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I I I Sector One Chapter 3 - Tomorrow areas should generally be located on major thoroughfares, away from neighborhoods, and buffered from incompatible neighboring uses, · Mixed Use: This category is characterized by a mixture of commercial and residential development. Ideally development in areas designated Mixed Use would include a combination of uses in a pedestrian-friendly neighborhood center. Mixing of uses is encouraged both horizontally across the landscape and vertically within buildings (for example, second floor residential or office over first floor commercial). Industrial Industrial land uses include manufacturing, storage, warehousing, and related potentially high impact uses, The only industrial area planned for Sector One is located adjacent to the railroad tracks behind the planned commercial at the intersection of Wonder World Drive and the railroad tracks, Public and Institutional Public and institutional land uses are typified by public and semi-public uses of the land, including uses such as schools, university facilities, governmental buildings, airports, cemeteries, churches, nonprofit organizations, etc. The future land use map typically only shows existing public uses and does not pre-identify locations for new public facilities. Small-scale public and institutional uses are generally appropriate throughout the Sector, These uses are characterized by small buildings with limited parking and minimal impacts to the surrounding neighborhood. Larger scale public uses are more appropriate along major thoroughfares and in areas designated for higher intensity development, such as commercial, industrial, or mixed use and where the existing. infrastructure, particularly the transportation system, will accommodate the higher intensity development. Open Space Open space areas include both active recreational areas such as neighborhood and community parks and passive open space areas such as natural areas, agricultural land, and sensitive environmental areas such as floodplains and wetlands. There are currently two city parks in Sector One: Dunbar Park (7,3 acres) adjacent to Mitchell St. and MLK Dr. and an unnamed, undeveloped park (3 acres) at the corner of Dixon St. and Belvin St. In addition there are open space areas in the Sector including the site of Ezell's Cave between Belvin St. and Brown St. and various city-owned properties located in the floodplain of Purgatory Creek. Also, the approximately 500 acre Purgatory Creek Greenspace is located just outside the Sector upstream on Purgatory Creek. This plan encourages the acquisition and/or preservation of parks and open space in the Sector, particularly along the Purgatory Creek corridor. Parkland emphasis should include: I) the development of active parkland within neighborhoods; 2) the preservation of sensitive environmental features; and 3) the creation of an interconnected system of parks, trails, and greenways through the strategic location of parks and open space, All new residential development WIthin the City must dedicate park land per the requirements of the City's subdivision ordinance. DRAFT: September 13, 2004 3-5