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• • • Comprehensive Plan Amendment Village of Hardwood Creek page 5 (3) & (4) Text Amendment: "Mixed Use" Land Use Category and Addressing the Growth Management Ordinance The comprehensive plan Proposed Land Use Map includes twelve land use categories. The text in the Land Use Plan chapter of the document include discussion of nine of the categories. The three categories not discussed are Public /Semi - Public, Manufactured Home Park, and Mixed Use. The 35W interchange area of the Legacy at Woods Edge and the Marketplace developments are the largest areas guided Mixed Use. The other is the area northwest of the Hodgson/CR J intersection. The Mixed Use category should be described in the text of the comprehensive plan, this project site should be listed, and it should be clear that the growth management policy requirement has been addressed. • The following text be added to the comprehensive plan, at the end of the Land Use Plan chapter, on page 97: MIXED USE The Proposed Land Use Map designates several areas for "Mixed Use ". The Mixed Use designation is intended to accommodate development that includes a variety of land uses. This could be a development that integrates uses in the same building, such as residential units above commercial space. It also might include different uses in separate locations as elements of a larger development, as part of a master plan. While it is possible that an appropriate development project in a Mixed Use area could include only one type of land use, other land use designations are available for development with only one type of land use. Development in areas guided Mixed Use typically will take advantage of the flexibility available with the use of a planned unit development. The City does not require a PUD for development in a Mixed Use area. However, it is the preferred design tool because development that includes a variety of uses typically will pose challenges best addressed with the flexibility available with a PUD. Amending the comprehensive plan to guide new areas for Mixed Use should be reserved for areas that have undergone significant environmental review. Commercial development typically will require more impervious surface than residential development, which raises stormwater management design challenges. Traffic generation differs between different land uses. The Mixed Use and use designation envisions varied land uses, and recognizes the possibility of design challenges, including environmental impact issues. These can best be addressed with extensive environmental review. Amending the comprehensive plan to guide new areas for Mixed Use and development with these areas should be reserved for development that promotes clearly identified public purposes. Such purposes may include but are not limited to: