2. VISION STATEMENT

The Market Street Corridor is a leafy and comfortable neighborhood-compatible mix of residential, office, and retail land uses that support and complement the surrounding Norkirk and Market Neighborhoods. Well-lit crosswalks, signs, flags, designated bike lanes and other infrastructure improvements along Market Street help pedestrians and bicyclists to feel comfortable and safe.

The corridor is envisioned to continue to be an area where:

•    Trees line both sides of Market Street and within the center median.

•    Development regulations ensure buildings are smaller in scale compared to other commercial districts in the City.

•    There is an eclectic, livable, and attractive mix of housing types, neighborhood-oriented commercial, and retail uses.

•    Retail establishments are small and, to be viable as businesses, likely serve the larger community as well as the surrounding neighborhood.

•    Architectural and site design standards ensure buildings are spaced, set back, scaled, and designed to attractively blend with the surrounding residential neighborhoods as well as the historic district at the intersection of 7th Avenue and Market Street.

•    Commercial uses are limited to those that minimize noise, light, odor and traffic impacts adjacent to residential uses.

Preserve Sequoia Tree at 17th and Market