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Residential development goals: · Maintain low to medium density suburban style development around the Town of Harrisburg and areas south of Highway 24/27. · Target areas south of Rocky River Road and Highway 24/27 for open space and agricultural preservation. Cluster style neighborhoods would be appropriate in this area. · Permit the development of medium and higher density housing within the Mixed Residential, Town Center, and Village Mixed-Use districts. The design of proposed multi-family and single-family attached projects is an important factor that should be considered by potential developers. · New residential development should be directed to areas already served by public water and sewer. Specific Recommendations: · Land zoned MDR (medium density residential) and LDR (low density residential) should be rezoned to allow for open space preservation. · Rezone the County's MDR zoning district between Rocky River Road and the Town of Harrisburg's ETJ to match the permitted densities in the Town's ETJ. · Add a new conditional zoning district to the Town's Zoning Ordinance in accordance with the goals of the Mixed Residential district. The new district will require a design review process for higher density housing projects. · Create a new tool in the Harrisburg zoning ordinance to permit cluster developments. These developments would preserve open space by providing opportunities for the creation of recreation based neighborhoods (such as a golf course community). Employment Uses The projected population increases will bring additional pressure to enhance the employment opportunities within the Harrisburg area and surrounding communities. In fact, without new employment oppommities the population boom will surely slow. This need for new employment opportunities will require local government to reserve areas that are well suited to industrial and office development. Local Employment Retail trade is an important aspect of the local economy. In 1998 there were fifty-one commercial uses in the Harrisburg area, forty-six of which were located in the Town. The majority of these establishments are located along Highway 49 and are laid out in a strip commercial manner. The retail shops in operation in Harrisburg are mostly small in size and designed to serve the local population. None of the retail stores are large employers (i.e., employ more than twenty-five persons). Of even greater importance to local employment are the area's industrial (manufacturing wholesale distribution, NASCAR/mce-related) establishments. The largest industrial establishments account for 1,451 local jobs (Table 4). 14