MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT

Mixed-Use Development

The mixed-use development is characterized as pedestrian-friendly development that blends two or more residential, commercial, cultural, institutional, and/or industrial uses. Mixed use is one of the ten principles of , a planning strategy that seeks to foster community design and development that serves the economy, community, public health, and the environment.

While mixed use has become a popular buzz word, the term can be confusing. It is not just limited to a multi-story development that incorporates commercial use on the first floor with residential uses on upper floors.

Mixed-Use Development characterizes mixed-use development as one that

• Provides three or more significant revenue-producing uses (such as retail/entertainment, office, Residential, hotel, and/or civic/cultural/recreation),
• Fosters integration, density, and compatibility of land uses, and
• Creates a workable community with uninterrupted pedestrian connections

Vertical Mixed-Use Development

• Combines different uses within the same building
• Provides for more public uses on the lower floor such as retail shops, restaurants, of commercial businesses
• Provides for more private uses on the upper floors such as residential units, hotel rooms, or office space.