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Institute Recommendations
At
the end of the discussion on the Palmetto Park Corridor,
the Design Team members summarized the Boca Raton Key
Issues and Recommended Actions, listing them on flip
chart paper as follows:
Key
Issues:
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Make Palmetto Park Road
street section pedestrian friendly
•
Address zoning / building
typology / urban design guidelines
•
Visual/Economic Links
•
Neighborhood compatibility
Recommended
Actions:
•
Create a bookend building at the southwest corner of
Palmetto Park Road and A1A.
•
Change the zoning to allow three stories instead of
30 feet.
•
Change the street section of Palmetto Park Road from
four lanes with parallel parking to two lanes with diagonal
parking (night) and four lanes (day) with pavers delineating
parking lanes. •
Abandon portions of Spanish Trail to allow better public
access and more green space along Intracoastal Waterway.
•
Transfer ownership and maintenance of Palmetto Park
Road to the City. •
Create a ground floor “pedestrian zone” 10 feet wide
along the street. Use colonnade along entire building.
•
Provide incentives for property owners and developers.
•
Establish 10 foot buffers
as oppossed to residential.
•
Extend downtown trolley to serve the area.
•
Acknowledge that towing on the new diagonal parking
lanes will likely be necessary for the first year.
•
Ensure public participation and engage the neighboring
residents.
•
Hire a transportation planner who understands
urbanism in order to fully exploit the potential of
street.
•
Revise the code in order to implement the concept.
•
Create a terminating vista at the end of Palmetto Park
Road, east of A1A at the ocean. •
Create a “sense of place” at intersection of A1A and
Palmetto Park Road – a very important intersection.
•
Evaluate the possibility of creating additional public
parking at the southwest corner of Palmetto Park. Road
and A1A - in conjunction with development of the site.
•
Re-design the Intracoastal Bridge, making it
more pedestrian friendly and aesthetically appealing.
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