(a) Intended for Mixed Use Development Areas. In creating opportunities for mixed use development within the C-G district, the City of Brunswick intends to encourage a mix of retail, service, office, housing, live-work units, and public activities to coexist in a manner that reflects human scale and emphasizes pedestrian orientation, taking advantage of the vitality and synergy that mixed uses can bring to the community. Further, the community will benefit from mixed use developments that are walkable, less reliant on the automobile and encourage social interaction.
(1) Multifamily dwellings shall be combined with one or more other uses which are permitted or conditionally permitted in the C-G district.
(2) Uses may be mixed vertically (in a single building), horizontally in separate buildings, or both. (Ord. 139-05. Passed 1-9-06.)
(3) Non-multifamily uses shall occupy a minimum of 30 percent of total floor area of the mixed use development.
(Ord. 110-2020. Passed 2-22-21.)
(4) The ratio of total floor area to land area within the mixed use development shall be 0.5:1, which is typically expressed as FAR 0.5. The FAR shall be the basic limit of development intensity, and the density provisions in Section 1286.02(a) shall not apply.
(5) Commercial and multifamily uses shall be fully integrated in terms of architecture and circulation, including pedestrian circulation. Opportunities for shared parking as provided in Section 1276.07 shall be fully utilized. Sidewalks shall connect buildings and activity areas with each other and with the street sidewalks.
(6) Buildings facing Pearl or Center Road with ground floor commercial space shall comply with the front yard zone provisions in Section 1286.02 and shall provide the 10-foot landscaped strip along the street right of way required by Section 1284.06(g). Buildings facing Pearl or Center Road with ground floor multifamily spaces shall comply with the front yard zone provisions in Section 1286.02 and the front yard landscaping provision in Section 1276.09(a).
(7) To insure that space approved for commercial use within a mixed use development is in fact used for that purpose, space intended for commercial use shall incorporate a minimum of 50 percent glass (clear or translucent) between the height of 3 feet and 8 feet above grade in ground floor front elevations.
(8) Site plans presented for PC review shall clearly demonstrate that the buildings and site are designed and intended for mixed use development. Space approved for commercial use shall not be converted to any other use.
(Ord. 139-05. Passed 1-9-06.)
(Ord. 139-05. Passed 1-9-06.)