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4.4 Landscape Enhancements                                                                              Westwind Drive                                                                         Larkspur Lane

















                                      CR W 400 N (Kieffer Rd.)





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                                                                                                         18’  Turn  13’  Travel  13’  Turn  13’  Turn  15’  Travel  13’  Travel
                  Gateway Entrance Feature                                                                Lane   Lane   Lane  Lane   Lane    Lane
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      421                                                                                                   Lane   Lane  Lane  Lane    Lane    Lane
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                                                                                                                    EXISTING CONDITIONS
                                                                                                                      EXISTING CONDITIONS

                                                                   Streetscape Elements
                                                                     Streetscape Elements
                                                                   A Reduced Roadway Width
                                                                     A Reduced Roadway Width
                                                                   B Decorative Roadway Light
                                                                     B Decorative Roadway Light
                                                                   C Gateway Screenwall
                                                                     C Gateway Screenwall
                                                                   D Sidewalk / Corner Plaza                              67’ Roadway
                                                                                                                            67’ Roadway
                                                                     D Sidewalk / Corner Plaza
                                                                   E Buer Landscape Planting                11’  Turn  11’  Travel  11’  Turn  12’  Turn  11  Travel  11’  Travel
                                                                     E Buer Landscape Planting
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                                                                   F Buering Trees                          Lane Lane  Lane Lane  Lane Lane  Lane Lane  Lane Lane  Lane Lane  G
                                                                     F Buering Trees
                                                                   G New Utility Poles                                                                                  G
                                                                     G New Utility Poles
              Existing Conditions: US Highway 421 at CR W 400 N
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                                                                                                          B
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                                                                                                                                                                                Wave Wall Signage At key intersections along US Highway
                                                                              E
                                                                                E                                                                            C                  421, including CR W 400 N, Larkspur Lane, Big R Driveway,
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                                                                                                                            A                       D                           US Highway 20, Barker Road, and Coolspring Avenue, would
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                                                                                                                                                                                be installed graceful, blue and grey, freestanding wall forms,
                                                                                                               PROPOSED STREET ENHANCEMENTS
              Existing Conditions: US Highway 421 at CR W 400 N     Section A: Proposed Improvements to US Highway 421 at CR W 400 N                                     400 N Enhancements
                                                                                                                                                                                the crest of which would emulate a wave-like, swoosh. Etched
                                                                                                                 PROPOSED STREET ENHANCEMENTS
                                                                                                                                                                           400 N Enhancements
                                                                                                                                                                                (or embossed) on the walls would be the name of the cross
                                                                                                                                                                                street, the Michigan City name and logo. Landscape plantings,
                                                                                                                                                                                including perennial ornamental grasses and low evergreen
              4-08                                                                                                                                                              shrub massings would provide a decorative backdrop.
              4.0  Redevelopment Scenarios          Adopted: August 16, 2016
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