Grounded in Public Input and Data Analysis • 1,182 responses to Questionnaire • Community Remarks and Email Comments • 51 Interviews + 4 Day On-site Charrette
Vision “The downtown is the community’s center serving residents’ daily shopping, dining, and leisure needs, and will evolve into a more vibrant and pedestrian-friendly gathering place in which Northbrook families and residents of all ages are proud in which to live and entertain their family and friends with an array of unique shopping dining, and recreation experiences.”
Goals 1. Promote a mix of land uses that support a vibrant Village Center 2. Encourage retail, restaurant, and office activities that provide vital services 3. Improve transportation accessibility by car, foot, bicycle, foot, and train 4. Preserve and enhance the natural environment including the Village Green and River 5. Make streetscape experience more inviting 6. Promote the identity and branding of the downtown 7. Continue to involve the public in the decision-making process
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Zoning Recommendations • Define a build-to line along Meadow Road and Shermer Road • Integrate a 3+1+1 height incentive system in VGO District • Adjust parking in VGO – Retain 2.5 per 1,000 retail sf in special parking area along Shermer – Require 3.0 per 1,000 retail sf in remainder of VGO, and 8.0 per 1,000 restaurant sf • Integrate form based elements into zoning code • Amend zoning standards for C-1 District (allow PUD, increase height to 3 stories, increase FAR to 0.50) • Require design guidelines for parking structures
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