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Comprehensive Plan, City of Paris, Texas Future Land Use STRIP COMMERCIAL DESIGN GUIDELINES The commercial strip centers serve as districts for commercial activity and focal points. The guidelines (set forth in Appendix D) are intended to accomplish the following: • Provide for the proper sizing and location of new retail zoning requests and developments; • Improve on- and off-site vehicular and pedestrian circulation and safety; • Allow commercial strip centers to develop on arterial streets while at the same time preserving the capacity of the arterial street to carry City-wide traffic; and • Improve the visual character and identity of retail centers, strip centers, and major transportation corridors. The guidelines supplement the City of Paris's regulatory review process. Each of the nine design elements or sections includes a statement of purpose and a listing of key issues. The applicant will be expected to address these issues by: a) complying with the guidelines for each section; or b) proposing alternative solutions that specifically address the identified issues. The guidelines should be officially coordinated with adopted zoning and subdivision regulation amendments; however, the process is intended to remain flexible. The applicant is encouraged to propose innovative alternatives that accomplish the stated purpose of the guidelines. The guidelines will be used by staff in initial discussions with the applicant as he prepares his submission. Upon receipt of a zoning case, concept plan, or site plan, the staff will evaluate the request based on its compliance with guidelines or upon how effectively it addresses the intent of each section through alternative solutions. The applicant shall clearly show how he addressed the key issue(s) with supportive information and data. When an applicable zoning case, circulation plan, land use plan, preliminary site plan, or site plan is presented to the Planning Commission and/or Governing Body the staff's recommended action will be included. Staffs recommendation will be based on its determination of the proposal's conformance to the guidelines and/or its effectiveness in meeting the purposes and issues of the various design elements. Recommendation-Neighborhood and Downtown Stabilization The State of Texas allows cities to target special districts within a City for revitalization by creating neighborhood service districts. Within these revitalization districts, a rebate to taxpayers in those districts may be granted in property taxes resulting from improvements made to the property. $:U8288\WMfinal rcFwrt 2-0I.Juc 68 BWR