Chapter 21.17
Dimensional standards
Density
Height & bulk
Housing
Uses
Permitted by right10
Conditional / special use49
- residential uses not exceeding 30 units per acre gross
- mobile home parks
- residential care home, rest home, sanitariums, convalescent homes
- public and quasi-public uses including churches, cemeteries, parks, playgrounds, schools, trails, open space, theaters, museums, event spaces, and small scale public safety facilities
- bed and breakfast facility
- commercial and noncommercial wind energy systems
- time share uses
- water system facilities (5 or more service connections)
- assemblages of people (carnivals, festivals, races, circuses) not exceeding 10 days
- child care center and day care facilities
- rooming and boarding houses
- wireless communications facilities
- single room occupancy facilities
- tract sales or rental offices
- appliance stores
- barber shop
- beauty shop
- book store
- clothing and apparel store
- drug store
- banks
- shoe store
- art gallery
- neighborhood serving convenience market
- stationery and office supply store
- photography studio
- florist
- gift card store
- office
- locksmith, key and lock shop
- bicycle shop
- hardware store (excluding lumber sales)
- picture framing business
- pet shop
- cannabis retailer
- medical or urgent care clinic
- personal and business services
- eating and drinking establishments
- recreation or fitness facility
- pet grooming facility
- pet care facility
- funeral homes
- service centers
- auto repair facilities
- parking lots
- outdoor commercial uses not exceeding 10% of floor area of associated indoor commercial use
- hotels and motels
- veterinary clinics and animal hospitals
- vehicle fueling stations
Extracted standards
12 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Design
- Commercial scale and compatibility
Commercial uses shall be small in scale, neighborhood-serving, and compatible with residential uses. In mixed use buildings, the primary residential and non-residential entrances shall be separated.
Height
- HeightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. increase for residential above non-residential
A greater height may be approved as part of a General Development Plan to encourage residential uses above non-residential uses, provided that the additional height is found to be compatible with surrounding land uses.
Lighting
- Exterior lighting
Exterior lighting plans for all common areas and for lighting on all buildings within the development. Lighting must comply with current County policies and standards.
Other
- Defensible space
Defensible space, fire suppression systems, and emergency access.
- Green building design
Green building design considerations such as renewable energy generation, passive cooling/heating, recycled materials, green roofs, energy-efficient windows/doors, recycled water, low VOC finishes.
- Landscape water efficiency
Landscape concept with the requirement for water use efficiency and the use of native or native-compatible, and non-invasive, drought-tolerant plant species.
- Mix of uses
At least one residential product type and one non-residential product type shall be incorporated in the General Development Plan.
- Open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. requirement
A General Development Plan shall provide for common areas, parks, and/or open space areas appropriate to the setting and needs of the Mixed Use District.
Setbacks from the lot lines are not required except as necessary to meet Building Code and Fire Code requirements, unless otherwise noted on the recorded final map, parcel map or Sectional District Map. If a Mixed Use District abuts a residential district, the building setback to the abutting residential district shall be no less than as required by that residential district.
- Sidewalks and pathways
Sidewalks or pathways shall be provided where feasible, designed to connect public transportation and alternative modes with non-residential uses and open space.
Parking
- Parking program
Parking program requirements that are supported by a verifiable parking demand study and show feasible access to shared or staggered parking.
Signage
- Sign program
Sign program of wayfinding signs, monument signs, and signs for the identification of buildings or tenant spaces that includes requirements for location, size, colors, and readability.
From the ordinance
The maximum height of structures shall be thirty-five (35) feet unless a greater height is approved as part of a General Development Plan to encourage residential uses above non-residential uses, and provided that the additional height is found to be compatible with surrounding land uses.