| LU1 | Miller's Creek Watershed Improvement Plan | 2011 | Maximize land preservation and minimize directly connected impervious area while directing unavoidable development in ways that protect important watershed processes and water resource functional values |
| LU2 | Water Distribution Plan | 2010 | Pursue opportunities to coordinate infrastructure replacement with road and sewer construction |
| LU3 | Downtown | 2009 | Establish a physical and cultural environment that supports and encourages safe, comfortable and convenient ways for pedestrians and bicyclists to travel throughout the downtown and into the surrounding city |
| LU4 | Downtown | 2009 | Improve transit service within the downtown connecting existing and regional transit facilities |
| LU5 | Transportation | 2009 | Provide effective access and mobility for people and goods, with minimal negative impacts for all |
| LU6 | Transportation | 2009 | Promote a safe, secure, attractive, and productive transportation system |
| LU7 | Transportation | 2009 | Invest in transportation infrastructure in a manner consistent with other goals, and within the financial constraints of public/private resources |
| LU8 | Transportation | 2009 | Promote a transportation system supportive of and integrated with land use decisions |
| LU9 | Transportation | 2009 | Promote green transportation improvements to reduce vehicle emissions |
| LU10 | Land Use | 2009 | To ensure that development projects are designed and constructed in a way that preserves or enhances the integrity of natural systems |
| LU11 | Land Use | 2009 | To promote land use designs that reduce reliance on the automobile |
| LU12 | Land Use | 2009 | To encourage commercial and employment centers that promote pedestrian activity, deemphasize the use of the automobile, and provide a sense of balance with surrounding land uses |
| LU13 | Land Use | 2009 | To ensure that City infrastructure facilities are compatible with surrounding neighborhoods and complement other goals of this plan |
| LU14 | Land Use | 2009 | To encourage sensitive, attractive, and innovative development and renovation in downtown Ann Arbor and in adjacent neighborhoods |
| LU15 | Land Use | 2009 | To encourage the preservation, restoration or rehabilitation of historically and culturally significant properties, as well as contributing or complimentary structures, streetscapes, groups of buildings and neighborhoods. To preserve the historic character of Ann Arbor’s Central Area. To enforce existing historic district ordinances through City staff, the Historic District Commission and neighborhood monitoring programs. To designate historic buildings to encourage their preservation |
| LU16 | Land Use | 2009 | To maintain, promote and enhance the commercial corridor, for both business owners and consumers, as the commercial center for western Ann Arbor and a major shopping destination for the greater Ann Arbor area |
| LU17 | Land Use | 2009 | To rehabilitate existing structures and to redevelop obsolete sites in a manner which best contributes to the improved economic condition of the commercial corridor |
| LU18 | Land Use | 2009 | To improve the commercial corridor’s accessibility to the region and to facilitate unencumbered travel into and around the corridor, the neighborhood and the region |
| LU19 | Land Use | 2009 | To achieve a commercial corridor that is a physically attractive, cohesive shopping district, with a unified visual impact that conveys a sense of place and provides a positive impression |
| LU20 | Downtown | 2009 | Plan and maintain public infrastructure systems to sustain existing and future downtown development |
| LU21 | Downtown | 2009 | Encourage dense land use and development patterns which draw people downtown and foster an active street life, contribute to its function as an urban residential neighborhood and support a sustainable transportation system |
| LU22 | Downtown | 2009 | Promote downtown as the center of commerce in the community Strengthen and expand a balanced mix of downtown’s active uses, such as shops and services, restaurants, and entertainment attractions, by providing convenient transit and parking, a quality pedestrian environment, strategically located vehicular and bicycle parking, and a diverse land use context needed to support a successful retail environment |
| LU23 | Downtown | 2009 | Promote a balanced mix of office, service, and cultural uses in the downtown area to complement retail and residential development and to create a diverse center of urban activity |
| LU24 | Downtown | 2009 | Support the private development of a downtown conference/civic center within the Core area Further investigate the costs and benefits of public funding participation in the construction and/or operation of such a downtown visitor attraction |
| LU25 | Downtown | 2009 | Encourage downtown’s highest density development and tallest buildings to locate within the Core areas to create the critical mass of activity and density needed to support a range of central retail, service, cultural, residential, and entertainment functions and transportation modes |
| LU26 | Downtown | 2009 | Preserve and enhance incremental transitions in land use, density, building scale and height in the Interface areas located between downtown’s neighborhood edges and Core Areas |
| LU27 | Downtown | 2009 | Protect the livability of residentially zoned neighborhoods adjacent to downtown |
| LU28 | Downtown | 2009 | Encourage new development to reinforce historic buildings’ contribution to downtown’s identity and pedestrian orientation |
| LU29 | Downtown | 2009 | Encourage articulation in the massing of larger new buildings to fit sensitively into the existing development context Encourage design approaches which minimize the extent to which high-rise buildings create negative impacts in terms of scale, shading, and blocking views |
| LU30 | Downtown | 2009 | Improve and extend downtown’s system of pedestrian connections through public and private streetscape improvements |
| LU31 | Downtown | 2009 | Encourage both rehabilitation and new development projects to enhance the pedestrian scale and orientation of streets which serve as downtown’s primary pedestrian connections Ensure that all other downtown streets also provide attractive and comfortable environments for people on foot |
