708.01-A

Mixed Use District (hereinafter referred to as OCG-MUD) is to develop within the Central Business District of the City of Jackson an area unique with sustainable, energy efficient and environmentally friendly technologies that creates a sense of place where people will live, work, and play. The OCE-MUD is designed to protect the public health, safety, general welfare and environmental health of downtown Jackson. The Mixed Use District will be a mixed-use area with an improved pedestrian environment that creates supportive green public spaces, promotes healthy physical activities and supports creative arts. The intent of the OCG-MUD is to encourage the integration of residential, commercial, recreational, arts and retail markets in Downtown while at the same time introducing green, energy efficient, and eco-friendly techniques and materials to sustain a healthier and vibrant living, working and recreational environment. In creating a sustainable development, OCG-MUD will meet the needs of the present environment without comprising the ability of the future generations to meet their own needs. The OCG-MUD is compatible with the Downtown Regional Mixed Use Center found in the Land Use Plan portion of Jackson’s Comprehensive Plan. The business intent of OCG-MUD is to encourage and enable the creation of complimentary commercial, residential, arts and educational uses scaled to form a cohesive urban fabric and foster long-term sustainable growth in Downtown Jackson. This new fabric will create street walls with retail businesses along major pedestrian routes, public and private courtyards and squares to maximize year round use of outdoor spaces, sidewalk vending and dining, outdoor performance spaces, curbside on-street parking, and multi-deck parking garages with roof top green space. Above the street wall setbacks, the intent will be to create residential uses with specific height and density minimums and maximums. The OCG-MUD when paired with the OCG Master Plan will create new focal points for pedestrian, for artistic activity and commercial activity and contribute to creating a vibrant 24-hour downtown to support other public and private investment in the downtown Jackson community. The OCG-MUD and OCG Master Plan will encourage development around public plazas, street medians, and park nodes. This strategy will serve to ensure the appropriate density and mix of residential, commercial, retail, and public green spaces throughout the District. The scale of all buildings will be complimentary one to another and provide a transition axis between intensive commercial areas and low, medium and high-density residential uses. While at the same time creating the potential for exciting contemporary architecture, the zoning district will respect Jackson’s architectural past. These regulations shall apply to all new development and to all enlargements, alterations, or changes of use of existing buildings within the district.