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TUKWILA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br />Transportation Corridors <br />8.5.4 Encourage new construction rather than the conversion of <br />existing residential structures to commercial uses. <br />8.5.5 Combine parking placement and build -to standards to achieve <br />the compactness of a consistent building wall and pedestrian <br />orientation, creating a focal point emphasis in Neighborhood <br />Commercial Centers. <br />IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY <br />• Parking behind or beside buildings <br />8.5.6 Incorporate a significant landscape element into the street <br />design within Neighborhood Centers. <br />IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY <br />• Parking behind or beside buildings <br />8.5.7 Encourage two- to four -story buildings within Neighborhood <br />Commercial Centers to emphasize their importance and desired <br />activity level, limiting commercial uses to two lower levels, <br />except in Urban Renewal areas. <br />8.5.8 Ensure appropriate structural transitions between commercial <br />and residential zones. <br />IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY <br />• Multi - family and commercial design guidelines <br />8.5.9 Include substantial areas of glass in the design of ground -level <br />retail and service structures and require building entrances to <br />face the street. <br />8.5.10 Require developments to incorporate pedestrian amenities and <br />open spaces such as plazas, art, and canopies in order to <br />convey the impression of a town center and community focal <br />point. <br />8.5.11 Employ appropriate design elements such as slopes, peaks, <br />caps, steps, exaggerated parapets, colors, and lighting to make <br />the rooflines prominent, creating a distinct Neighborhood <br />Commercial Center character. <br />8.5.12 Work with Metropolitan King County to create distinctive <br />transit stops within Neighborhood Commercial Centers that are <br />integrated with adjacent development and pedestrian <br />December 2008 15 <br />