches and tables in the village shaded by trees and with other attractively designed amenities such as bike racks, water fountains and trash receptacles.

PLAN’S STRATEGY TO ACHIEVE VISIONPLAN S STRATEGY TO ACHIEVE VISION

Strategy 7 4 –Strategy 7.4 –Calls for working with all stakeholders to d l f b d d t hi thdevelop a form‐based code to achieve the Community Plan’s vision for the Village Center d i t t id b d ti t t dand main street corridor, based on time‐tested 

planning and design principles that protect d h th id ’ d t i f i dland enhance the corridor’s pedestrian friendly 

nature. 

Minimum CriteriaMinimum Criteria

1 Protects and enhances the pedestrian1. Protects and enhances the pedestrian      friendly corridor. 

2. Meets FEMA requirements for redevelopment. 

3. Adequately addresses parking. 

4. Is economically feasible.

Study Area

Comprised of: 

Minimum corridor

Expanded study area

Also depicted:

Designated parks,  public open spaces, & waterfront walkways and recreational rights‐of‐wayrights of way