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<br /> <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />City Center <br /> <br />Obiectives for city center <br /> <br />While the area south of I-694 is fully developed, that part north of the highway is currently occupied by <br />interim uses which are intended to phiy no role in the future city center. . The following are city center <br />objectives: <br /> <br />1. To have the city center function as the central focus, for New Brighton and surrounding <br />communities. <br />2. To provide for a mixture of high intensity uses that are mutually complementary and supportive <br />and make the most efficient use of land and capital. <br />3. To create a "sense of place" that has a distinct and memorable historical character built on a <br />pedestrian framework. <br />4. To phase out existing interim uses and reconnect the two-sides of I-694. <br /> <br />The city center holds the greatest potential for changing the identity of New Brighton in the future for <br />two-reasons. First there is a tremendous amount of land that has very good visibility from the freeway <br />and proximity to the Long Lake Regional Park. Second, the uses that exist today have the potential to <br />change dramatically since they are rapidly becoming obsolete and inappropriate in a location close to the <br />urban core with such great redevelopment potential. <br /> <br />It is the City's intent for this area to have some of the characteristics of an urban village within the larger <br />New Brighton community where people can live, work, shop, play and be entertained. It is intended to be <br />an extension of the existing City Center development north of 1-694 yet in character with an urban village <br />environment. It is intended to be an intensely developed mixed-use area consisting of retail, housing, <br />office, recreation, lodging, entertainment, eating and drinking establishments, historical elements, ramped <br />. parking and an integrated public transit element that may consist of a heated shelter and bus stop which is <br />an extension or an integral part of the development. <br /> <br />This is intended to be an area where land uses are vertically and/or horizontally mixed and integrated, <br />where they have the appearance of main street along the Old Highway 8 frontage and yet are higher and <br />prominent enough from the freeway to serve as icons for community identity and recognition. <br />Retail/commercial development will be an important ingredient of this redevelopment area. It is the <br />City's intent to create a downtown environment within the city center that has the potential to service a <br />significant market area, comprised of the six north metro communities that surround New Brighton. <br /> <br />Policies <br /> <br />The City's policies for the city center are to: <br /> <br />1. Pursue high-intensity mixed-use developments where people can live, work, shop, play and be <br />entertained. <br />2. Encourage integrated developments and resist pressures to accommodate unrelated, parcel by <br />parcel, single-use or stand-alone developments. <br />3. Require the application of Traditional Neighborhood Design (TND) principles (such as on street <br />parking, pedestrian friendly streetscapes, multi-story mixed-use development), and the creation of <br />a "mainstreet sense of place." <br /> <br />August 4, 1999 <br />New Brighton Comprehensive Plan <br /> <br />Page 5.14 <br />