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Mixed Use Areas Guidance and Recommendations The location of planned mixed use areas is shown on Figure 10 -3. Hodgson Road (CSAH 49) and County Road 7 (Ash Street) A Master Plan was prepared for the Mixed Use area at Hodgson Road (CSAH 49) and County Road 3 (Ash Street). The "Hodgson Road & CR J Master Planning Study ", which was approved by the City Council in 2007, is the culmination of a planning process and includes a Master Plan for the area. All development in the area must be consistent with the Master Plan. The plan is intended to establish a general land use design with some specified important design elements. It is not intended to drive out existing businesses and does not mandate the exact site layout or specific uses of individual parcels. However, because infrastructure design is the driving force of the study, the design of individual development projects must accommodate the infrastructure needs for the larger study area. Both the Master Plan drawing and the accompanying Planning and Development Requirements must be considered together to guide decisions on development. The complete study document should be referred to for background information. While the Master Plan includes specific design elements, future amendments of the Plan may be appropriate to address evolving community needs, market forces, and regulatory requirements. The planning study assumed that approximately half of the area would develop with residential uses at approximately 10 units per acre. Resource Management Recommendations The resource management recommendations for Planning District 1 are shown on Figure 10 -4. The specific resource management recommendations for Reshanau, Middle Creek, Sherman, and Baldwin RMUs follow. Reshanau RMU Existing Conditions Recommendations: • Wetland plant communities comprising the backbone of the Ditch 25 system provide a natural greenway corridor. Interspersed upland areas could be incorporated into the greenway corridor to increase habitat functioning of the wetlands and provide passive recreation. Wetland restoration credit is possible by restoring the hydrology of partially drained wetlands. RMP Future Conditions Recommendations: • The ACD -25 ditch corridor is largely continuous and provides excellent opportunities for a greenway corridor. Throughout the corridor there are opportunities for wetland restoration projects and vegetation management that would not only improve the ecological value of the corridor, but could also be designed in a way that could help mitigate the impacts of increased flows and volumes within the corridor. 10 -6 • • •