(a) The Zoning Ordinance regulates the intensity and use of development, which is appropriate in most parts of the City. There are also areas within the City in which greater emphasis on regulating form and character of development should be considered as well as use and intensity of use. The Market Center Overlay District (MCOD) uses specific design and review provisions to accomplish this, with a special sensitivity to the contextual relevance of a unique commercial area along the Eureka Road Corridor. This unique zoning overlay district allows the City to regulate land use in a more flexible format for this specific area to encourage a viable, dynamic mix of uses.
(b) Proposed Area. Beginning at the southeast corner of Fordline Street and Eureka Road, thence along the southern half of Eureka Road easterly to the southwest corner of Howard Street and Eureka Road, thence southerly along Howard Street approximately 256 feet, thence westerly approximately 167 feet, thence southerly approximately 1,045 feet, thence westerly approximately 214 feet, thence southerly approximately 530 feet, thence westerly approximately 538 feet, thence northerly approximately 357 feet, thence westerly approximately 1,309 feet, thence southerly 565 feet along Trenton Road, thence westerly approximately 423 feet, thence northerly approximately 1,393 feet, thence westerly approximately 1,223 feet to Fordline Street, thence northerly along Fordline Street approximately 517 feet to Eureka connecting with the point of beginning and creating the overlay district boundaries.
(c) The preferred form of development includes those projects that advance the following objectives:
(1) Improved building appearance;
(2) Use of durable building materials, such as brick masonry;
(3) Increased pedestrian accommodations and facilities;
(4) Less required parking;
(5) Safe and efficient vehicle circulation;
(6) Appropriate transitions to existing and any future multiple and single family residential uses;
(7) Uniform signage of compatible size and materials;
(8) Locating of buildings nearer to the street;
(9) Multiple story buildings;
(10) Varied and interesting architectural styles and features;
(11) Increased building transparency on the first floors;
(12) Mixed uses.
(Ord. 19-1009. Passed 12-18-19.)