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Consultants present 'Main Street' vision for Tubbs Street and Oakland Avenue overlay
Summary
Consultants outlined a Main Street vision for Tubbs Street and Oakland Avenue that emphasizes widened sidewalks, trees, traffic calming, and incentives such as density bonuses and public plazas; staff and board discussed implementation, trails, parking, and next procedural steps to PNZ and the town commission.
Katie McGruder, a consultant presenting on behalf of DICK'S High Plus Partners, told the Appearance Review Board the Tubbs Street–Oakland Avenue overlay is intended to "reenvision this corridor as the heart of Oakland, a living room for the town where life unfolds at a human pace." She described a streetscape strategy that prioritizes pedestrians with wider sidewalks and shade, uses a materials palette drawn from Florida history (tabby shell, red brick, crushed coquina), and integrates stormwater strategies beneath the street.
McGruder and the consultant team said the study area is organized into character districts — Gateway, Heritage Walk and Canopy — and that incentives such as density bonuses, LEED-like certifications, and developer-funded public plazas or stormwater facilities would be available to achieve the design goals. The consultants explained that required properties (shown in solid color in the plan) would be subject to the overlay standards when they undergo major renovation or redevelopment, while striped properties may opt in. The board was told the amendment would move next to Planning & Zoning for a transmittal hearing, then to the town commission and the state for final processing; staff will return with more detailed land development code standards.
