MU-1
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Servicing
- Applies near
- West Carson Street or South Vermont Avenue
- Geographic extent
- Non-residential and residential-only developments adjacent to West Carson Street or South Vermont Avenue shall have a primary building façade and entry facing the respective street.
Uses
Permitted by right20
- Art and cultural facilities
- Churches, temples, and other places of worship
- General offices
- Medical offices
- Professional offices
- Commercial recreational facilities
- Parks and playgrounds, including accessory facilities
- Mixed-use developments with residential and commercial components
- Bakeries, coffee houses/cafés, delicatessens/cafeterias
- Grocery/markets
- Banks and financial institutions
- Entertainment uses, including restaurants, non-adult-only theaters, and other similar venues
- Administrative offices
- Assembly/multi-purpose buildings
- Caretaker's quarters
- Enclosed, screened, and outdoor storage
- Maintenance/storage facilities and structures
- Patio covers/trellises
- Swimming pools, spas, and jacuzzies
- Tennis courts, basketball courts, and other multi-purpose courts, recreation and community buildings
Conditional / special use6
- Business and professional schools, including art, cooking, dance, drama, martial arts, music, and professional education
- Colleges and universities, accredited, excluding trade or commercial schools
- Hotels
- Health clubs/gymnasiums
- Adult residential facilities serving seven or more persons
- Alcoholic beverage sales, on-site consumption
Accessory8
- Administrative offices
- Assembly/multi-purpose buildings
- Caretaker's quarters
- Enclosed, screened, and outdoor storage
- Maintenance/storage facilities and structures
- Patio covers/trellises
- Swimming pools, spas, and jacuzzies
- Tennis courts, basketball courts, and other multi-purpose courts, recreation and community buildings
Prohibited11
- Theaters, including live performance
- Motels
- Amusement rides and devices
- Alcoholic beverage sales, off-site consumption
- Drive-through establishments and drive-through lanes
- Gun dealers
- Pawn shops
- Smoking-oriented retail, including tobacco, pipe, and vape shops
- Automobile service stations
- Automobile-related uses, including repair, battery, painting/auto body, muffler, service, washing, sales, or rentals
- Movie theaters
Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Fencing & walls
- Maximum fence heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.42 in
The maximum height of a fence shall be 42 inches. Fifty percent of the fence shall be open and unobstructed.
Other
- Maximum blank wall area on first story for non-residential buildings30 pct
The maximum total blank wall area (without windows or entrances) on the first story shall not exceed 30 percent for non-residential buildings and 50 percent for residential buildings.
- Maximum blank wall area on first story for residential buildings50 pct
The maximum total blank wall area (without windows or entrances) on the first story shall not exceed 30 percent for non-residential buildings and 50 percent for residential buildings.
- Glass tint requirements
All glass windows or entrances on the first two stories, with the exception of residential-only uses, shall be either clear or lightly tinted. The use of mirrored, highly reflective, or densely tinted glass shall be prohibited.
- Minimum floor-to-ceiling heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for retail ground floor15 ft
Minimum floor-to-ceiling height of the ground floor for a retail use in a mixed use development shall be 15 feet.
- Minimum residential recreational space per dwelling unitDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance.100 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A minimum of 100 square feet per dwelling unit shall be allocated for common recreational spaces, private recreational spaces, or a combination of both.
From the ordinance
A minimum of 100 square feet per dwelling unit shall be allocated for common recreational spaces, private recreational spaces, or a combination of both. The maximum height of a fence shall be 42 inches.