The purpose of the Planned Mixed-Use District is to promote the general welfare, encourage the efficient use of land and resources, promote public health and utility services, and encourage innovation in the planning and building of appropriate types of retail, office and commercial development integrated with appropriate housing types. This district encourages flexibility of design to promote and accommodate environmentally sensitive and efficient use of land, thereby allowing for a unified development that:
(a) Preserves unique or sensitive natural resources and integrates open space within developments.
(b) Plans the appropriate amount of infrastructure, including paved surfaces and utility easements necessary for development.
(c) Reduces erosion and sedimentation by minimizing land disturbance.
(d) Provides an opportunity for an appropriate mix of uses.
(e) Enables an extensive review of design characteristics to ensure that projects are properly integrated into surroundings and are compatible with adjacent development.
(f) Assure combability between proposed land uses through appropriate development controls.
(g) Preserves the streetscape along the roadways, maintaining the character and promoting safe pedestrian movement.
(h) Enhances the welfare and economy of the City of Circleville by making available a variety of employment opportunities, providers of goods and services as well as providing a variety of housing options for the City residents.
(i) Encourages unified development projects that exhibit creative planning and design in ways that cannot be achieved through a standard zoning district yet are imaginative in architectural design and are consistent with the applicable public plans for the area and are compatible with surrounding land uses.
(Ord. 02-13-2023. Passed 2-21-23.)