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• • • 1.4. ORGANIZATION The Design and Development Standards are organized by the following categories. Mixed Use Districts Allow a range of retail, office, and other commercial uses, within an environment that is highly oriented to the pedestrian. Upper -story residential uses are also permitted. Highway Commercial Districts Allow uses that are more auto - oriented, such as fast -food restaurants and auto services. Civic Districts Allow community facilities such as libraries, City Hall, senior housing, day care, and community recreation such as YMCAs. Residential Districts Housing. Allow a variety of housing types, as long as parameters for density, design and common open space are met Ground Floor Retail or Office Space. In certain areas, ground floor retail or office space is also encouraged, to enliven streets adjacent to parks and provide transition zones between Residential Districts and other Districts. Commons. A minimum area of Publicly- Accessible Commons (parks or other community recreation areas) is also required in each Residential District the location and design are flexible. Public Improvements Guidelines for public facilities, including streets, street trees, street lighting, infrastructure, and site planning are provided in Chapter 5. Streets are conceived as part of the "public realm," to accommodate pedestrians, cyclists, and automobiles, rather than serving simply as automobile. travelways. Generous sidewalks, on- street parking, frequent street trees, and integrated street furnishings contribute to the pedestrian - oriented quality of the streets. Open Space Districts Open Space Districts include Parks and Natural Resource Areas. They create a hierarchy of open space within the project area, ranging from formal parks or greens to undisturbed landscape and habitat areas. Further discussion and schematic design for parks are in Chapter 5, in the section on Open Space Districts: Parks and Natural &source Areas. Parks. Linear parks are planned in the median of the major streets south of I -35W in the Town Center. Another small park occurs in the center of the traffic circle in this area. A larger, triangular park is planned adjacent to Mixed -Use Districts. Natural Resource Areas. Natural Resource Areas are valuable habitat areas such as forests, heaths, and meadows which will be protected in their natural state to safeguard ecological processes and wildlife. They form a greenbelt of native landscape around the perimeter of the site, with "fingers" of naturalized drainages extending into the Town Center area.