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D. Residential Devel- vacant lots, and one of the lowest popu-
opment lation densities of any neighborhood in Other Recommendations:
the City. Large tracts of cleared land in
this neighborhood, along with it prox- Continue to promote the adaptive
Existing Conditions imity to the lake, makes it potentially reuse of older industrial buildings in the
ripe for redevelopment.
vicinity of the lake and Downtown for
Despite the fact that some of the City's housing (Amazon, Shaw-Walker).
most remarkable neighborhoods are Recommendations:
located on the bluffs overlooking Mus- Work to encourage new lakefront
kegon Lake (e.g. Bluffton, Nims and Mixed-Density/ employers to adopt walk-to-work pro-
Lakeside), the immediate southern Clustered Housing grams for their employees.
shore of Muskegon Lake contains very
little in the way of residential develop- Promote the construction of new
Along with recreational, and commer-
ment of any type. Small enclaves of housing units in Downtown and Jack-
cial land uses, housing is a key ingredi-
"high end" housing can be found in son Hill.
ent in creating an active year-round wa-
Harbourtown, Bluffton, and in a newer
terfront. As such, a primary objective
gated community near Cole's Bakery Promote mixed-use commercial-
of lakefront redevelopment efforts
however large stretches of shoreline residential projects containing second
should be to encourage more - and a
contain no housing whatsoever. floor housing.
greater variety of - residential devel-
opment in select waterfront locations.
With the exception of Bluffton, the
housing that presently exists directly Such housing could take the form of
along the shoreline is mostly of the large single-family detached dwellings
large single family variety. Higher den- to multi-unit attached apartments and
sity residential development (apart- condominiums (or combinations
ments, condos etc.) is noticeably absent thereof) depending on location and
along the water's edge, as in most parts physical site constraints. Whatever
of the City as a whole. forms they take, it is important that a
clustered (PUD) site planning approach
Although separated from the lake by is used in order to assure: (1) effi-
the chasm formed by U.S. 31, the Jack- ciency in the provision of infrastructure
son Hill neighborhood north of down- and utilities and, (2) maximum physi-
town has the highest concentration of cal and visual access to the shoreline.
Waterfront Redevelopment Sub-Plan 18
Muskegon Lake offers tremendous opportunities for various
forms of residential development. Building such as Shaw-Walker
and the Amazon (left), have excellent loft/ condo reuse potential.
Lower density development such as Harbourtown and Coles
(bottom) has only recently arrived on the shores of Muskegon
Lake. Below: The "Actor's Colony"at Bluffton.
Waterfront Redevelopment Sub-Plan 19