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urban and rural uses, recognizing the high density nature of the new' development. New buildings facing the historic ensemble from across Garden Way should emulate the architectural forms and materials of the historic residences. The City shall recognize Garden Way north of Centennial Boulevard as appropriate for a neighborhood-oriented commercial center. Commercial land uses shall be sized to allow a full range of retail and commercial services for area residents, as welt as offices and employment opportunities, but not encourage significant travel from outside the area. The City shall create a special area zone or overlay zone, or both, to direct commercial and high density residential de'velopment into nodal patterns. Use regulations shall require development along the double-curve portion of Garden Way to emulate a neighborhood village or "Main Street" development pattern. A limited mix of retail uses shall be encouraged in areas abutting South Garden Way. Garden Way shall be improved as the area's main north-south collector street and retail center. Street improvements shallinclude design-speeds under 25 miles per hour, landscaped medians, bike lanes, easypedestrian crossings, and centrally locmed transit station. The City shall consider retaining a separated bike or multi-use path on the east side of the street, or provide a wide sidewalk on the east side that will allow off street bicycle travel, and improvements m facilitate pedestrian movements from the south side of the Centennial Boulevard. Street improvements shall minimize impacts to the Historic Ensemble, including mature trees. Development within this area shall provide street and pedestrian connections to facilitate movement between residences and the commercial center, but arranged in such a way that cut-through traffic from outside the node is not encouraged. Zoning shall reflect the area's planned park ske and existing government uses (e.g., EWEB substation). In the event public use of either of these sites is discontinued, the preferred replacement use is high density residential. Development adjacent to I-5 or I-105 shall be designed to reduce noise to Uniform Building Code standards and visual impacts of the automobiles with sound buffering walls, building design, earth form, vegetation, or setbacks. A pedestrian or bike path should be developed between Kinsrow and Garden Way using the narrow property that extends through the Historic Ensemble. In the long term, if the a4iacent historic properties develop, this access way should be expanded into a local street connection between Kinsrow and Garden Way, if possible. Development shall be sensitive to the area's natural features, such as mature trees, windrows, remnant orchards, and the Q Street Channel. Exhibit B - 3