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1.0 Purpose d Objectives <br />1.1 PURPOSE <br />The purpose of the Metro East Mixed Use Overlay <br />Zone, hereinafter referred to as the MEMU Overlay <br />Zone, is to introduce development forms and uses that <br />will provide for the creation of a high-intensity, mixed-use <br />urban village within a previously developed mid -rise to <br />high-rise office environment. This chapter establishes <br />standardswhich will fulfill the following major objectives for <br />this mixed-use urban village area. <br />1.2 OBJECTIVES <br />Mixed-use urban village prototype <br />The Metro East Mixed Use Overlay Zone is intended to <br />create a unique urban environment that achieves the <br />following objectives: <br />a. Create an active, mixed-use urban village where it is <br />possible to live, work, shop and play all within a short <br />walk of each other. <br />b. Facilitate well-designed new mixed-use development <br />projects that combine residential and nonresidential uses <br />through innovative and flexible design solutions. <br />C. Achieve the harmonious integration of new mixed- <br />use development projects within the existing fabric of <br />the mid -rise and high-rise office environment and <br />commercial land uses. <br />d. Encourage urban form and architecture that <br />incorporate contemporary design styles and solutions <br />as well as the use of sustainable building and site design <br />concepts such as green buildings, energy -conserving <br />building materials, and landscaping designs that reduce <br />water consumotion. <br />t I nrer�o easy fn[ xea-u: <br />Create highly-amenitized streetscapes that provide <br />items such as landscaping, street furniture, niche or <br />linear parks, passive and active water features, <br />public plazas and courtyards, public art, and public <br />transportation shelters in a design that integrates <br />the public realm with adjacent private <br />development and serves to create a distinct <br />identity for the district. <br />Contemporary design solutions <br />f. Provide for an appropriate interface of land uses and <br />development intensities relative to the Transit Zoning <br />Code area, the Santa Ana (1-5) Freeway, and the Costa <br />Mesa (SR -55) Freeway. <br />g. Create a highly -integrated pedestrian system that <br />provides for connectivity between the residential <br />areas and public recreation amenities to the north and <br />the MEMU Overlay Zone area. <br />Active urban mixed-use <br />