Water and Sewer Impact Fees Assistance Program
Introduction:
This program has been created to encourage new business in the downtown area. The program is meant to diversify the business mix, expand the normal hours of operation in the downtown, and to utilize downtown resources more effectively.
Program Objectives:
The primary objective of the Water & Sewer Impact Fee Assistance is to encourage revitalization and preservation of commercial buildings by offering limited financial and technical assistance. The goal is to stimulate reinvestment in the downtown area, to preserve and renew the traditional retail business district and establish the downtown as a center for convenient pedestrian oriented commercial activities.
Project Goals:
Specific goals of the Water & Sewer Impact Fee Assistance are as follows:
- The elimination of blighting influences and prevention of further deterioration of commercial properties in the B-1 Zoning District and the Main Street Corridor and the B-3 Zoning District (bounded by Orlando Avenue, Beaumont Avenue, south of Emmett, north of Bryan) or such other street corridors deemed conducive.
- The elimination of conditions which are detrimental to the health, safety, and welfare of the residents and users of the downtown area.
- The rehabilitation or preservation of properties of special value for historical, architectural, or aesthetic reasons.
- The provision of a pleasing and aesthetically acceptable shopping district.
- Conservation of existing building stock
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Grant Program Application
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