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.ma,~m-,[] .~ ATTACHMENT 1-3 /vXixed-Use Development in Eugene- Design Principles for More Livable Neighborhoods A publication of the City of Eugene Planning Division - "Connecting citizens to the viSion of Eugene's future." Overview Over the past 50 years, the built environment of most American cities has experienced a fundamental change. This change is characterized by separated, Single- use developments and a fragmented and disconnected street system typified by the dead-end cul-de-sac. The new American landscape is defined by stand-alone industrial and office parks, shopping centers, medical and apartment complexes, and low-density single-family tract developments. Much post-World War II commercial development is located in shopping malls away from housing and places of employment. Contemporary development practices, at their worst, produce isolated, homogenous, auto-dependent places that limit individual choice and have no relationship to their surrounding environments. The site layout and Mixed-use development emphasizes higher densities; design of buildings within the typical modem commercial, mixed land uses; human-scaled design; transportation industrial or residential complex contribute directly to theoptions; neighborhood cohesiveness and convenience; "loss of community" described by many residents of many and livability. By drawing on the best features of older cities- including Eugene. The consequences of this trend neighborhoods and combining them with the best 'i [~,~, il~ ideas of the present, we can choose a different style of · ' "!~ .... ',. t~ i.~ development; one that revitalizes existing neighborhoods [I~ and creates quality new ones; one that limits sprawl and preserves natural resources; that makes travel more donvenient and less time-consuming; and that creates a ili sense of community while building more attractive and functional neighborhoods. - traffic congestion, degraded air and water quality, and - loss of community character - are evident everywhere. In reaction to these trends, the elected officials and citizens of Eugene have enthusiastically endorsed a strategy to manage Eugene's growth, improve the built environment, and promote livable neighborhoods. At the heart of this strategy is a concept to implement mixed-use development in select locations throughout the Eugene urban growth boundary.