Page 71 - Valparaiso, IN U.S. 30 Corridor Plan

Adopted July 25, 2011

Generally speaking, a combination of development incentives and direct public highway at high speed. The standard should be changed to a 10’-12’ maximum
investment will have the most immediate impact on the corridor. No single height (monument style).
avenue however will be enough to effectuate major change by itself. Moreover,
without incentives to offset them, a singular focus on regulatory approaches can Areas targeted for an additional layer of design standards beyond those included
act as a further disincentive to reinvestment in all but the hottest development in the existing corridor overlay zone include the major “gateway” intersections at
markets. Therefore a combination of incentive-based and regulatory strategies Sturdy Road, Washington Street (Route 2) and Hayes Leonard Road (100– West).
will be needed. These key development areas warrant exceptional design because of their high
visibility and image-setting potential. The latter two should also be steered toward
Implementation activities can further be broken down geographically into priority a planned development review process because of their potential for large-scale,
redevelopment areas that include a combination of programmatic and project- master-planned development.
specific implementation activities. This discussion starts with general corridor-
wide approaches and moves later into location-specific applications. Certain extra-ordinary design requirements may also be applied to these sites
contractually via development agreement (particularly at Washington Street and
1. Legal/Regulatory Approaches Hayes Leonard) if the City, as recommended, becomes involved in land assembly or

other developer incentives or agrees to extend or upgrade utility services.
This category refers to the traditional legal mechanisms by which plans
are implemented. They include zoning and subdivision regulations, design The additional design guidelines for the Gateway Intersections could include all or
guidelines, access management standards, extraterritorial planning jurisdiction some of the following:
(ETJ), and annexation policies. They also include potential intergovernmental
boundary/ ETJ agreements between neighboring jurisdictions, and special
improvements maintenance agreements with the Indiana Department of • 2-story minimum height
Transportation (INDOT). • 4-sided design and prohibition of Eifs use
• special design of corner buildings and special corner treatments (e.g. corner
Corridor Overlay Design Standards entries, wrap-around architectural elements, towers and other protrusions)
• landscaping and public/common-area amenities
The corridor is currently appropriately zoned for a combination of institutional • minimum proportion of door and window openings within the façade surface
(campus) and commercial/retail uses, and it subject to the additional • door, window, roofline articulation (i.e. detailing, contrast and relief)
requirements of U.S. 30 Signature Overlay Design Standards. One aspect of the • higher percentage of masonry use
design standards however that will need to be changed to align with the plan is • restrictions on certain roof shapes (mansard, gable)
the minimum front setback requirement for commercial buildings. The current • rear/side parking only
65’ requirement precludes a more urban pattern of outlot development along the
service roads as depicted in this plan. That setback should be changed to 15’ Annexation Policy & ETJ Authority
(the width of the landscape greenbelt) with seating areas, and other decorative
hardscape features allowed within the setback area. A major principle of this plan is to prevent new commercial strip development from
stretching westward past Hayes Leonard Road. The City basically has three tools
Also needing to be changed, is the 6’ maximum height for commercial signs in at its disposal to prevent this from happening: (1) annexation (i.e. zoning), (2)
the corridor. This standard is too small for the signs to be seen from the main restricting or making conditional the extension of City services, and (3) exercise of
the City’s extraterritorial planning authority.

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