18-7 MIXED-USE (MUX) ZONE.
18-7.010 Purpose.
The MUX Zone allows for a mix of residential and nonresidential uses, such as commercial uses, on the same site where mixed-use development would otherwise be optional.
The MUX Zone is intended to allow greater flexibility of development alternatives, especially attractive higher density residential development and live-work buildings, in appropriate areas of the City. More specifically, the intent of the MUX Zone is to accomplish the following objectives:
a. Encourage mixed-use projects that combine residential with nonresidential uses in the same building or building site area as a means to create an active street life, enhance the vitality of businesses and reduce the need for automobile travel;
b. Provide a meaningful blend of residential and nonresidential uses that enhance and build upon the City’s commercial base; the mixed-use overlay zone is not intended to simply act as a loophole in the Zoning Code for residential development;
c. Provide additional housing options for people, including, but not limited to, young professionals and older people who want to live near their workplace and/or near retail and other nonresidential uses;
d. Encourage consolidation of small parcels into viable, block-size mixed-use development in designated areas;
e. Ensure on-site compatibility of residential and nonresidential uses; and
f. Ensure compatibility of mixed-use projects with surrounding uses and development patterns. (Ord. #248-2020, S2 (Exh. A))