18.45.010 Purpose.
The purposes of the mixed use districts are to:
A. Promote pedestrian-oriented infill development, intensification, and reuse of land consistent with the general plan and the Heritage District Redevelopment Area Plan;
B. Encourage the development of mixed use centers and corridors with a vibrant concentration of goods and services, multi-unit housing, and community gathering and public spaces at strategic locations;
C. Transform auto-oriented roadways and corridors into diverse and attractive corridors that support a mix of residential, pedestrian, and neighborhood-serving uses in order to achieve an active social environment within a revitalized streetscape while also respecting existing character;
D. Reduce the need for private automobile use to access shopping, services, and employment;
E. Offer additional housing opportunities for residents seeking to live and work in an urban environment; and
F. Ensure that new development and redevelopment are designed to minimize traffic, parking and impacts on surrounding residential neighborhoods, and create walkable environments.
Additional purposes of each mixed use district:
1. MU-N Neighborhood Mixed Use. This district is intended to facilitate the transformation of sections of city roadways into vibrant, highly walkable areas with broad, pedestrian-friendly sidewalks, trees, landscaping, and local-serving uses with new buildings that step down in relationship to the scale and character of adjacent low density neighborhoods. Development is expected to include ground-floor neighborhood-serving businesses and upper-level housing or offices. Allowable ground-floor uses include active, neighborhood-serving retail, services, and open spaces, such as plazas.
2. MU-G General Mixed Use. This district is intended to allow for either horizontal or vertical mixed use development along key circulation corridors in the city where height and density can be easily accommodated. Ground-floor retail and upper-floor residential or offices are the primary uses, with retail, personal and business services, and public and institutional space as supportive uses. These districts are intended to become vibrant, highly walkable areas with broad, pedestrian-friendly sidewalks, trees, landscaping, and local-serving uses with new buildings that step down in relationship to the scale and character of adjacent neighborhoods. Automotive-oriented uses are not permitted. [Res. 21-09; Ord. 21-05 § 2; Res. 14-36 § 204.01; Ord. 14-12 § 1.]