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HARRISBURG AREA LAND USE PLAN Civic/ Institutional Civic /Institutional: Recognizes areas where a public use is appropriate to serve the needs of the overall community. Predominant Use(s): Schools, hospitals, and civic buildings. Characteristics: o Institutional and civic facilities are centrally located within a neighborhood or commercial area to be a focal point and organizing element in such development. o Several neighborhoods may be oriented around a larger institution, such as a high school, centrally located to the broader community that it serves. • Architecture is enhanced by landscaping (existing or planted) to soften the hard edges • Smaller -sized institutions and civic uses are typically accessed via collector streets, while arterials (two- or four -lane) typically serve larger institutions. Mixed Use Mixed Use: Accommodates development that combines commercial, and civic /institutional land uses with a mixture of housing types where supported by infrastructure. Predominant Use(s): Retail, office, multi - tenant (flex space), single - family detached and attached residential, multi - family residential at medium density, and civic and institutional uses. Characteristics: • Uses are seamlessly integrated and may include multi- storey structures that have two or more uses located within them (on separate floors). • Architecture is enhanced by landscaping (existing or planted) to soften the hard edges. The Mixed Use land use category accommodates development that combines two or more compatible uses to create a pedestrian - friendly, compact development pattern where it is supported by infrastructure. • Uses are not separated by buffers. • Located in areas where infrastructure can support it (more intense than other land use categories). • Typically, highways, four -lane divided roads and collector streets are primary form of access, while collector and local streets provide access internal to the development, and curb and gutter is more widely used. PART V: THE HARRISBURG AREA LAND USE MAP AYIGUST 2010 ttachment number 1 G -1 Page 358 The Civic /Institutional land use category recognizes areas where a public land use is appropriate to serve the needs of the community.