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Although current comprehensive plan policies contain locational criteria for establishing new IL and IG districts, the current IL and IG locational criteria are nearly identical and require new industrial districts to be located along arterial roads or railroad tracks, near existing industrial areas, and separated from residential, retail, and office areas. Because uses permitted in the IG district can have a greater impact on adjacent properties, the county should establish separate IG district location criteria that provide a greater separation from residential areas than do IL districts. Aesthetics of Commercial Development In recent years, changes to the county's design regulations have improved the aesthetic quality of development projects throughout the county. While landscape regulations have increased vegetation requirements, corridor architectural requirements have resulted in more attractive buildings than would have occurred otherwise. To enhance the appearance of new development projects throughout the county, some corridor regulations should be extended countywide. ➢ Extend Corridor Requirements to Non -Corridor Areas Currently, all major commercial arteries, as well as the Roseland area, the north barrier island, and the 37th Street medical node, are subject to corridor design standards. In all of those corridors, development projects must comply with additional design requirements affecting landscaping, building appearance, and signs. Since their inception, the county's corridor regulations have been successful in improving the aesthetic quality of new development and redevelopment projects in the designated corridor areas, particularly the SR 60 Corridor. In the future, the county's policy should be to implement some corridor requirements on a county -wide basis. In particular, corridor standards for foundation landscaping, building color, pitched roof, signage, screening, and lighting could be applied to areas outside of the currently designated corridors. As is now the case in corridors, certain exemptions would be necessary for multi -family developments as well as industrial/warehouse projects. Applying corridor design requirements to neighborhood commercial areas in mixed-use planned developments would be particularly beneficial. Because one purpose of the county's corridor regulations is to ensure compatibility between commercial uses and nearby residential areas, corridor regulations applicable to neighborhood commercial areas will ensure that neighborhood commercial uses are compatible with nearby residences. Those corridor -type regulations will also ensure that lighting and signs are not obtrusive features, and that pitched roofs and foundation plantings are required. ➢ Signs In all corridor areas, new freestanding signs must be monument -style signs. Outside of designated corridors, pole signs are permitted. Within corridor areas, signs are also subject to reduced maximum sizes in comparison to other areas. Because of the special sign requirements Future Land Use Element 100