6.14. Mixed UseDevelopment (MXD) standards.

   A.   Minimum requirements. Mixed Use Developments are permissible only as conditional zoning on tracts of at least 40 contiguous acres. The general standards and criteria in Section 4.7 shall also be met.

   B.   Required developmentmix. A minimum of three of the use categories listed below shall be included in any MXD district:

      1.   Flex space ;

      2.   Office/institutional;

      3.   Research, technology, and industrial;

      4.   Commercial;

      5.   Cultural; and

      6.   Residential (Maximum of 50 percent of MXD, and then, at no more density than permitted in Article 6 for MF-2. No detached single-family residential is permitted).

   C.   MXD master plan. The proposed Mixed UseDevelopment master plan shall indicate the particular portions of the lot that the developer intends to develop for each of the elements described above. See Appendix D for the maps, information and analysis required as part of the submittal for MXD approvals.

   D.   Perimeter setback required. A minimum 50-foot setback along the entire development perimeter is required. The setback from any street bordering the MXD tract shall be 35 feet unless a greater setback is required by this UDO.

   E.   Building separation. Building to building relationships are otherwise specified in Article 6.

   F.   Screening and buffering. No required buffer shall be intruded on by any building, parking area or access drive. Screening and buffering between uses within the MXD shall be in conformance with Section 7.1, Landscaping and tree protection. Reservation of significant natural features shall be documented in the required permit application materials, along with landscaping appropriate to the site, uses and building locations.

   G.   Public facilities. Where residential uses are proposed, the MXD master plan shall establish public squares and meeting places that connect uses.

   H.   Common recreation and open space. A minimum of five percent of the gross land area in the MXD master plan shall be reserved for common recreation and usable open space.

   I.   Mixed use guidelines.

      1.   The Mixed UseDevelopment should contain some buildings that are vertically mixed in use .

      2.   Retail uses should be placed at street level, while office and residential uses should be placed in the rear or on the upper stories.

      3.   Any limitation on residential density should be a function of parking demands, vehicular traffic generation, adequate utility service, building height, and lot coverage.

      4.   Streets should interconnect within the development and with adjoining development . Streets should be planned with due regard to the designated corridors shown on the thoroughfare plan.

      5.   Mid-block and rear alleys should be utilized for access to parking, service and loading areas to minimize the number of driveways along the main pedestrian spaces.

      6.   To facilitate transit usage and circulation, Mixed UseDevelopment should provide transit stops at key nodes with easy access to the surrounding thoroughfares along routes through the development planned to accommodate the technical requirements of bus operations.

      7.   Locate buildings close to the street , with parking behind and/or beside buildings. If the building is located at a street intersection, place the main building , or part of the building , at the corner. Parking, loading or service may not be located at an intersection.

      8.   Pedestrian circulation should be an integral part of the initial site layout. Organize the site so that the buildings frame and reinforce pedestrian circulation, and so that the pedestrians walk along building fronts rather than along or across parking lots and driveways .

   J.   Deviations. Any requested deviation from the standards otherwise applicable in this UDO shall be set forth in the documentation approved by the Town Council as part of conditional zoning.

(Ord. No. 3558, § 2, 7-7-09; Ord., 3-16-21)