| LU32 | Downtown | 2009 | Encourage the development of parks, plazas, through-block arcades and atrium spaces, emphasizing small open spaces distributed throughout downtown |
| LU33 | Downtown | 2009 | Encourage the creation of new public spaces within the downtown and rehabilitation of existing spaces, including indoor public meeting and performing arts space |
| LU34 | Downtown | 2009 | Foster the development of a system of linked open spaces on the floor of the Allen Creek valley to create an amenity which encourages residential investment and provides an improved transition between the downtown Core and west side neighborhoods |
| LU35 | Downtown | 2009 | Improve the visual quality of major downtown entrance corridors |
| LU36 | Downtown | 2009 | Ensure that the traffic increases generated by future growth can be accommodated without jeopardizing the quality of the non-motorized environment, overtaxing the capacity of the existing street network, or channeling significantly increased auto traffic through neighborhoods |
| LU37 | Downtown | 2009 | Emphasize high level of multi-modal assets within the Downtown community, and capitalize on these assets to reduce parking demand prior to taking supply-oriented actions
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| LU38 | Downtown | 2009 | Reduce parking pressures on neighborhood streets and discourage the encroachment of offstreet parking into residential areas |
| LU39 | Downtown | 2009 | Encourage the development of structured (rather than surface) parking to serve new downtown development, giving special emphasis to the construction of underground parking in all major projects |
| LU40 | Downtown | 2009 | Promote the development of public parking as part of larger private projects rather than freestanding structures Develop guidelines for better parking facility design, including the use of ground level retail frontages; landscaped setbacks; and through-block connections |
| LU41 | Downtown | 2009 | Improve the quality of maintenance on downtown streets bicycle lanes, bicycle parking, sidewalks, alleys, and public spaces |
| LU42 | Huron River & Impoundment Management Plan | 2009 | Consider non-recreational uses (such as restaurants, cultural facilities and power generation) as long as they are supportive of other goals |
| LU43 | Non-motorized transportation | 2007 | Incorporate non-motorized best practices into all relevant policies, and all aspects and stages of planning available to the City and its partner organizations |
| LU44 | Non-motorized transportation | 2007 | Provide a comprehensive, easy to implement non-motorized network as an integral component of the City's transportation system |
| LU45 | Non-motorized transportation | 2007 | Generate planning and design guidelines that will direct planning new facilities or modifying existing facilities |
| LU46 | Non-motorized transportation | 2007 | Increase awareness of the opportunities for, and benefits of, non-motorized transportation, as well as provide information to all users on safe ways to integrate motorized and non-motorized modes of transportation |
| LU47 | Natural Features | 2004 | Ensure that infrastructure projects proposed in the City's Capital Improvements Program are consistent with the goals and strategies found in the Natural Features Master Plan. Development should be planned and infrastructure maintained, so that the capacity of the infrastructure will not be exceeded during heavy rain events, electric power loss, or other infrastructure failures |
| LU48 | Natural Features | 2004 | Continue to add greenways, linkages, parkland, and other open space, managed as much as possible as natural areas, along the River, up the tributaries, and upland |
| LU49 | Natural Features | 2004 | Establish a network of greenways throughout the City that provide non motorized connections between various land uses, such as neighborhoods, commercial and employment centers, downtown and the University of Michigan, and that help retain the shape and continuity of natural features, especially along stream corridors, between parks and through new neighborhoods. The network also should extend to greenways located on adjacent township and County properties |
| LU50 | Comprehensive Plan Washtenaw County | 2004 | Promote an efficient pattern of development that maintains our sense of place, preserves our natural resources and reduces the effects of sprawl |
| LU51 | Comprehensive Plan Washtenaw County | 2004 | Provide adequate and accessible parks and recreation for all residents and develop regional open space systems and a countywide greenway and trail system to promote a sense of place, preserve important natural features and provide non-motorized transportation opportunities |
| LU52 | Comprehensive Plan Washtenaw County | 2004 | To protect, preserve and restore the historic resources of Washtenaw County including houses, farmsteads, bridges, schoolhouses, underground railroad sites, places of worship, significant landscape features and viewsheds |
| LU53 | Comprehensive Plan Washtenaw County | 2004 | Strategically plan for and invest in a transportation network that meets the needs of future residents and businesses while promoting our sense of place and protecting the environment |
| LU54 | Comprehensive Plan Washtenaw County | 2004 | To plan and provide sewer and water systems that meet the needs of future residents and businesses while promoting growth management, land use and environmental goals of the comprehensive plan |
| LU55 | Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Strategy | 2003 | Create incentive programs that encourage alternative transportation options and alternative fuels |
| LU56 | Malletts Creek Restoration Plan | 2000 | Identify and address all necessary structural and engineering improvements |
| LU57 | Storm Water Master Plan | 1997 | Identify enhancements and modifications to present design standards, regulations, and ordinances to provide a consistent, comprehensive, and complete basis for future analyses and development of improvements |
| LU58 | Energy Plan | 1994 | Assess the coordination of land use and transportation components of the City to promote energy efficiency |