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(A) Purpose. The purpose of this zoning district is to provide a location for small-scale, well-designed, professional offices, personal services, limited retail, and residential within a mixed use environment. It is intended that this district accommodate a range of uses that encourages and allows both residential and commercial development either as the primary use or secondarily in either a vertical mixture or horizontal mixture if attached, and as adjacent uses if detached.

(B) Permitted Uses – “MU” Zoning District. Commercial uses shall be restricted to a maximum tenant space size of 4,000 square feet.

(1) Professional, administrative and general offices.

(2) Residential units, either single or multi-residential in nature, developed as either attached or detached units or in combination with any other permitted use; excluding mobile homes and manufactured homes.

(3) Bed and breakfast establishments.

(4) Retail stores, including but not limited to the sale of apparel, stationery, cards, gifts, bookstore, bakery, delicatessen, candy shop, coffee house, ice cream shop, art supply shop, photo shop and tobacco store.

(5) Personal and household services, including but not limited to clothing alteration, dry cleaning (without processing), laundromats, seamstress shop, beauty and barber shops, bank or credit union (without drive-through window), therapeutic massage, travel agency, printing and copy shop, florist and catering service.

(6) Music store, video store, bicycle shop, sporting goods store and apparel store.

(7) Restaurants and taverns and ancillary outdoor dining, excluding drive-in and drive-through facilities.

(8) Child care centers; provided, that:

(a) The facility provides the required outdoor play area; and

(b) The facility is licensed by the State of Arizona Department of Health Services.

(9) Art galleries, art studios for the production and teaching of fine art, music schools and dance studios.

(10) Mobile food vendors; provided, that such uses may not be located within any portion of the public right-of-way (including sidewalks).

(11) Mobile vendors; provided, that such uses may not be located within any portion of the public right-of-way (including sidewalks).

(12) Religious institutions.

(C) Conditional Uses – “MU” Zoning District.

(1) Assisted living facilities and group care homes for the elderly and handicapped; provided, that:

(a) The facility is licensed by the State of Arizona Department of Health Services; and

(b) The facility is licensed with and administratively approved by the City of San Luis, as to compliance with the standards of this title and any City license and permit requirements.

(2) Drive-through window facilities for banks and financial institutions.

(3) Wireless communication towers and antennas provided in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 18.95 SLCC.

(D) Site Design Standards – “MU” Zoning District.

(1) Commercial activities should be conducted entirely within the street frontage of the buildings and on the first floor of the buildings.

(2) Residential uses are encouraged as a mixed use with the office or service activities either within the same building provided they are located behind the commercial frontage on the first floor or on the second floor above the office or service uses or as adjacent stand-alone uses.

(3) The structures should mirror the adjacent residential structures in mass and design to be compatible with the diverse neighborhood. Front porches and courtyards are strongly encouraged and should provide a pedestrian connection, other than the driveway, to the street.

(4) Mechanical equipment and similar utility devices, whether ground level or roof mounted, shall be screened from public view and designed to appear as an integral part of the building. The mechanical equipment screening shall be included in the overall building height. Mechanical equipment shall be treated to be nonreflective. Electrical meters, service components, and SES cabinets should be screened from public view and designed to appear as an integral part of the building.

(E) Recommended Architectural Standards – “MU” Zoning District.

(1) All exterior elevations (360° architecture) should provide architectural detailing, not just the front elevation.

(2) Exterior building design, as well as architectural details related to color, patterning, finish, type and application of materials and building form, should be coordinated for all elevations of a building to achieve harmony and continuity of design on all elevations.

(3) The building materials of a project shall be durable, require low maintenance, and be of a substantial quality. The City strongly encourages all new buildings to meet LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification standards.

(4) The use of accent colors is encouraged to provide a festive and lively streetscape. Color should be used to accent entryways and special architectural features of a building.

(5) Full roof architecture utilizing simple and varied roof forms is encouraged. Parapet walls should be designed and constructed in a manner to appear as a solid, three-dimensional form rather than a veneer.

(F) Open Space Standards – “MU” Zoning District.

(1) A new mixed use development, developed as a subdivision, shall provide the minimum net acreage, as delineated in Table No. 6, on a subdivision basis through the subdivision process.

(2) The required on-site parking areas/lot may not be calculated as open space. Building setbacks, street frontage and on-site retention areas may be calculated as open space if those areas are landscaped. Courtyards and outdoor seating areas, not associated with an outdoor dining area, may also be calculated as open space.

Table No. 6. Open Space Requirements – Commercial Zoning Districts

(see Open Space definitions in SLCC 18.05.130)

Zoning District

Open Space Required on an Individual Lot

Open Space Required for a Subdivision (minimum)

“C-1”

0%

3%

“C-2”

0%

3%

“MU”

0%

3%

Table No. 7. Development Standards – Commercial Zoning Districts

District

Min. District Size

Lot Area (sq. ft.)

Lot Width (feet)

Bldg. Height (feet)

Minimum Yard Setback (feet)

Lot Coverage

Front

Side

Street Side

Rear

“C-1”

1 acre

8,000

60

35

15

5 & 5(a)

10

10

50% max.

“C-2”

1 acre

8,000

60

60

15

5 & 5(a)

10

10

50% max.

“MU”

n/a

8,000

60

45

10 max.

5 & 5(a)

10 max.

10

75% max.

(a)Zero lot lines may be applied if adjacent parcel is also zoned commercial and the firewall regulations of the building code are met.

(Ord. 312 § 2(7.3), passed 4-11-2012. Code 2012 § 152.108.)