Downtown Design Guidelines – hope at last?

 

Cover of the Downtown Design Guidelines

 

During yesterday’s Fort Wayne City Council meeting, several rezoning ordinances pertaining to the downtown were before the Council for discussion.  The Downtown Design Guidelines, authored and adopted a few years back, were brought up.  The Council, led by Councilman Tim Pape and Mitch Harper, asked that these be worked into the ordinances and encouraged staff to make this a priority.  If you haven’t, read through the detailed guidelines by clicking the above photo.  

If this had been done a few years ago, we wouldn’t have the Subway now at the corner of Clinton Street and Jefferson Boulevard.  Instead, the structure would hug the sidewalks with parking mostly hidden from the street.  It would also dictate the types of construction materials and designs in downtown building.  It would give the City more control over downtown development.  More on this later.

 

Related Images:

2009/02/27: Mayor Tom Henry shakes hands with Allen County Councilman Paul Moss 2009/02/27: Fort Wayne City Councilman Tim Pape 2009/02/27: Allen County Councilman Paul Moss 2009/06/02: Kumar Menon 2009/06/02: Tim Haffner 2009/06/02: Tim Haffner Tim Pape and Mayor Tom Henry Councilman Mitch Harper YLNI the Vote: Mitch Harper Tom Smith, Mitch Harper and Dawn Fort Wayne City Councilman Mitch Harper and Indiana State Senator David Long Indiana State Senator David Long and Mitch Harper 2009/01/20: President Barack Obama cookie 2009/01/20: Councilman Mitch Harper with an Obama 'Hope' cake 2009/01/20: Councilman Mitch Harper with an Obama 'Hope' cake

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