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12 <br />Adopted March 11, 2013 <br />arterial or collector street and back up to single family neighborhoods. Buildings and uses will generally <br />be in scale with the surrounding neighborhoods and be walkable as well as providing vehicular access. <br />Sites may be single use or, mixed use, may incorporate residential uses or may be solely residential at a <br />higher density than the adjacent neighborhood. Zoning Districts: R -10; Multi- family; Neighborhood <br />Business; Neighborhood Business Special Use; Central Commercial; Central Commercial Special <br />Use; Multi- Family Special Use; Residential Special Use <br />Retail Services. These areas focus on retail and commercial uses. They should be located near <br />residential and employment areas to provide good access to commerce and personal services. Retail areas <br />can have a range of characteristics depending on their primary markets. The larger scale regional draws <br />are more automobile- oriented and draw people from throughout the region. These areas should be located <br />near interstate access, and they may include larger scale stores like "big boxes ", warehouse clubs, and <br />large specialty retailers. Smaller, accessory uses can also locate in these areas to provide convenience <br />shopping and include restaurants and smaller specialty retailers; often located on out - parcels or in smaller <br />shopping centers. Zoning Districts: Neighborhood Business; Neighborhood Business Special Use; <br />Central Commercial; Central Commercial Special Use; General Commercial; High Intensity <br />Commercial; Entranceway Special Use; Special Design Special Use <br />Suburban Office Comnlex. These areas provide opportunities to for office and employment enterprises <br />which do not rely on walk -in customers or have a manufacturing component. Businesses may be large or <br />small but will generally arrange themselves in a campus setting with limited walkability and supporting <br />services. Developments of this type should be kept small in nature to limit the peak transportation impact <br />and limited vitality. Zoning Districts: Limited Office; Office Institutional; Business Park; Economic <br />Development District; Entranceway Special Use; Special Design Special Use <br />Town Center. This area incorporates the historic structures, civic uses, commercial opportunities, and <br />the active pedestrian environment that is the downtown core of Hillsborough. The core commercial areas <br />are to be preserved and enhanced over the long -term and should provide mixed -use opportunities that <br />combine second -floor residential units with ground floor commercial, office, or institutional uses. <br />Zoning Districts: R -20; Office Institutional; Central Commercial; Central Commercial Special Use <br />