City of Solon Comprehensive Plan 2035
Steering Committee #1 April 14, 2015
Transportation
Highway 1, Main Street and Racine (+) Sidewalks (+) Curb & gutter program (+) Stoplight (+) Racine (+) Money is put toward roads every year (+) Main Street has nice aesthetics (+) Sidewalks on Main Street (+) Need to improve chip seal streets (*) Need to address curb & gutter faster and in more volume (*) Stoplight is coming to intersection of Main Street and Highway 1 (*) Opportunities for public transportation (*) Opportunities for better connections (*) Lack of parking (-) Older streets don’t have curb & gutter (-) Crossing Highway 1 (-) Sidewalks east of Highway 1 by post office (-) Chip seal streets (-) Main Street Parking (-) Lack of curb & gutter (-) School event traffic congests areas of town (-) Hard to get across Highway 1 (-) Large traffic volume on Highway 1 (-) Parking issue in downtown (-) Parking issues in multifamily areas (-) No trail connection through town (-) Highway 1 divides the community and impacts growth (-)
Land Use
(+) Strength (*) Opportunity (-) Weakness/Threat
Fox Ridge is good example of buffered and layered zoning (+) Windmill estates is a good example of a premier development (+) City Hall is a good example of a campus concept (+) Good green space by Windflower (+) More parks and recreation (*) Residential homes on Main Street are zoned commercial, future commercial opportunity (*) Opportunity for green space requirement for new developments (*) Opportunity for mixed use i.e. duplexes with single family (*) Mix of land use that is mixed yet connected (*) Opportunity for design standards (*) Main Street growth is limited (-) Highway 1 divides the community (-) Old Mill Creek is separated from town by highway 382 (-) Lack of parks/green space East of Highway 1 (-) Public Meeting Input | B-3