City of Cedar Falls Comprehensive Plan

CEDAR FALLS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN

Table 9.1: L and Use Category Charac ter i s t i cs and Loc at ion Cr i ter ia Land Use Category

Use Characteristics

- Includes a range of low impact commercial uses, providing a variety of neighborhood services.

Neighborhood Commercial / Mixed Use

- Accommodates service related commercial uses.

- Allows residential units above commercial development.

- Includes low to moderate building and impervious coverage.

Features and Location Criteria

- Should be located along major streets and in areas close to residential growth centers.

- Should emphasize pedestrian scale and relationships among businesses.

- Traffic systems should provide good internal traffic flow. - Negative effects on surrounding residential areas should be limited by location and buffering.

- Good landscaping and restrictive signage standards should be maintained.

- Good pedestrian/bicycle connections should be provided into surrounding areas.

- The dominance of automobiles should be moderated by project design.

• Includes a variety of commercial, office, and high-density residential uses.

• Establishes larger buildings and parking facilities than neighborhood commercial

Community Commercial Center

• These serve as local foci of retail activity and are distributed across the City to serve community needs with freestanding commercial uses and shopping centers on larger lots.

• Should be typically located on arterials at major intersections (nodes) or in established commercial areas along arterial.

• These should be fairly accessible to transit and should supply an adjacent amount of off street parking.

• Traffic systems should provide alternative routes and good internal traffic flow.

• Negative effects on surrounding residential areas should be limited by location and buffering

• Good landscaping and restrictive signage standards should be maintained.

• Good pedestrian/bicycle connections should be provided into surrounding residential service areas.

- Traditional downtown district of Cedar Falls. - Includes mix of uses, primarily commercial, office, and limited upper level residential.

Downtown Mixed Use

- Should be the primary focus of major civic uses, including government, cultural services, and other civic facilities.

- Developments outside the center of the city should be encouraged to have “downtown” characteristics, including mixed use buildings and an emphasis on pedestrian scale.

• Include auto-oriented, primarily retail/service/ office commercial and high density residential areas that serve surrounding neighborhoods as well as citywide consumers.

Commercial Corridor

• Typically contains small scale retail and personal services as well as community uses such as major grocery stores and office buildings.

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- Establishes mixed use pattern in the traditional city center. May also apply to planned mixed use areas.

- Recognizes downtown development patterns without permitting undesirable land uses.

- District may expand with development of appropriately designed adjacent projects.

- New projects should respect pedestrian scale and design patterns and setbacks within the overall district.

- Historic preservation is a significant value. - Good pedestrian and bicycle links should be provided, including non- motorized access to surrounding residential areas.

• Typically located along major transportation corridors, lining both sides of the street.

• Pedestrian traffic should be encouraged and neighborhood scale retained where applicable.

• Signage and site features should respect neighborhood scale. • Commercial and office development in mixed-use areas should minimize impact on housing.

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