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Land UseDRAFT 3-27 <br />Medium-Density Residential <br />Medium-density residential areas are intended to accommodate densities in the <br />range of 6 to 12 units per acre including housing types such as attached and detached <br />townhomes, row houses, two-family dwellings, manufactured housing, and small- <br />scale apartments. These are primarily infill areas where medium-density housing <br />already exists and more can be anticipated. The intent will be to make these areas <br />integral parts of the neighborhood rather than edges or buffers to it. <br />High-Density Residential <br />High-density residential areas are intended to be located in higher activity <br />areas where residents can partake in a life-style which is rich in convenience and <br />accessibility and less auto-dependent. These areas are intended to be located where <br />convenient shopping and accessible transit is nearby, and/or other amenities are <br />available. They are also intended to be integral parts of neighborhoods rather than <br />freestanding or isolated elements. <br />This housing type, consisting of apartments and condominiums, is intended to <br />exceed a density of 12-units per acre at a minimum, and is expected to include levels <br />exceeding 30-units per acre with a maximum of 50 units per acre. <br />Mixed Use – Regional Node <br />The City intends the Mixed Use – Regional Node designation to be for areas serving <br />community and regional needs with convenient and immediate access to regional <br />highways and Interstates. These areas are targeted to have regional-serving <br />commercial retail or service businesses, offices, and high-density housing. The <br />mix of uses will tend to lean commercial with, in most cases, at least 50 percent <br />of development being commercial in nature. Commercial, office, and residential <br />development may be combined vertically in the same building or horizontally on the <br />same or adjacent sites. When uses are mixed within a building; retail, service, and <br />civic uses should be focused on the ground floor while housing and offices should be <br />focused on the upper floors. <br />Residential uses will primarily consist of higher-density stacked multi-family <br />housing, with the possibility of higher-density row homes or townhouses utilized <br />as a transition into surrounding neighborhoods. Development is expected to be <br />around 35% residential with density of residential development at 12 - 50 units <br />per acre. The mix of uses will be more automobile-oriented than other Mixed <br />Use nodes, but pedestrian facilities are still important to ensure safe movement <br />through the site. Parking should be optimized, with shared parking where possible/ <br />feasible, and parking facilities on the interior of the site. The intensity of mixed use <br />- community development will vary depending on its location within the City and <br />surrounding uses, but generally will be more intense in nature. Because frequent and <br />reliable transit service greatly benefits Mixed Use – Regional Nodes, transit service <br />maintenance and expansion to these areas should be supported.