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2. The creation of a distinct physical settlement surrounded by a protected landscape of <br />generally open land used for agricultural, forest, recreational and environmental <br />protection purposes. <br />3. Dwellings, shops, and workplaces generally located in close proximity to each other, <br />the scale of which accommodates and promotes pedestrian travel for trips within the <br />village. <br />4. Modestly sized buildings fronting on, and aligned with, streets in a disciplined <br />manner. <br />5. A generally rectilinear pattern of streets, alleys and blocks reflecting the street <br />network in existing small villages which provides for a balanced mix of pedestrians <br />and automobiles. <br />6. Squares greens, landscaped streets and parks woven into street and block patterns to <br />provide space for social activity, parks and visual enjoyment. <br />7. Provision of buildings for civic assembly or for other common purposes that act as <br />visual landmarks and symbols of identity within the community. <br />8. A recognizable, functionally diverse, but visually unified village focused on a village <br />green or square. <br />9. Development of a size and scale, which accommodates and promotes pedestrian <br />travel rather than motor vehicle trips within the village. <br />10. Compliance with the policies embodied in this chapter for the development of a <br />village mixed use. <br />(b) The VMU district shall be a conditional use district authorized under N.C.G.S. 160A -382. <br />As such, property may be placed within this district only in response to a petition by the owners of all the <br />property to be included. <br />(c) As indicated in the Table of Permissible Uses, the only permissible use within a VMU district <br />is a village mixed use development, and a village mixed use development is only permissible within a VMU <br />district. <br />(d) Property may be rezoned to the VMU district only when the property proposed for such <br />rezoning: <br />(1) Comprises at least fifty, but not more than two hundred, contiguous acres. For <br />purposes of this subsection, acreage is not "contiguous" to other acreage if separated <br />by a public street or connected only at a point less than one hundred feet in width; and <br />(2) Is so located in relationship to existing or proposed public streets that traffic <br />(Page 6 of 33 <br />