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CORRIDOR MIXED USE
This designation is for properties in commercial retail, office and service uses along and near a high-profile roadway
corridor where mixed-use development outcomes are desired and encouraged. The mix of uses may include residential,
especially to provide additional housing options and forms within the community. Major public and/or institutional
facilities may also serve as development anchors within the area.
Not all properties in this designation will be viable for or result in mixed-use outcomes given their size, location and/or
market position. Therefore, a range of typical stand-alone uses is anticipated as in the Suburban Commercial and General
Commercial designations that are also shown along portions of the Township’s roadway network. Relative to these other
designations, however, Corridor Mixed Use is particularly intended to recognize fundamental paradigm shifts occurring in
the development models for residential, retail, office and hospitality uses, leading to even greater focus on “destination”
developments that creatively mix uses, integrate amenities and emphasize quality design.
Primary Land Use Types
– Commercial retail and service uses, at varying scales and development intensities depending on the physical
characteristics of the particular corridor, and of a specific site and its adjacent uses.
– Office use, sometimes involving large and/or multi-story buildings depending on the site.
– Multi-unit attached residential as a component of mixed-use development, whether for rent (apartments) or
ownership (condominiums, townhomes, row houses, etc.).
– Planned development to accommodate custom site designs and/or mixing of uses.
Characteristics
– Whatever the development approach for a particular
property in Corridor Mixed Use, the design of the
site and its use(s) should be compatible with the
Suburban character established or emerging in its
vicinity, avoid proliferating Auto Urban character and
provide adequate protections and buffering at points
of transition between differing character types.
– Site design and development criteria should be set
to soften the auto-oriented development character
found along most busy roadway corridors, as well as
to enhance safety for pedestrians and cyclists.
Corridor Mixed Use development at the southeast corner of the
Township, just east of Haggerty Road.
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