master plan update - City of Boca Raton
master plan update - City of Boca Raton
master plan update - City of Boca Raton
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SECTION EINITIATIVESINITIATIVE 4: EASTPALMETTO PARK ROADEast Palmetto Park Road is currently<strong>plan</strong>ned to be developed with Downtown-scalebuildings. The goal is tocreate a lively mixed-use street leadingto the Intracoastal Waterway and thebeach. The properties are constrainedby the depth <strong>of</strong> the blocks and are notconnected to the streets to the north.Although this limits the capacity <strong>of</strong> thearea to become a ‘Main Street,’ it is stillpossible to develop a combination <strong>of</strong>hotel, <strong>of</strong>fice, and residential buildingswith some ground-floor retail, especiallyrestaurant, café, and destination uses.The design <strong>of</strong> the pedestrian experienceshould include wide <strong>plan</strong>ting beds witha meandering sidewalk suggesting agrand approach to the waterfront.The public realm can be developed inone <strong>of</strong> two ways: The preferred solutionis to reconfigure Palmetto Park Road asa three-lane road with parking on bothsides. The other is to keep a four-lanesection but eliminate the parking. Ineither case, a much wider sidewalk areais created. We further recommend thatdevelopment on each side include frontyard space to provide additional landscapematerial.This street leads to Silver Palm Park,which is also in need <strong>of</strong> improvement.The <strong>plan</strong> indicates a more compactparking area to provide space for activeuses including a café or pavilion on thewater. The Wildflower property shouldbe included in this program, either as apublic park or as a development site withpublic access to the waterfront. In eithercase, it is important to provide pedestrianaccess along the water between thesetwo park areas.East Palmetto Park RoadIllustrative <strong>master</strong> <strong>plan</strong> <strong>of</strong> East Palmetto Park RoadExisting conditionsOption showing parks on both parcelsThree- and four-lane options on an improved East Palmetto Park Road62