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LAND USE ELEMENT home parks, a mixture of duplexes and single family residences, or small lot subdivisions. • The Medium Density Residential (MR-15) designation applies to those sections of the City which are developed with residential uses at densities of up to 15 units per acre. Development in this designation is characterized by duplexes, apartments, or a combination of both. A total of 4a-0 418.2 acres is designated as Medium Density Residential. The designation applies to areas located in the vicinity of downtown, areas north and south of MacArthur Boulevard, and in other areas where there are established multiple-family development projects. • The Residential /Industrial designation permits either residential development up to 15 units per acre or industrial uses. The designation applies to the Logan neighborhood, which was established near the turn of the century. Since the 1930s, this 18.5-acre area has developed with a mixture of residential and industrial uses. • The District Center designation permits residential development up to 90 units per acre when it is a component of a mixed-use, master planned project, approximately 359 acres are in this designation. This category is described in greater detail later in this section. Professional and Administrative Office The Professional/Administrative office (PAO) designation applies to those areas where professional and/or administrative offices are predominant, or where such development is being encouraged. Land included in this designation is found primarily near the Civic Center, and along the First Street and Tustin Avenue Corridors in close proximity to freeways. There are other smaller PAO areas in the City such as along North Broadway and along portions of east and west Seventeenth Street. A total of 725 acres is included in this land use designation. The floor area ratio intensity standard applicable to this land use designation ranges from 0.5 to 1.0. The Professional and Administrative Office areas are intended to provide a unique environment for office development in those areas of the City where office uses are the predominant land use. The purpose for maintaining and supporting these areas exclusively for office and office-related uses is to encourage major employment centers at locations which significantly lessen the impact to the City's local street system. The First Street/Tustin Avenue office corridor between the Santa Ana (I-5) and Costa Mesa (SR-55) Freeways serves this purpose. In addition, the orderly, well-maintained quality of existing development supports a continuation of these areas as functional office/employrp~Rt gen~r,~. Revised (April 6, 2009) 8 V,a~L~F