(A) Purpose. Mixed-use districts are established to create a vibrant urban environment that brings compatible land uses, public amenities and utilities together at various scales. These districts provide a range of district types, from the Downtown Core District to the Corridor Highway District, while fostering high-quality building and site design, enhanced pedestrian, bicycle, transit and automobile circulation and a sense of community. These districts are also intended to:
1. Encourage a diversification of uses, including residential, commercial, and civic uses, in order to enhance the vitality and appeal of these areas.
2. Facilitate preservation, development or redevelopment consistent with the adopted goals, objectives, policies and recommendations of the Comprehensive Plan and of adopted neighborhood, corridor or special area plans.
3. Encourage the development of mixed-use buildings including vertical and horizontal configurations while maintaining and improving the quality of the natural landscape.
4. Encourage appropriate transitions between lower and higher density uses within the district.
5. Encourage a pedestrian-friendly environment, bicycle and transit use as a means of accessing and moving through the district and surrounding areas.
(B) Submittal of plans. In order to review proposals for compliance to this chapter, the following plans must be submitted to the city: site plan, landscape plan, building plan and, for certain uses, a site analysis plan.
(C) Use, lot and design requirements.
1. Permitted, conditional and interim uses. See Table 3
for a complete list of allowed uses within the mixed-use districts. Other uses may be allowed by the Community Development Department if they are determined to be of similar scale and impact.
2. Accessory uses and structures. See Table 3
for a complete list of allowed accessory uses and structures within the mixed-use districts.
3. Lot requirements. See Table 7 for a complete list of lot requirements within the mixed-use districts. Before any building permit is approved, the Zoning Administrator shall determine whether the proposed use will conform to the requirements. The applicant or owner shall supply data necessary to demonstrate such conformance.
(D) Downtown Mixed-Use District (MU-1).
1. Purpose. This district is established to sustain and enhance the viability of the Downtown in terms of preserving its small-town and pedestrian-friendly atmosphere while encouraging development and redevelopment consistent with the Comprehensive Plan to create a destination. The district is also intended to:
(a) Preserve and enhance the historical character of the Downtown where appropriate with historic renovations and adaptive reuse of structures.
(b) Encourage creating a sense of place within the Downtown through aesthetics including architectural diversity, façade designs, parking configurations, pedestrian-scale amenities, streetscape enhancements, landscaping and the public realm.
(c) Encourage vertical mixed-use development in which the lower floors generally have more public uses, with private uses on the upper levels.
2. Downtown Design Manual. Buildings within the MU-1 District shall give due regard to the standards within the Downtown Design Manual.
(E) Transitional Mixed-Use District (MU-2).
1. Purpose. This district is established to sustain and enhance the viability of commercial nodes that serve the needs of residents in adjacent neighborhoods while encouraging development and redevelopment consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. The district is also intended to:
(a) Encourage appropriate transitions to surrounding land uses through aesthetics including architectural pedestrian-scale design, parking configuration, streetscape enhancements, landscaping and screening.
(F) Corridor Mixed-use District (MU-3).
1. Purpose. This district is established to encourage the development or redevelopment of mixed-use centers that combine new or existing retail development with a variety of housing, offices, studios, live-work space, civic building, employment activities, research, limited industrial and other complementary uses which combine to create a lively environment consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. The district is also intended to:
(a) Encourage the integration of complementary and related uses in an aesthetically attractive and functional environment.
(b) Encourage building and site design that advances the city's sustainability goals.
(c) Promote desirable economic development activities.
(Ord. 739, passed 8-18-2015; Am. Ord. 748, passed 1-19-2016; Am. Ord. 753, passed 7-19- 2016)