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Commercial (COM) The Commercial designation provides areas for service retail, highway, and neighborhood - oriented retail establishments to develop. This designation includes commercial, office, and retail uses and is generally concentrated along key transportation corridors. This designation does not include residential development. Mixed -Use (MIX) The Mixed -Use designation provides opportunities for multiple compatible uses on a single site. These uses can include residential, commercial, office, retail, and public/quasi-public uses. The MIX land use designation allows residential development at a minimum density of 10 units per net acre and maximum density of 60 units per net acre. General Layout The applicant is showing development of 8 parcels of land into separate residential and commercial lots, to be developed separately. The uses proposed are single family homes, multi- family townhomes, apartments, senior housing and various commercial business. In discussions with the applicant the proposed residential lots (DR Horton) and the apartments, would be the first phase. The sketch plan is proposing different zoning districts and land use than what is guided and required for the properties. The total number of proposed units and total buildable acreage of the development is not clear and is not consistent between the proposed sketch plans provided. The plan shows access to the sites from the extension of Victor Path, crossing Oneka Parkway, and connecting to the proposed extension of Fenway Boulevard from the south to the north connecting to Frenchman Road/CSAH 8. The frontage road is intended to relieve traffic and reduce the number of access points along Frenchman Road/CSAH 8. The properties are guided Low Density Residential (LD), Commercial (COM), and Mixed -Use (MIX). The developer has stated that they would like to increase the amount of residential and decrease the amount of commercial. The developer stated that this is necessary due to "balance of use, absorption demand and return on investment". The developer has also stated that the existing market for residential is greater than the commercial market. Staff understands the residential market has been on the raise. The City's zoning districts and comprehensive plan includes several acres of property to accommodate residential development throughout the City. The applicant has not clarified if they will be applying for a Planned Unit Development (PUD), but it is likely. PUDs offer flexibility to develop a site through the relaxation of most normal zoning district standards. The use of PUD zoning can allow for a greater variety of uses, internal transfers of density, construction phasing and a potential for lower development costs. In exchange for this flexibility, the City has the expectation that the development plan will result in a significantly higher quality and more sensitive proposal than would have been the case with the use of other, more standard zoning districts. PUD approval may be granted if the applicant can demonstrate compliance with the following criteria: Oneka Commons Sketch Plan