Page 55 - Valparaiso, IN U.S. 30 Corridor Plan

Adopted July 25, 2011

This area is intended to remain the most intensely developed stretch of Highway
30 bookended by major “gateway” developments at both Hayes Leonard Road
and Route 2/Washington Street. The plan envisions major master planned
development and aesthetic improvements at both intersections and infill (re)
development in the area in-between. Although the car dealerships and other
large-format businesses in this segment will continue to be permitted, the plan
shows how these sites may be adapted for other uses should ownership or
market conditions change.

The Middle Mile The plan contemplates the westward extension of the service roads as far as
Hayes Leonard Road on both sides of the corridor, and the introduction of two
or more north-south road connections to Joliet Road. One of these would involve
PLAN SEGMENT a northward extension of Thornapple Road to Joliet Road. Other possible road
extensions could occur where indicated on the Concept Plan shown on pages
10-11.

Short of complete redevelopment, an optimal reuse pattern would be to maximize
outlot development in order to create a more urban-style street front along the
outside edge of the access drives. Sidelot development should also be allowed on
larger lots provided that driveways are linked laterally.

This two-tiered development pattern would make for more efficient use of land;
screen large parking lots; and visually frame the corridor. This together with
heavy landscaping on the side medians to buffer the service roads from the
highway (preferably trees to introduce a stronger vertical dimension) it would also
give the corridor some defined edges which it currently lacks.

Under this scenario, the service roads take on the feel of a slow-speed (albeit
one-sided) urban street with buildings fronting directly onto it with all parking
to the rear or side. The service roads have either a dedicated bike-ped path/
sidewalk on the building side and/or striped on-street bike lanes. They also have
full curbs and gutters (see graphic below). Dense median landscaping buffers
the access roads from the main highway.

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