Issue link: https://townofcary.uberflip.com/i/791958
277 Strategic Initiative: Promote a Distinct Downtown Identity - Develop distinct branding and signage to encompass all downtown sub-districts. - Through public and private investments, enhance the visual appeal of downtown through such activities as expanding the streetscape onto Chatham Street and other principal downtown streets; adding public art; burying existing above-ground utility lines, etc. Strategic Initiative: Balance Transportation Investments to Support All Modes, and Promote Multi-Modal Connections Between Downtown Sub-Districts. - Expand accessibility to and within downtown and supporting neighborhoods via greenways, bike routes, public transit options, additional regular and handicapped parking. - Update the downtown parking strategy. Strategic Initiative: Encourage Downtown Reinvestment and Redevelopment While Supporting a Range of Uses - Update zoning districts and related development standards to implement the downtown vision. - Identify and implement strategies for maximizing the use of the Business Improvement District. Historic Carpenter Strategic Initiative: Protect Historic Properties and Places; Encourage Compatible Infill Development and Uses Within and Adjacent to the Carpenter National Register District - Explore development of a Carpenter Local Historic District. - Develop and adopt design guidelines. - Consider developing preservation incentives. Strategic Initiative: Design New Neighborhoods in the Special Planning Area to Complement the Historic Context; Use Streetscape Designs That Reinforce the Historic Character of Carpenter - Evaluate and update zoning and site development ordinances to implement the vision of the historic Carpenter special planning area. Green Level Strategic Initiative: Maintain An East-to-West Transition in Density While Respecting the Area's Heritage and Open Spaces - Evaluate and update zoning and site development ordinances to implement the vision of the Green Level special planning area.