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General Gateway and Village Center Planning Area Details (Mixed Use) The five Gateway and Village Center planning areas are shown on Figure 3 - Gem Lake Example Plan Subzones and Figure 4 - Gem Lake Example Concept Site Plans on the preceding pages. The colored areas on Figure 3 - Gem Lake Example Plan Subzones indicate the suggested land uses (subzones) in each of these planning areas. These subzones are designed to express a range of mixed uses including residential, small-scale commercial, ground floor retail with offices and residential/rental above, with residential building densities, transitioning from rural to urban conditions. The subzones provide for allocation of building types, open space standards and design guidelines. These subzones are intended to accommodate a diverse mixture of building types and uses, housing choices (including adequate supply of affordable housing) and land use. The particular mix encouraged in each subzone is based on the relative position of that subzone within the Gateway and Village Center planning area. Figure 4 - Gem Lake Example Concept Site Plans shows how structures might be placed in the areas in the Gateway and Village Center mixed use area. The subzones identified in Figure 3 - Gem Lake Example Plan Subzones are defined as follows: Neighborhood Edge. This subzone is intended primarily for lower density residential development, and to act as a transition between new construction and existing single-family detached structures on adjacent lands. This subzone will accommodate single-family dwellings on larger lots, or more compact homes (sometimes called "villas"). These villas could be placed either on larger lots or on compact lots with enhanced buffers, shared with ancillary buildings and served from a front or side driveway. Neighborhood General. This subzone is intended to accommodate single family structures on compact lots or multi -family structures that look like individual large homes. Garages will be served from an alley, or if from the street, to a turned garage mass. Attached row houses, providing common side walls and vehicular access from an alley or rear parking area, are also suggested. Neighborhood Mixed -Use. This subzone is intended to establish a neighborhood focus that is distinguished by civic buildings, small-scale commercial/business/office and mixed use buildings, together with other residential buildings at higher densities (to support the inclusion of affordable housing) than exist in the "Neighborhood General" zone. This district will allow for density bonuses to ensure a density of at least 6 units per acre is available for affordable housing as a means for achieving affordable housing goals. This subzone will accommodate a variety of activities and services within easy walking distance from homes, supporting daily convenience shopping and personal service needs, and also providing opportunities for public gathering and social contact. Neighborhood Center. This subzone is intended for the most urban conditions within all of the shown mixed use areas. The mixture of land uses emphasizes ground -floor retail with offices and residential/rental above (as market acceptance matures), and structures providing commercial space for medium and large —sized retailers. Street frontages throughout this subzone should be pedestrian -oriented, and defined by building facades at the back of the sidewalk. SE H 5.0 land goals and policies I page 28