§ 15-1101. PURPOSE.  


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  • The purposes of the Mixed-Use (MX) Districts are to:

    A.

    Promote pedestrian-oriented infill development, intensification, and reuse of land consistent with the General Plan.

    B.

    Allow and encourage the development of mixed-use centers and corridors with a vibrant concentration of goods and services, multi-family housing, and community gathering and public spaces at strategic locations.

    C.

    Transform certain auto-oriented boulevards and corridors into vibrant, diverse, and attractive corridors that support a mix of pedestrian-oriented retail, office, and residential uses in order to achieve an active social environment within a revitalized streetscape.

    D.

    Provide options which reduce the need for private automobile use to access shopping, services, and employment and minimize air pollution from vehicle miles traveled.

    E.

    Offer additional housing opportunities for residents seeking to live in an urban environment.

    F.

    Improve access to a greater range of facilities and services for surrounding residential neighborhoods.

    G.

    Establish development and design standards for these centers and corridors that will create a unified, distinctive, and attractive urban character, with appropriate transitions to adjacent residential neighborhoods.

    H.

    Facilitate mixed-use residential development at increased densities and intensities in key locations such as along Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridors. Implement and provide appropriate regulations for General Plan classifications of "Neighborhood Mixed-Use," "Corridor/Center Mixed-Use," and "Regional Mixed-Use."

    Additional purposes of each Mixed-Use District are as follows:

    NMX Neighborhood Mixed-Use. The NMX district is intended to provide for mixed-use residential districts that include local-serving, pedestrian-oriented commercial development, such as smaller independent retail shops and professional offices in two- to three-story buildings. Development is expected to include ground-floor neighborhood retail uses and upper-level housing or offices, with a mix of small lot single-family houses, townhomes, and multi-family dwelling units on side streets, in a horizontal or vertical mixed-use orientation. The NMX district provides for a scale and character of development that is pedestrian-orientated, designed to attract and promote a walk-in clientele, with small lots and frequent pedestrian connections permitting convenient access from residences to commercial space.

    CMX Corridor/Center Mixed-Use. The CMX 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 residential uses, personal and business services, and public and institutional space as supportive uses. Development will facilitate the transformation of existing transportation corridors 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 neighborhoods.

    RMX Regional Mixed-Use. The RMX district is intended to support regional retail and mixed-use development in large-scale activity centers outside of Downtown, as identified by the General Plan. It accommodates urban-scale mixed-use development that serve residents and businesses of the region at large. Medium-scale retail, housing, office, civic and entertainment uses, and shopping malls with large-format or "big-box" retail are allowed, as are supporting uses such as gas stations, hotels, and residential in mixed-use or single-use buildings. Development and design standards will create a pedestrian orientation within centers and along major corridors, with parking located on the side or rear of, or within, major structures.

(Added Ord. 2015-39, § 1, eff. 1-9-16).