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<br />Program 12.3: Maintain City-owned walls facing streets and enforce the maintenance of <br />those that are privately owned. <br /> <br />Policy 13: Improve the appearance of existing bridges. <br /> <br />Program 13.1: Inventory existing bridge conditions and prepare a plan for improving their <br />appearance with landscaping, color, decorative railings, lighting, and/or other design <br />techniques. <br /> <br />Program 13.2: Implement the design and beautification policies in the Downtown Specific <br />Plan related to the Main Street Bridge. <br /> <br />Policy 14: Improve street identification and traffic signage along City streets. <br /> <br />Program 14.1: Minimize the number and size of traffic signs, to the extent allowed by law. <br /> <br />Policy 15: Enhance bus shelter design in the city. <br /> <br />Program 15.1: Work with Wheels to help ensure that new and remodeled bus shelters in <br />and near residential neighborhoods, parks, and the Downtown are architecturally designed <br />to reflect a small-town character, allow for visibility of oncoming buses, offer safety and <br />protection from the elements and adequate lighting, and provide maps and transit <br />information, and are located to maximize walking convenience. <br /> <br />Program 15.2: Encourage the regular maintenance and restoration of bus stop facilities. <br /> <br />Policy 16: Improve the appearance of utility boxes and newspaper racks. <br /> <br />Program 16.1: Whenever feasible, place all utility boxes underground. If not feasible, <br />locate utility boxes so they are in the least visible location possible, when viewed from <br />public areas and public rights-of-way. <br /> <br />Program 16.2: Have the City and utility companies paint all existing and new utility boxes <br />to blend in with their environment, and screen all existing and new utility boxes with <br />landscaping, when possible and feasible. <br /> <br />Program 16.3: Work to enhance the appearance of magazine and newspaper dispensers. <br /> <br />Commercial Areas and Residential Neighborhoods <br />Goal 6: Preserve and enhance the city's commercial areas and residential neighborhoods. <br /> <br />Policy 17: Encourage new commercial area development and redevelopment, including stand alone <br />retail buildings, restaurants, and hotels, to incorporate attractive architectural and site- <br />design features <br /> <br />Program 17.1: Develop design standards for freeway frontage signs. <br /> <br />Community Character 011607 clean <br /> <br />10-18 <br /> <br />1/3/2007 <br />