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<br />· A transit stop which is within walking distance (generally 14 mile) of <br />anywhere in the node; <br /> <br />· Mixed uses so that services are available within walking distance; <br /> <br />· Public spaces, such as parks. public and private open space, and public <br />facilities, that can be reached without driving; and <br /> <br />· A mix of housing types and residential densities that achieve an overall net <br />density of at least 12 units per net acre, " <br /> <br />Additional information regarding the various types of commercial development is included on <br />pages II-G-4 and II-G-5 of the Metro Plan. The information provides clarification on what <br />constitutes community commercial, neighborhood. commercial and strip or street-oriented <br />commercial and how they differ. The applicant's submittal is for a mixed-use center (community <br />commercial and residential). Although the existing development along River Road is strip <br />commercial the proposed amendments to the Metro Plan and Refinement Plan ensure that a <br />community commercial facility is developed that, while scoping beyond the neighborhood, <br />provides many of the core ingredients ofa neighborhood commercial development including: <br /> <br />· Within convenient 'walking or bicycling distance of an adequate support <br />population. According to the US Census the population of Tract 23 which <br />includes the proposed development and area to the east of River Road is 6,663 <br />persons2. This area \vill provide the primary support population for the <br />proposed development with others coming from the adjacent neighborhood.s3. <br />Bicycle lanes and well designed pedestrian areas are provided and elements of <br />these areas are further explained \vith the proposed refinement plan text <br />amendments. <br /> <br />· Adequate area to accommodate off-street parking and loading needs and <br />land'lcaping, particularly between the center and adjacent residential <br />property. as well as along street Jhmtage next door to outdoor parking areas, <br />The provisions for landscaping and parking will be addressed at time of Site <br />Review and Planned Unit Development application that are proposed to be <br />required as part of the refmement plan text anlendments. Adequate parking <br />and off-street parking and loading areas "vill be provided and shall pay <br />attention to the need to screen nearby residential uses. <br /> <br />· Sz{tlicient frontage to ensure safe and efficient automobile, pedestrian and <br />bicycle access without coriflict with moving trqtlic at intersections and along <br />adjacent streets, The site will have frontage along three streets, River Road, <br />Hunsaker Lane and Green Lane. The refinement plan provides text that cans <br />for primary streets to be internal to the development site and designed as <br />'Shopping Streets' . The development does not propose strip style <br />development and will provide convenient and safe access for automobiles, <br /> <br />2 Source: US Census, http://www.census.gov <br />3 The Santa Clara neighborhood is comprised of two primary Tracts (23 and 24) with a total population of 17,125 <br />people according to the 2000 US Census; it is likely that this area will provide the primary and secondary support <br />for the proposed development. <br /> <br />Santa Clara - Zone Change Application <br />Written Statement - August 2, 2007 <br /> <br />Page 12 of 41 <br />