Mixed Use Centers are designed to create vibrant, pedestrian environments
Typical Mixed Use Center Land Uses:
in which people can live, work, shop and obtain daily services. Buildings
with different uses, sometimes even on different floors, are arranged
• Multiple family and attached housing
• Offices
within walking distance to each other and are connected via sidewalks.
Obtaining moderate to higher densities and paying close attention to
• Clinics
design and quality are critical aspects of mixed use centers.
• Restaurants, including
outdoor dining
Characteristics of Mixed Use Centers include:
• Coffee shop
• Walking relationship between uses
• Deli/market
• Street activity from morning through evening
• Grocery store
• Multi-story buildings, generally with more active uses on first floor
• Minimal front setbacks
• Urban gathering spaces
(e.g. farmer’s market)
• Buildings and sites designed for pedestrians not automobiles
• Dry cleaner
• Parking located on streets, to rear of buildings, and/or in structures
• Day care
• Transit service potential
• Drug store
A
Retail/Residential Above
• Building entrances oriented to street
B
Retail/Office Flex Space
C
Retail
Front View
Multi-Family Residential
F
E
Gas Station
Office/Residential Above
B
Office
C
Retail/Office
Retail
Main Street
Retail/Residential
Gas Station
Retail/Office
F
Cross Street
A
Retail/Residential
Pumps Behind Building
D
Rear Yard
Shared Parking
E
Office/
Residential
Residential
D
Office
– 2nd Floor Office
– Fuel Pumps in Back