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LIVING DOWNTOWN <br /> <br />Housing is essential to the vitality and the character of the downtown core. Housing <br />transforms downtown from an institutional and employment center to a neighborhood. <br />People who live downtown, particularly homeowners and long-term renters, become <br />stakeholders for the health of downtown. They enhance the customer base for shops and <br />restaurants, and provide an after-hours vitality to the area. As patrons for these businesses <br />increase, the downtown becomes more attractive to local and regional investors. <br /> <br />Downtown Housing <br />Downtown housing is increasingly seen as convenient and prestigious. Demographic <br />projections indicate growing interest in smaller urban dwellings close to work and <br />services downtown. Cultural activities and public transit are attractive to potential urban <br />dwellers, who are beginning to imagine a future without the expense of an automobile. <br />Live/work units are convenient and efficient, add to the liveliness of downtown, and help <br />reduce transportation needs in the city. <br /> <br />A variety of housing densities and types exists within and along the edges of downtown. <br />Approximately 2,500 residential units e-x-ist are located within two blocks of the <br />downtown plan area, including single family houses, mixed-use structures, and <br />residential -rises ....... e ...... a ......... ~ .-~, ..................... ~ ......... e, .... <br /> <br />...... +.~,;~ ~r~;o+~ ...... ~;~ wi+h .... n~ tr~ ~;~ed ...... s. The Downtown <br />~ea Housing map on page 50 indicates the location ~d density of residential units in <br />and around do--town. <br /> <br />This plan encourages additional housing units within downtown and on the edge of <br />downtown. Both rental and ownership housing at a variety of densities and prices are <br />desired and should be supported with economic tools available to the City. Design and <br />construction of new residential structures should be sensitive to the character of existing <br />historic properties and neighborhoods. Design review for new structures is needed to help <br />ensure compatibility of scale, setback and orientation, and maintain livability of these <br />areas. <br /> <br />Market Conditions <br />Market conditions, specifically the higher cost of building housing downtown than <br />elsewhere in the city, have been a deterrent to downtown housing without some level of <br />public sector financial support. Currently there are approximately 1,000 residential units <br />in the downtown plan study area. The majority of these units were built in the past 25 <br />years and relied on public financial subsidies. <br /> <br />While housing is desirable and encouraged, there are many obstacles associated with the <br />development of housing downtown. These include higher land costs, higher construction <br />costs associated with taller structures, the need for secure parking, and market rents that <br />are not high enough to support the cost of development. For mixed-use housing projects, <br /> <br /> 25 <br /> <br /> <br />
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