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District. More specifically, its boundaries are as follows: Northern Boundary: Pearl Street Overpass Eastern Boundary: Western side of Jefferson Street Southern Boundary: North side of Silas Brown Western Boundary: Eastern side of State Street OCG District consists of approximately 50 +/- acres and encompasses 69 parcels of land. The goals and objectives of the Old Capitol Green Mixed Use District are:  Foster development in downtown Jackson by improving the working and living environments – promoting healthier lifestyles and a green live, work and play environment.  Create stronger Neighborhood and Business District – Old Capitol Green’s Mixed Use District will encourage within the context of a new community, a return to the traditional town center.  Mixed income residential development that includes affordable and market rate housing to serve a wide cross of the City of Jackson.  Institutional development, retail development, and integrated new urbanist community.  Establish Street and Sidewalk widths, planting and landscaping requirements, and parking requirements.  Improve the quality of new developments in the OCG Mixed Use District by requiring the provision of specified public amenities in appropriate locations.  Define permitted uses throughout the site.  Increase Diversity within Downtown Jackson using a mix-use neighborhood approaches.  Promote the most desirable use of land, thus conserve and enhance the value of land and buildings, thereby, protecting and growing the City of Jackson’s tax revenue. And to ensure consistency who the OCG Master Plan of Development and the City of Jackson’s Comprehensive Plan.  Create Zoning bonuses and other incentives to encourage the development of arts and cultural institutions.  Define maximum and minimum building heights and densities  Establish and define requirements to connect to new sustainable infrastructure being developed in OCG  Establish that all buildings within the OCG-MUD must comply with the OCG high performance green building guidelines.  Reduce visual impact of surface parking lots and parking garages.  Create pedestrian linkages from the Old Capital Green Mixed Use District to other downtown sub districts within the CBD and  Create gateway elements at important entrances.