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of Texas State University. Although the General Commercial District permits all of the potential uses envisioned for this development, the GC District standards are better suited for more traditional highway frontage commercial uses. Large setbacks, restrictive landscaping placement, and parking standards based on a vehicular customer base are inconsistent with the form, use, and orientation of the project as depicted on the attached Concept Plan. PDD Districts are intended to encourage flexible and creative planning, to ensure the compatibility of land uses, to allow for the adjustment of changing demands to meet the current needs of the community, and to result in a higher quality development for the community than would result from the use of conventional zoning districts. It is a goal of this project to achieve a higher quality development than could otherwise be permitted by the generic development standards of the conventional GC zoning district. Part 2. Land Use Designation 2.01. Base Zoning — General Commercial (GC) District. The GC, General Commercial District is intended to provide locations for limited (light) commercial and service- related establishments, such as wholesale product sales, automotive supply stores, veterinary services, and other similar limited commercial uses. The District permits service- related establishments including, but not limited to, offices, commercial, restaurant, retail and service type uses by right which match the intended use for the Project Site. This zoning district also allows uses such as "auto dealer ", "automotive repair', "lube /oil change /minor inspection ", and "home improvement center' which are not intended uses for the project site. The Future Land Use Map designates this area as Commercial and as being within the Sector Eight Planning Area. However, the Sector Eight Plan has not been adopted due to its partial location within the designated boundaries of the Downtown Master Plan. The project site is within the boundary of the Downtown Master Plan study area and is consistent with the goals and objectives of the Plan. 2.02. PDD Restrictions on Land Use. The Project Site will be developed in a single phase for uses indicated as permitted or conditional in the General Commercial (GC) zoning district except as amended by Section 3.02 of this document. Part 3. Land Use Restrictions 3.01. Generally. As stated above, the base zoning for the Project Site will be the General Commercial (GC) District. Except as supplemented or modified in these Development Standards, all regulations applicable to that base zoning district will apply to the Project Site. The Project Site will be restricted to the uses identified in Section 2.02 above. 3.02 Permitted, Conditional, and Prohibited Uses. The following use table will regulate the "P" permitted, "C" conditional, and "X" prohibited uses within the Project is Site: