The Comprehensive Plan and all neighborhood plans should contain standards and principals for creating a better -Public Realm.

Establish an in-house design studio for the creation of best practice planning documents in order to provide design support for plans created by Memphis and Shelby County Governments. The staff should partner with local educational institutions to provide design experience to students.

Create a countywide Streetscape Master Plan to identify the street types and their corresponding streetscape elements which could include raised crosswalks, curb extensions, street trees, on-street parking, bicycle lanes, medians, and street furniture.

A Downtown Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District should be created immediately to provide the Center City Commission with a dedicated funding source needed to fully implement the Downtown Streetscape Master Plan.

The UDC should require all commercial property (including nonconformities) to install required landscaping improvements and achieve compliance with the existing sidewalk ordinance prior to the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy Permit.