This Issue Forum will review strategies to accommodate historic district infrastructure for contemporary hospitality uses. Anticipating noise and trash impacts in mixed-use development enables better planning for how to mitigate them. Among the approaches to be discussed include consolidation of trash and recyclables, efficient trash pick-up schedules to reduce impacts on traffic flow, as well as proactive implementation of noise-reduction strategies.

Learn how to prevent the most common impacts to residents’ quality of life generated by nightlife activity prior to or in conjunction with new housing or retail development.

• Sound reduction strategies in mixed-use areas.

• How to modify and update codes to better address nightlife business uses.

• Communicating code standards to enforcement agencies to more effectively address violations.

• Trash haulers and their role in developing solutions.

• Creating a comprehensive trash and resource management plan for a hospitality zone.