MU-1
Dimensional standards
Lot
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
- Three-family
- by_right
- Four-plus family
- by_right
Servicing
- Applies near
- King William Avenue
- Geographic extent
- King William Avenue Corridor
Uses
Permitted by right38
- Dwelling units
- Multiple family dwellings
- Single-family attached dwellings
- Two-family dwellings
- Bakeries
- Barber and beauty shops
- Book stores
- Food and beverage stores and specialty stores
- Funeral homes
- Furniture stores
- General merchandise
- Grocery stores
- Hardware stores
- Home occupations
- Office supply and printing establishments
- Restaurants and food service and catering establishments
- Retail food stores
- Wearing apparel stores
- Auto electronics and home appliance service businesses
- Drug stores and pharmacies
- Dry cleaners and laundries
- Personal service businesses
- Service businesses
- Banks
- Business offices
- Medical and dental offices and clinics
- Government offices
- Parks and recreational facilities
- Post offices and pick-up stations for package mailing services
- Art galleries
- Child development centers
- Churches
- Clubs and lodges
- Community centers
- Dance halls
- Libraries
- Museums
- Theatres and assembly halls
Conditional / special use10
- Gasoline dispensing facilities
- Homestay
- Micro-brewery, micro-distillery, micro-winery, micro-cidery, and micro-meadery
- Child care centers
- Fire stations and rescue squad facilities
- Hospitals
- Schools
- Adult education centers
- Billiard parlors and poolrooms
- Bowling alleys
Accessory9
Prohibited16
- Adult oriented businesses
- Animal hospitals or clinics
- Automobile sales and service businesses
- Automobile service stations
- Billboards
- Building supply establishments
- Distribution and warehousing businesses
- Drive-through facilities and establishments
- Equipment storage yards and establishments which rent contractors' equipment
- Flea markets
- Machinery sales and service businesses
- Nursing homes
- Plumbing and electrical supply establishments
- Processing and wholesale businesses
- Shopping centers
- Storage rental businesses
Extracted standards
23 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Lighting
- Lighting requirements
The lighting shall be directed so as not to produce objectionable glare on adjacent property
Other
- Building orientation
Buildings shall be oriented to the street and shall have their primary entrance facing the public street or a public open space.
- Loading area screening
Loading, receiving, and trash storage areas shall be permitted only in side or rear yards and shall be screened from public view
- Maximum direct access points to King William Avenue1 access point
Access from any parcel or lot having frontage along King William Avenue and located within the district shall be permitted one direct access point to the arterial highway
- Maximum front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. for commercial and mixed-use buildings20 ft
the maximum front yard for commercial and mixed-use buildings abutting a public or private street shall be 20 feet.
- Maximum sidewalk grade5 pct
Sidewalks shall not exceed a five percent grade.
- Minimum crosswalk width6 ft
All crosswalks within the district shall be at least six feet wide
- Minimum front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. for existing single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. detached dwellings25 ft
For existing single-family detached dwellings, there shall be a front yard of not less than 25 feet.
- Minimum living area for one-bedroom or efficiency units in two-family or multiple family dwellings900 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
each one-bedroom or efficiency dwelling unit in a two-family or multiple family dwelling shall contain not less than 900 square feet of living area
- Minimum living area for two-bedroom units in two-family or multiple family dwellings1,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
each two-bedroom dwelling unit in a two-family or multiple family dwelling shall contain not less than 1,000 square feet of living area
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. attached dwellings
Single-family attached dwellings shall be located on lots of not less than 2,000 square feet in area, provided that the total area of the development site shall be not less than an area equal to 5,750 square feet for the first dwelling unit within the development site plus 3,000 square feet for each additional dwelling unit.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for multiple family dwellings
lots devoted to multiple family dwellings shall be located on lots of not less than 5,750 square feet in area for the first dwelling unit plus 3,000 square feet for each additional dwelling unit.
- Minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line. for single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. attached dwellings20 ft
Single-family attached dwellings in the MU-1 District shall be located on lots of not less than 20 feet in width, provided that the end lots of each row of attached units shall be not less than 30 feet in width.
- Minimum useable open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.10 pct
A minimum of ten percent of total gross area of any mixed-use development shall be reserved as open space
- Minimum side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. for existing single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. detached dwellings10 ft
For existing single-family detached dwellings, there shall be side yards of not less than ten feet.
- Minimum sidewalk width6 ft
Sidewalks shall be a minimum of six feet wide
- Minimum sidewalk width along King William Avenue10 ft
all sidewalks along King William Avenue shall be at least ten feet wide.
- Minimum street tree density1 per 40 ft
not less than one tree per 40 linear feet of sidewalk.
- Nonresidential construction to precede residential
Nonresidential construction shall precede, or occur concurrently with residential construction.
- Parking lot landscaping
Landscaping on the interior of parking lots shall be installed in accordance with section 70-351.
- Public sewer and water required
all permitted uses shall be served by public sewer and water systems.
Parking
- Shared parking allowed
Where practical, shared parking shall be used within a development
Signage
- Signage requirements
All freestanding signs shall be monument signs... Direct exposure of light sources and internally-illuminated signage shall be prohibited.
From the ordinance
The MU-1 District encourages the development of compact, pedestrian-scaled, mixed-use neighborhoods and commercial centers.