City of Tybee Island 2007 Master Plan Summary Report

1. City of Tybee Island2007 Master PlanSummary Report Area Character Maps and Area Development Recommendations

4. Arts, Eats, Eco Activity Center • Develop consistent with existing character • Mixed use, with set residential maximum • Encourage infill & redevelopment along 80 • Develop and enforce landscaping standards • Improve pedestrian utility • Continue bikeway development • Develop and enforce signage guidelines & consistency • Establish sight/sound buffers between commercial and residential areas

7. Back River Neighborhood • Develop consistent with existing character • Boat ramp, marina & fishing: critical elements • Encourage traffic “calming” • Encourage historic restoration & preservation • City should provide incentives to do so • Develop and enforce landscaping and architectural standards • Enforce noise, parking ordinances • Preserve & enhance access to beach & water

10. Beaches • Maintain natural state • Prohibit development on beach or dunes • Continue to buffer from development • Add educational aspects to crossing walkways • Enhance as wildlife habitat • Promote as recreation and tourist destination • Remove swimming hazards • Promote & enhance adjacent green space • Enhance signage to highlight crossing locales from beach • Maintain dune crossings with least possible impact • Enhance sand and beach management

13. Beachfront Neighborhood • Develop consistent with existing character • Preserve low-density character • Improve pedestrian utility • Encourage historic restoration & preservation • City should provide incentives to do so • Preserve old growth trees • Preserve & enhance access to beach & water • Do not allow commercial incursions

16. Coastal Marshlands • Property maintained in natural state • Restrict development and encroachment into area • Promote use of conservation easements to protect marshland • Promote areas as passive-use recreation destinations • Support use for shellfish aquaculture as appropriate • Encourage restoration of oyster reefs • Require use of naturally vegetated, adjacent buffers • Restrict/discourage use that may contribute to pollution • Enforce adjacent erosion and sedimentation control • Improve coordination with GDOT on clearing/cutting projects • Restrict signage within or adjacent to, or with views of, marsh

19. Inland Cottage Neighborhood • Develop consistent with existing character • low density residential, public/institutional, and low impact commercial • Develop and implement design and architectural standards • Improve pedestrian/bicycle environment and encourage safety and mobility • Historic structures in this area should be restored and/or preserved whenever possible • The City should provide appropriate incentives for historic restoration projects

22. Lazaretto Creek Maritime District • Develop and enforce signage guidelines & consistency • Ensure consistency of development • Consider design and installation of gateway signage and associated beautification measures along Hiway 80 • Allow for development of services that serve year-round and seasonal population • Provide signage for landmarks and commercial businesses • Improve pedestrian environment to allow for pedestrian/bicycle movement throughout as well as to and from the area • Discourage down-zoning from commercial to residential • Improve street conditions through grading improvements

25. Marshfront Neighborhood • Ensure consistency of development • Permit only uses compatible with the character of area that will not adversely impact marsh • Limit housing density, size, and height through zoning • Establish and enforce marsh buffer standards; identify uses allowed and prohibited within buffer • Tree preservation prioritized to protect scenic and habitat value • Clearly define guidelines that protect against stormwater pollution including: xeriscape landscaping, pervious surfaces, and erosion and sedimentation control.

28. North Beach Neighborhood • Ensure consistency of development • Develop & enforce signage guidelines & consistency • Provide signage for landmarks, commercial business • Encourage historic restoration & preservation • City should provide incentives to do so • Pursue historic district/structure designations as appropriate • Continue preservation of old growth trees, parks, greenspace • Continue bikeway development including bike lanes & multi-use trails

31. Historic Battery Neighborhood • Ensure consistency of development • as well as uses without adverse impact on marsh, riverfront • Continue to work to preserve Battery Halleck (and other archeological resources), connection to multi-use trail system and Fort Pulaski. • Encourage projects that will implement the proposed multi-use trail system • Consider potential to provide additional parking within this area with transportation to other areas of the Island

34. The Strand District • Downtown development to include mix of commercial use • Only uses that are compatible with desired main street character • Appropriate for downstairs commercial and upstairs residential development options • All residential uses should be consistent with the terms of the current C-1 Zoning District • Improve safe pedestrian mobility ; improve storm drainage • Beautification/façade aesthetic improvements • Historic structures restored and/or preserved whenever possible • Adaptive reuse of historic structures is encouraged • City should provide appropriate incentives for historic restoration

35. The Strand District (cont.) • Encourage infill development/redevelopment of vacant property and underutilized structures • Consider development of Convention Center in association hospitality establishments • “Re-install” elements of the Strand boardwalk/multi-use trail • Identify location for additional parking or garage • Work to preserve/retain buildings that can house small businesses • Add recreational uses

38. 17th Street Neighborhood • Ensure consistency of development • Future development pedestrian-oriented with safe connections to adjacent neighborhoods • Appropriate for residential development of mix of densities and housing options (i.e. multi-family homes, townhouses, condos, apartments, year round rentals, etc.) • Mixed-use encouraged to provide for daily needs of residents and tourists • All commercial use should be low-intensity, consistent with existing character of neighborhood • Uses and zoning within this area should provide “transition” from South End Neighborhood to SDHBC

41. South End Neighborhood • Future development should be very pedestrian-oriented with safe connections to adjacent areas • Ensure consistency of development in terms of mass, scale, use, and density • Historic structures in this area should be restored/preserved whenever possible • Continue to implement improvements to encourage safe pedestrian mobility