109 Magazine Rd, Williamsburg, VA 23188

Mixed Use

The purpose of the mixed use district is to promote a broad spectrum of land uses in more intensive developments on lands designated mixed use by the Comprehensive Plan. The Mixed Use District. MU, is designed to: Promote a multiuse master-planned community which may include residential, commercial, industrial (with a focus on light industrial), office and other nonresidential uses; Provide flexibility, unity and diversity in land planning and development resulting in convenient and harmonious groupings of uses, structures and common facilities; varied type, design and layout of residential, employment and social centers; and appropriate relationships of open spaces to intended uses and structures which include attractive and usable open space linked by pedestrian walkways and/or bicycle paths; Reduce commuter driving demands on highways and roads by concentrating employment, housing and recreation opportunities in locations served by, or convenient to, public transportation; and Permit densities and intensities of development in excess of those normally permitted in customary residential and commercial zoning districts. This shall be accomplished by providing for the development and/or redevelopment of a variety of land uses and structures within the Mixed Use District, MU, in accordance with the uses generally described in the Comprehensive Plan for areas designated mixed use. The Mixed Use District, MU, is the preferred zoning district for development within those areas designated mixed use in the Comprehensive Plan.