(A) District intent.
(1) MS – Main Street District. The intent of the Main Street District is to create a pedestrian-friendly, compact mixed-use district. The Main Street District is broken down into sub-districts of MS-E for Downtown and MS-W for Old Town.
(2) UE – Urban Edge District. The intent of the Urban Edge District is to accommodate a flexible variety of uses and scales, preserve historic homes, integrate context-sensitive mixed-uses, and serve as a transition from denser Main Street to surrounding residential neighborhoods.
(3) RC – Riverfront Commercial. The intent of the Riverfront Commercial District is to provide opportunity for more suburban style commercial development including drive-thru service and restaurants and wider front yard setbacks.
(4) UF – Urban Flex District. The intent of the Urban Flex District is to acknowledge the transition of industrial uses to flex spaces such as integrating housing with employment centers and strategically integrating attached residential units into established residential neighborhoods along certain corridors.
(5) INST – Institutional District. The intent of the Institutional District is to preserve open space and allow for comprehensive development of institutional, governmental and hospital campuses.
(6) RR – Riverfront Residential District. The intent of the Riverfront Residential District is to accommodate a variety of detached and attached urban housing types.
(B) Regulating plan.
(1) The regulating plan is the controlling document and principal tool for implementing form districts. It is a subset of the Zoning Map.
(2) Comparable to the Zoning Map, the regulating plan provides specific information on the development parameters for parcels within each district, and it may identify additional regulations and/or special circumstances for specific locations.
(Ord. O-202, passed 4-2-2018, effective 4-12-2018)