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2030C4 center will be characterized by physical cohesiveness, direct accessibility by mass transit services and high quality urban design. The Town Center is located to have direct connections to the 167" Street Causeway and Collins Avenue to ensure a high level of accessibility to the northeast Miami -Dade/ bi-county area. It is a primary objective of the Town Center to foster a regionally competitive business and activity center for cultural activities and entertainment, visitor services, dining, financial services, specialty goods and services, professional office and niche businesses servingthe North Dade and Broward County Areas. Incorporation of residential uses is encouraged. The Town Center location, and the configuration of land uses within them is designed to encourage convenient alternatives to travel by automobile, to provide more efficient land use than recent suburban development forms and the prevalent strip commercial projects, and to create an identifiable social and economic core for the diverse neighborhoods of Sunny Isles Beach and adjacent areas. The Town Center should contain businesses, employment, civic, public and private education facilities and/or high or moderate density residential uses with a variety of housing types and within walking distance of the Town Center core. A balanced mix of primary uses including retail, office and residential should be provided within developments greater than 3 acres in size by committing not more than 70% of a project gross floor area ratio (FAR) to any one of the three uses. Both large and small businesses are encouraged in these centers, but primarily moderate sized businesses which serve, and draw from, the nearby community and the visitor population along the beaches. Transit and pedestrian mobility will be increased and area -wide traffic will be reduced in several ways: proximity of housing and retail uses will allow residents to walk or bike for some daily trips; provision of both jobs, personal services and retailing within walking distance of transit will encourage transit use for commuting; and conveniently located retail facilities will accommodate necessary shopping during the daily commuting periods or the lunch hour. The Town Center is divided into two overlay development districts, the Town Center North and Town Center South Overlays, as depicted on the Future Land Use Map. In the Town Center South Overlay, a base density of 75 dwelling units per gross acre and a base Floor Area Ratio (FAR) intensity of 3.5 shall be allowed. Additional density and FAR intensity may be permitted in the Town Center South Overlay for developments that comply with the Transfer of Development Rights according to Policy 14 C of this element. Additional FAR intensity and density may be permitted in the Town Center South Overlay for developments that comply with the bonus programs and requirements FUTURE LAND USE Page 130