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h......~.a.. ~ :i».7t.~i'..ai.iL`~iFYiltit. 4......t3i... t...b~o.i~" rt.{r'Pcn..., f .... .,.e.~€`~Yit ....... ........: `C. ~ ..... ..: ~...af.. r .,.,...~~i .. ~ ... d..4.... ... :.;t~i'i... <br />1 portions of the development are occupied only in accordance with a schedule that relates occupancy of such <br />2 nonresidential portions of the development to the completion of a specified percentage or specified. number <br />3 of phases or sections of the residential portions of the development. The purpose and intent of this provision <br />4 is to ensure that the approval process for a village mixed use development is not used, intentionally or <br />5 ~ unintentionally, to create nonresidential -uses in areas generally zoned for residential uses except as part of an <br />6 integrated and well-planned primarily residential development. <br />7 <br />8 (e) The open space provided within a village mixed use development pursuant to Section 15-198 <br />9 shall include areas known as "village conservancy use areas "and "greens, pazks, and squares." <br />10 <br />11 (1) Conservancy use areas are areas designed to create a visual and physical distinction <br />12 between the development, the surrounding countryside, and any neighboring <br />13 developments. <br />14 , <br />15 (2) Greens, pazks and squares are spatially defined and distributed open spaces within the <br />16 village mixed use development designed to serve a variety of outdoor leisure and <br />17 assembly needs of village residents and to enhance the form and appearance of the <br />18 ~ development. <br />19 <br />20 (3) There shall be a main village green, which shall be centrally located in close <br />21 proximity to the storefront azea as described in subsection (a)(2). Other, .smaller <br />22 greens shall be dispersed throughout the remainder of the village center in such a way <br />23 that no lot is more than a walking distance of 1,320 feet from a green, square or pazk. <br />24 ~ The main village green shall be designed to a pedestrian scale and shall be no less <br />25 than 30,000 square feet in size, while the other, smaller greens, squares and pazks <br />26 shall be no Tess than 10,000 square feet in size. <br />27 <br />28 (4) Open space areas set aside in accordance with this section may be used to satisfy the <br />29 forty percent requirement of subsection 15-198(c). If the areas the developer is <br />30 required to set aside as open space under Section. TS-198 together with the azeas <br />31 required to be set aside under this subsection exceed forty percent of the mixed use <br />32 development, then the boazd of aldermen shall allow the developer to set aside less <br />33 than the one or more of the categories of open space otherwise required under Section <br />34 i5-19$ or this subsection so that the developer is not required to preserve as open <br />35 space more than forty percent of the development tract. <br />36 <br />37 (fl Village Mixed Use Developments shall meet the following objectives with regard to land use <br />38 arrangement and design criteria: <br />39 <br />40 (1) Overall Form. <br />41 <br />42 a. Open space should be designed to follow the natural features whenever <br />43 possible and to provide for an agricultural, forest and undeveloped character <br />~ ofthe land. <br />45 <br />46 b. The core of the village shall be distinguished from the peripheral, contiguous <br />......_.......... _ ......................».»...»»..................»......».....-SPage 12~of 3S ........................-_......-.-....-..»..........»..».................-................................ <br />