The Future of Music and Entertainment

Community Policing in Hospitality Zones

Multi-use Sidewalks

Late-night Integrated Transportation

Security, Service and Safety

Quality of Life

Facilitators

Quality of Life

Urban infill is creating greater density in cities across North America. The trend towards mixed-use development places residents and commercial businesses in close proximity and raises new issues for policymakers, managers, businesses and residents. Impacts include noise, trash, litter, public urination, traffic and vandalism. Smoking bans can also set into motion a string of conflicts. More outdoor seating to accommodate smokers extends impacts from inside to outside the venue. Food attracts vermin. Noise and smoke cross the line from commercial to residential.  Transferring smokers to outdoors necessitates planning for cigarette litter disposal as well as congestion in alleys and on sidewalks.

Planning for development can pre-empt issues related to mixed use and split-use districts, develop a contemporary definition of noise, identify conflict resolution strategies with new residents, and update ordinance language and decibel levels for the ambient noise of urban settings.

Managing deliveries, trash, litter and recycling requires collaboration among private trash haulers, residents, businesses, planners and downtown managers. Planning for success includes expanding trash collection hours in a manner that considers current traffic flow, design standards for dumpster placement, trash hauler operations, and a schedule that accommodates residents, hotels, business deliveries and traffic patterns.

Topics

Who Should Attend

• Build a task force that addresses mixed-use issues and impacts
• Shift the focus of policy makers from a 9-5 to 24-7 mindset and allocate resources accordingly
• Address noise from both objective and subjective perspectives
• Apply good neighbor agreements, real estate disclosures and other tools to inform residents and businesses about rights and responsibilities
• Utilize late night tours to educate newcomers and transition suburbanites to opportunities, expectations and processes of urban living
• Implement strategies to address conflicts between permanent residents and students in off-campus housing or residential neighborhoods

• Code compliance and public health agencies

• Developers and real estate agents

• Waste management companies and associations

• College and university housing officials

• Downtown district and city managers

• City attorneys and policy makers

• Resident and hospitality individuals and organizations