districts which promote mixed-use planned unit
developments that cater to the aging community,
but help to drastically minimize the economic, social,
and health challenges that this community often
faces.
Development of an aging in place ordinance
establishing a specialized overlay zone will focus
on the themes of allowing a variety of attractive,
more affordable housing options and mixed-used
residential and retail developments, allowing for
flexibility in design standards that will allow for
greater density, accessibility, and walkability, and
for placing regulations on developers to include
critical greenspace and outdoor amenities within
their designs that help to support physical, mental,
and social health of aging communities. These
types of developments may become imperative
for ensuring the vitality of Murrysville’s aging
population as both population and community
fabrics will shift over time.
Department of Recreation | Carly Green, Director