No. 0621 redeclaring the Central Downtown Renewal Area to be blighted, reapproving an urban renewal plan/conditions under which relocation pmts. be made for Project No. IN R-66

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AREA A (West Colfax Avenue, North Main Street, West LaSalle Avenue, St. a. Basic Objective The basic objective for this area is its utilization for service commercial use to include hotels and motels, offices, theaters, and eating and dr'.iking establishments. b. Land Use The primary use of this block will be for service commercial uses. ae e hotel located at the southwest corner of LaSalle Avenue and Michigan Street is to be retained and land is to be made available for the development of additional motel -hotel facilities adjacent to the present hotel. The LaSalle West Office building, fronting on LaSalle Avenue is to be retained as are the City utilities office fronting on Main Street and the commercial structures fronting on Colfax Avenue. The Morris Civic Auditorium which will front on the pedestrian mall to be developed within the present right-of -way of Michigan Street will also be retained. c. Physical Organization The physical organization of the block will be oriented towards the pedestrian mall area which is to be developed in the center of the area in the area in the right -of -way of Michigan Street. Fronting on or adjacent to this pedestrian mall area is the existing Morris Civic Auditorium and the LaSalle Hotel. The proposed motel development adjacent to the present hotel and the proposed commercial theater to be-developed in the southeast quadrant of-the area will also orient towards the pedestrian mall. The right -of -way of St. Joseph Street extended be- tween Colfax and LaSalle Avenues provides a small generally.triangutar tract of land in the northeast quadrant of the area which is proposed for development for restaurant facilities located within the area. The reminder of the block is to be devoted to existing and new office and service commercial uses. d. Pedestrian Circulation Pedestrian circulation will be generated principally from the narking facilities to be developed in Area C, by persons with destinations at commercial developments or the Norris Civic Auditorium within Area A. There will also be substantial pedestti•an circulation within the area from the Morris Civic Auditorium to the restaurant facilities in the hotel -motel complex and to the restaurant facilities anticipated to be developed in that portion of the area east of St. Joseph Street. Pedestrian movement utilizing the nedestrian mall area to be developed in a portion of the right -of -way of Michigan Street will also be substantial between the commercial theater anticipated to be developed in the southeast quadrant of the area and the restaurant facilities in the hotel -motel complex as well as the theater and the restaurant facilities proposed for the northeast section of the area. e. Vehicular Access and Service Vehicular access to and egress from the area will be from Pain Street on the west and St. Joseph Street on the east. main Street will carry one way southbound traffic and St. Joseph Street will carry one -way north bound traffic. LaSalle Avenue, the northern boundary of the area, will carry one -way eastbound traffic and Colfax Avenue, the southern boundary of the area, will carry two -way east and west bound traffic. AREA B ('Nest Washington Street, blest Jefferson Blvd., North Lafayette Blvd., XT—t«+ .'Zip., c4. «,.-4- a. Basic Objective The basic objective for this area is its enhancement and utilization for public purposes with the exception of the existing commercial develonments in the form of a bank and office structure at the southeast corner of the area and the commercial structure in the center of the block on Washington Street in the form of a financial institution and office Structure. -4- (as of 7 -1S -80