CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Pass the ordinance amending Chapter 11 (Comprehensive Plan) of Title 1 (Administrative) of the Municipal Code to approve the downtown streetscape standards
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Jennifer Louden, Deputy Director
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
The Downtown Advisory Commission guided the development of the updated standards with input from the Downtown Naperville Alliance, Advisory Commission on Disabilities, Accessible Community Task Force and Senior Task Force.
BACKGROUND:
Streetscape has long been used to establish the pedestrian environment and enhance the aesthetic appeal of downtown Naperville. The Downtown Plan (2000) identified the need to establish a downtown design standard to create a cohesive look to the City's downtown streetscape. In 2003, the City adopted the Downtown Naperville Streetscape Standards, the first set of unified standards, to guide future streetscape improvement projects. The Naperville Downtown2030 plan, adopted in 2011, recognized the importance of streetscape in enhancing the urban environment and identified the need to update the standards, create new standards for alleys and festival/flexible spaces, and develop a comprehensive plan for updating aging streetscape throughout downtown.
DISCUSSION:
At the end of 2015 the City contracted with a consultant to complete a downtown streetscape study. The consultant's scope involved reviewing existing streetscape conditions, developing updated standards through a public process and identifying priorities for improvements. Review and recommendation of revisions to the downtown streetscape standards is one of the Downtown Advisory Commission's duties; therefore, the commission was very involved in the process. However, because streetscape influences the experience of all downtown users, many stakeholders and the public were invited to participate in the process. The following meetings w...
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