(a) Intent. Within the Mixed-Use District, the most intense utilization of land in the city will take place supported by existing and future investment in public infrastructure. The CX-2 District provisions are intended to:
(1) Allow a broad range of uses;
(2) Ensure that new development is of significant size and intensity; and
(3) Provide a mix of uses that balance the demand on traffic and parking.
(b) Uses. Uses allowed in the CX-2 District as permitted, accessory, conditional, limited, or interim uses are listed in Table 21.209(f) as well as the following additional interim uses.
(1) Additional interim uses.
(A) Short-term parking of passenger automobiles and recreational vehicles in support of adjacent uses;
(B) Storage of construction materials, equipment and supplies for projects involving other properties in the CX-2 Zoning District;
(C) Storage of construction materials, equipment and supplies for public street and highway projects;
(D) Reserved;
(E) Reserved;
(F) New and used motor vehicle sale events of not more than 14 days that exclusively benefit a non-profit charitable organization, and are limited to not more than 200 motor vehicles. No more than one such event shall be allowed in a calendar year; and
(G) Parking for an off-site use or as a primary use, not to include remote airport parking.
(2) Interim use standards. In addition to standards in § 21.501.05, the following standards also apply to interim uses in the Mixed Use (CX-2) District.
(A) Any buildings or other site improvements associated with the interim use must be of nominal value or portable. Temporary buildings must only support the proposed use. Temporary buildings are exempt from the minimum building floor area requirements of the CX-2 District, but must be designed and constructed in a manner assuring safety for occupants and others affected, as determined by the issuing authority.
(B) Reserved.
(c) Standards. Development in the CX-2 District must comply with the following standards.
(1) Floor area ratio, building floor area, impervious surface area, site width and site area. See § 21.301.01 for applicable standards.
(2) Structure placement. See § 21.301.02 for applicable standards.
(3) Structure height. See § 21.301.10 for applicable standards.
(4) Floor area ratio. The maximum floor area ratio in the CX-2 District may be increased to 3.0 provided that:
(A) Fifty percent of the ground coverage is supplied in structures of six or more stories in height;
(B) Private vehicle occupancy serving the site is an average of 1.2 persons per vehicle or greater; and
(C) At least 2% of the peak period trips serving the site are made by public transit.
(5) Integration standards. All structures in the CX-2 District must provide enclosed pedestrian access to the Mall of America or a Phase of Mall of America connected to the Mall of America. For phased projects, construction of the enclosed pedestrian access may be deferred through approval of a phasing plan approved as part of the Planned Development process if the City Council finds that the enclosed pedestrian access is either not necessary or not feasible for a particular development phase and provided an enclosed pedestrian access is proposed to be constructed as part of a future development phase and is shown on the approved Preliminary Development Plan for the subject site.