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-182— Subd.12. E - Employment District. The intent of this district is to provide for the mix of typically large volumes or bulk commercial goods and services, wholesale /warehouse activities and limited retail activities. Subd.13. MU - PUD Mixed Use Planned Unit Development. The intent of this district is to provide for a range of retail and service commercial, office, and residential uses that are organized and planned in a comprehensive manner. The MU -PUD District is created for development seeking alternative regulations that embody more traditional neighborhood design (TND) principles to promote a better integration of uses that might typically be separated and to provide for an adequate mixture of commercial and residential uses. Subd.14. PUD Planned Unit Development. The intent of this district is to provide a district which will encourage the following: flexibility in land development, diversity in housing types and prices, efficiency in use of public infrastructure, the conservation of energy, preservation of unique land characteristics, and efficient use of land, open space, and public facilities. Subd.15. Public /Quasi Public District. The intent of this district is to provide for pub lic and private recreational uses, government buildings and facilities, and schools. Subd.16. Town Center. The intent of this district is to create a focal point in the community that embodies the . principles of transit- oriented and mixed -use development. The town center embodies a distinctly different development pattern and is comprised of sub - districts including mixed -use core, commercial, workplace, and neighborhoods subdistricts. Subd.17. Overlay Districts. The intent of Overlay Districts is to add additional standards and requirements to land and /or uses where the need for such additional standards and requirements is to protect the public health and safety or to preserve environmentally sensitive areas. The following Overlay Districts exist in the City. a. The Critical River Area Overlay District. The intent of this district is to protect and establish development standards for the Mississippi River Corridor Critical Area, as set forth and legally described in Minnesota State Executive. Order No. 7919 c. Scenic River Overlay District. The intent of this district is to protect and establish development standards for lands adjacent to the Rum River. Shoreland Overlay District. The intent of this district is to .protect and establish development standards for Shoreland Areas. Floodplain Overlay District. The intent of this district is to establish regulations designed to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare by minimizing flood losses.