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- .. .. 11III .. iii !II .. r iii "" .. .. .. '" . Town Cent... Public SplICe DesIgn end distinctive erchltecturel stet........ can form . ......or pert of the CIty's identity & I....... .. .. .. III "" . " II . I I I I .. ~ .. " ,l'" .. 1000 20ft; characterized by physical cohesiveness, direct accessibility by mass transit services and high quality urban design. The Town Center is located to have direct connections to the 165m Street Causeway and Collins Avenue to ensure a high level of accessibility to the northeast Miami-Dade I bi-county area . It is a primary objective of the Town Center to foster a regionally competitive business and activity center for cultural activities and entertainment, visitor services, dining, financial services, specialty goods and services, professional office and niche businesses serving the North Dade and Broward County Areas. Incorporation of residential uses is encouraged. The Town Center location, and the configuration of land uses within them is designed to encourage convenient alternatives to travel by automobile, to provide more efficient land use than recent suburban development forms and the prevalent strip commercial projects, and to create an identifiable social and economic core for the diverse neighborhoods of Sunny Isles Beach and adjacent areas. The Town Center should contain businesses, employment, civic, and/or high or moderate density residential uses with a variety of housing types and within walking distance of the Town Center core. Both large and small businesses are encouraged in these centers, but primarily moderate sized businesses which serve, and draw from, the nearby community and the visitor population along the beaches. Transit and pedestrian mobility will be increased and area-wide traffic will be reduced in several ways: proximity of housing and retail uses will allow residents to walk or bike for some daily trips; provision of both jobs, personal services and retailing within walking distance of transit will encourage transit use for commuting; and conveniendy located retail facilities will accommodate necessary shopping during the daily commuting periods or the lunch hour. Emphasis in design and development of the Town Center and all individual components shall be to create active pedestrian environments through high quality design of public spaces as well as private buildings, human scale appointments, activities and amenities at street level; and connectivity of places through the creation of pedestrian concourses, through-block walkways, and linked courtyards and terraces that invite exploration and social interaction. A central square or plaza that becomes a primary organizing element for focusing pedestrian circulation is important to creating both a symbolic and actual crossroads environment fundamental to the function of the toWn center. Streets within the urban center shall be designed for pedestrian mobility, interest and comfort as well as vehicular mobility. The placement and spacing of public streets should generally form blocks sized and related to the surrounding grid so as to provide walking routes through the center and between destinations in the center that are direct and short. Shared parking is encouraged Reductions from standard parking requirements shall be authorized where there is a complementary mix of uses on proximate development sires. Parking struetures are preferred to surface lots but should be integrated into primary use structUreS and incorporate other uses at street level such as shops, galleries, offices and public uses. 22 " II City of Sunny Isles BeClch Cornpreh,msive Pion