Downtown Waterfront Redevelopment Plan - City of Alma

Downtown Waterfront Brownfield ProjectPlace making elements are articulated in several practical inter-related guidelines:• Create blocks that have a “build-to” line. Pedestrian entries should address the street at thesidewalk and streets should respect the pedestrian over the automobile.• Parallel parking should be encouraged wherever possible to enhance pedestriansafety and help meet parking needs.• Building architecture should echo traditional style, scale and proportion.• Attached and small-lot housing types will require parking loaded from the back throughalleys, rear lanes or auto courts.• Buildings facing each other across a street should be of similar height, scale and lotdisposition.• Parking lots and garages should not face the street.A final key concept planned for and articulated in the Master Plan is creating a neighborhood that has a wellintegratedmix of land uses. A mixture of housing choices and market segments creates a number of advantages:lower land cost per unit; lower infrastructure cost per unit; lower first-phase infrastructure cost; greaterdevelopment flexibility; and lower cost for public services.Section-Mixed Use Development and Public Promenade34