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Discussion - Planned Mixed Use (PMIX) Zoning District - Purpose and Intended Use
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The following information is being provided in response to the Commission's request for a discussion concerning the Planned Mixed Use (PMIX) zoning classification. The Planned Mixed Use zoning district was created to provide opportunities for mixed use developments, varied densities, housing options, conservation of open space, and to provide commercial facilities and employment centers conveniently located to housing. With appropriate design standards, the PMIX district is intended to create efficient development of both small and large tracts of land and encourage innovative and imaginative site planning, making a higher quality development and better use of developable land.
PMIX Zoning District
Statement of intent and purpose
*Provide greater flexibility in development standards to unique conditions of a particular development site
*Permit a mixture of uses and a more comprehensive response to market conditions
*Obtain greater economic vitality, higher design standards of site and building design, high level of environmental sensitivity, and more satisfying living and working environments than can be achieved by other zoning districts.
Applicability
PMIX zoning may be considered if any one of the following conditions exist:
*More than one land use is proposed for development on a single parcel, where only a single use is permitted under other zoning classifications
*Different land uses that would not otherwise be permitted to locate within the same zoning district are proposed for development on one or more adjacent parcels under single or separate ownership
*An exception or variation from the size, setback, frontage, density, uses or other standards that are required in other zoning districts permitting the same uses are being proposed as part of a development plan
PMIX is intended to encourage:
*Flexible placement of residential structures
*Grouping of op...
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