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The 42 Gateway DRAFT:Project Report Summary <br /> Existing Conditions and envisioned in the City's Master Plan. The mixed- <br /> Characteristics use residential and commercial areas have <br /> potential to provide 750,000 square feet of <br /> URBAN DESIGN ANALYSIS additional development. <br /> The intent of the 42 Gateway is to improve . <br /> mobility infrastructure (pedestrian, bike, and SR**1151441kbr 1011, <br /> auto) in the Highway 42 corridor and link the <br /> corridor to Louisville's downtown. However, an <br /> important concurrent goal is to ensure that the fi <br /> mobility amenities also help achieve the City's <br /> objective of fostering redevelopment 9 : � <br /> opportunities and promoting long-term 4 <br /> investment in the area.A third, related <br /> objective, is to use the roadway improvements I <br /> lumilm,E.IN <br /> to help create an eastern gateway into • <br /> • <br /> Louisville that will create a positive image to the a <br /> public. <br /> To that end, the transportation infrastructure , <br /> (p(pedestrian, bike, and auto) should create a <br /> ) ie■mmlia <br /> framework within which the long-term land use <br /> vision can grow. Said another way,the roads Mewl MI I <br /> should be designed not only to move traffic but <br /> also to be conducive to the kind of W <br /> ° <br /> development and pedestrian environment the <br /> City envisions. As a result, the urban design "` N F <br /> consideration is: what is the existing physical MURD land use plan <br /> context that frames the roadways and <br /> pedestrian routes, and what kind of road design The character of both the former industrial <br /> (including sidewalks and landscape treatments) areas and existing commercial are envisioned to <br /> will best fit the desired land use pattern. change over time. Industrial is no longer <br /> permitted anywhere in the Mixed-use <br /> Mixed-use Redevelopment Area Redevelopment Area. Secondly, the new CC and <br /> The mixed-use redevelopment area (MURD) is a MU-R districts will increase the mixing of uses. <br /> key component of this project and bound by The end result is a gradual transition of the <br /> South Boulder Rd., Hwy 42, Pine St., and the redevelopment area from a highway-oriented, <br /> BNSF railroad.This area was recently rezoned light industrial, pedestrian un-friendly area to a <br /> from industrial to a combination of mixed-use more intensely developed mix of commercial <br /> residential and commercial specifically to and residential uses (more "main street"-like), <br /> enable redevelopment. The current level of that is pedestrian friendly, and functions very <br /> building intensity is significantly lower than that <br /> December 2012 http://www.the42gateway.com/ 8 <br />