§ 5.13 MOUNT HOLLY MIXED-USE DISTRICT.
   (A)   Permitted and special uses. See Ch. 6, Table of Permitted and Special Uses.
   (B)   Dimension requirements.
      (1)   Minimum required lot area: none.
      (2)   Minimum required lot width: none.
      (3)   Minimum required front yard: 25 feet for buildings facing Highway 273 and up to a ten-foot wide sidewalk; Interior buildings must be built up to the sidewalk.
      (4)   Minimum required side yards: to be established through the project design and review process.
      (5)   Minimum required rear yard: none; except that, the rear yard abutting a residential district must provide a visual buffer of four feet and a six-foot wide sidewalk.
      (6)   Maximum lot coverage: 100% of total lot area, subject to watershed regulations.
      (7)   Maximum building height: four stories.
      (8)   Location of accessory buildings and structures: to be established through the project design and review process.
   (C)   Off-street parking and loading. Off-Street parking and loading shall be located to the rear of buildings and not visible from frontage streets. Parking lots shall provide vehicle connection to adjacent developed and undeveloped parcels. Visual screening shall be in conformance to Ch. 10 of this ordinance.
   (D)   Signs. Signs shall be regulated by the provisions of Ch. 9 of this ordinance.
   (E)   Landscape requirements. Landscaping shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of Ch. 10 of this ordinance.
   (F)   Permitted building types.
      (1)   Commercial buildings;
      (2)   Attached residential – special use permit required;
      (3)   Civic buildings; and
      (4)   Expand, relocate or improve existing single family homes located in zoning district on or before 6-12-2017 and shall conform to the R-12, Single-Family Zoning District Regulations.
   (G)   Design standards. Design requirements shall be in compliance with the provisions of § 5.20 of this chapter.
   (H)   Streets. Shall be built to NC-DOT “Traditional Neighborhood Development” Street Design Guidelines, or as approved by the Technical Review Committee. Streets must stub to adjacent properties for future connectivity street pattern: follow general grid pattern with maximum 20 mph speed limit, new driveways accessing NC 273 are not permitted, and only two new streets shall be permitted to connect to NC 273, block lengths: not greater than 650 feet in length.
   (I)   Greenways. Parcels which include a trail section of the adopted Greenway Master Plan upon development must build that section to city standards and dedicate the easement to the City of Mount Holly.
(Ord. passed 5-13-1996)