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" Comprehensive Plan Sec 4 http://www.fbgtx.org/comppIan/plan4.ht national standards: 1. Community Parks. Community parks should be 7 to 15 acres in size, should have a service area radius of approximately a half mile, and should be developed in locations that do not require the crossing of a major highway for access. Wherever possible, community parks should be located adjacent schools. Combined scbooVpark sites should be approximately 25 acres for an elementary school, 50 acres for a junior high school, and 75 acres for a high schooL 2. City Parks. A city park should be at least 25 acres in size, should serve the current and future needs of the entire city, and should be developed in a location accessible by major roadways. City parks in rural communities often double as regional parks within the county. COl\IMERCIAL 1. Celltral Business District. The Central Business District (CBD) is the historic, commercial, public, and tow'ist center of Fredericksburg. Its vitality is important to the vitality of Fredericksburg's business community as a whole. IDe most intensely used portion of the CBD was surveyed for a parking study. The area surveyed covers both sides of Austin, Main, and San Antonio Streets between \Vashington and Milam Streets. At the time that the survey was done (late 1995), there were approximately 315,000 square feet of gross leasable retail space in that area. The CBD continues to expand beyond that area from creek to creek. The concept of development in the CBD is summarized below (see policies l.mder Goals I and 2 in Chapter III, Guidelines for Gro'-\1h): a. All development in the CBD should have a strong street presence with buildings close to the sidewalk and parking in the rear. b. Landmarks at the historic edges of original Fredericksburg township should be preserved and enhanced as "points of an-ivai." c. For those lots in the CBD outside the historic district that do not lend themselves to porticoed sidewalks along the building fronts, the City's landscape and sign ordinances should continue to be implemented to maintain a street presence. d. Increased parking and pedestrian linkages should be incorporated into the CBD. 2. Shopping Centers. Other retail commercial centers should be 3 to 10 acres in size and should be located at the intersection of two arterial streets or an arterial and a major collector street to support adjacent neighborhoods. A supermarket will often anchor a neighborhood center at the larger end of the scale. Other stores might include a drug store, a book store, video store, music store, bakery, cafe, children's clothing and shoes, or gift boutiques. Such centers can approach the scale of a community center but lack the department or variety store anchor. At the other end of the scale, a neighborhood center 3 of5 2/1/2005 2:45 P