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20-Minute Neighborhood – Encourage a neighborhood where people can meet most of their daily needs, including shopping, work, school, socializing, and gathering, within a safe, convenient, and inviting 20-minute walking distance. Community Gathering Spaces – Create places for people to gather and socialize throughout the neighborhood at parks, public plazas, businesses, transit station areas, schools, community centers, and other welcoming locations. Neighborhood Centers – Plan for areas of higher activity and mixed-uses at key centers along the Corridor where transit, businesses, a variety of housing options, gathering spaces, and other neighborhood places are concentrated. Centers and Not Centers – Along the Corridor, balance the placement of Centers with other places that are less concentrated and lower-intensity to create a rhythm of active and quieter spaces. Buffer Existing Uses – Use a blend of open spaces, landscape and green network places, and use and development standards to provide buffer and spacing between uses and help mitigate undue impacts from adjacent development uses. Buffer the Greenway - Use a blend of open spaces, landscape and green network places, and use and development standards to provide buffer and spacing between the Willamette Greenway and existing and new development and public access sites, helping preserve the quiet and secluded qualities of the neighborhood river. Active Streets in Centers – Encourage active business, housing, and public uses along streets in Neighborhood Centers with projects and spaces that have a strong street presence and unify public and private spaces. 3. River Road Corridor Zones The zoning code framework for River Road Corridor creates four new base zones: • Corridor Mixed-Use (COR-MU) • Corridor Residential (COR-RES) • Residential Middle Options (R-M) • Residential Middle Options Plus (R-M Plus) These new zones (COR-MU, COR-RES, R-M and R-M Plus) will replace most existing zoning designations (C-1, C-2, R-1, R-2, GO and AG) in the River Road Corridor area. The new zones will regulate residential building types in addition to land use and permit requirements. The residential building types will be defined in the Admin Draft Code. The State of Oregon Model Code for Middle Housing (under development in 2020) will also create definitions for these types and the final code draft should align with the Oregon Model Code definitions. CC Agenda - Page 40