It is the purpose of the MU-2 district to provide opportunities for vibrant, high quality mixed use developments in both vertical and horizontal configurations that promote new development and redevelopment consisting of high intensity nonresidential uses which enhance and diversify employment and consumer options within the community.

(Ord. No. 2222, § 5, 7-30-2024)

The following uses are permitted by right in the MU-2 district:

(A)

Assembly processing, treatment, storage, or packaging of products from previously prepared materials such as food, beverages, appliances, electronics, furniture, business machines, and pharmaceuticals;

(B)

Banks, savings and loan, and finance companies;

(C)

Breweries, brewpubs, wineries and distilleries with tasting rooms;

(D)

Commercial recreational uses and theaters, indoor;

(E)

Commercial recreational uses, outdoor;

(F)

Commercial services such as plumbing, bakery, food catering, household equipment, and appliance rental and repairs;

(G)

Data centers;

(H)

Daycares and other childcare facilities;

(I)

Flex office and flex industrial;

(J)

Food truck court;

(K)

Hospitals;

(L)

Hotels and motels;

(M)

Manufacturing, processing and packaging of medical and pharmaceutical supplies, precision or electronic instruments, parts, or tools;

(N)

Medical, dental, experimental, and testing laboratories;

(O)

Municipal uses;

(P)

Offices including medical offices and clinics;

(Q)

Outdoor parking of vehicles for service, delivery, and related purposes when used in conjunction with the principal use and in operable conditions with current license plates;

(R)

Outdoor storage of equipment, vehicles, and materials used in conjunction with the principal use, limited to no more than 10% of the lot area, and enclosed and screened by a fence or wall as defined in Section 17-32-140, B.M.C.;

(S)

Parking structures;

(T)

Parks and recreation facilities;

(U)

Personal service shops;

(V)

Pet daycares with overnight boarding;

(W)

Places of worship;

(X)

Public and private schools;

(Y)

Research and development;

(Z)

Restaurants and other eating and drinking establishments;

(AA)

Retail stores;

(BB)

Studios for arts, crafts and instruction such as dance, yoga and martial arts;

(CC)

Veterinarian clinics including overnight boarding;

(DD)

Warehouse distribution and wholesale uses; and

(EE)

Accessory buildings and uses.

(Ord. No. 2222, § 5, 7-30-2024)

The following uses are permitted by special review in the MU-2 district:

(A)

Outdoor storage of equipment, vehicles, and materials exceeding 10% of the lot, and enclosed and screened by a fence or wall as defined in section 17-32-140, B.M.C.; and

(B)

Wireless communication towers.

(Ord. No. 2222, § 5, 7-30-2024)

The following development standards shall be minimum requirements in the MU-2 district:

(A)

Building height.

(1)

Maximum building height is sixty feet.

(2)

When adjacent to low density residential zoned property, buildings shall be stepped up in height to provide for a transition. Portions of buildings within fifty feet of the property line of a low density residential zoned property shall not be more than the maximum allowed height of the low density residential zone district.

(B)

Setbacks.

(1)

The following are the setback requirements in the MU-2 district:

(2)

Balconies, canopies, and other architectural projections may encroach into the setbacks provided that they preserve a minimum eight foot vertical clearance area over any sidewalks and fourteen feet above any travel lanes within right-of-way.

(C)

Building orientation and placement.

(1)

In order to activate streets and enhance the pedestrian experience, buildings are encouraged to be placed on the street and oriented toward the public realm utilizing minimum required setbacks.

(2)

Buildings should be oriented so any loading bays and loading doors are internal to the site and fully screened from adjacent roadways.

(i)

Screening should be achieved through some combination of sunken loading bays, wing walls, and landscaping.

(D)

Enhancement and preservation of the public realm.

(1)

In order to activate street fronts and enhance the pedestrian experience, minimum ten foot wide sidewalks shall be provided along the fronts of buildings.

(2)

All other sidewalks shall be a minimum of eight feet wide.

(3)

To preserve pedestrian walks and to allow for ease of travel a minimum width of six feet of sidewalks shall remain unobstructed. This includes clearance from outdoor seating, landscape planters, bike racks, and other amenities and fixtures.

(4)

Public spaces should have adequate seating opportunities, refuse containers (including pet waste stations), etc.

(E)

Parking orientation and placement.

(1)

In order to enhance the pedestrian experience, off street parking should be placed behind or in between buildings.

(2)

Off street parking should not be adjacent to the street.

(F)

Land use composition and mixture of uses.

(1)

Contiguous land within this zoning district shall consist of a minimum of 35% nonindustrial and non flex space.

(2)

Open area. A minimum 10% of the project area shall be preserved as public realm and activated to allow for use by employees and patrons.

(G)

Design requirements.

(1)

Creative design that pays careful attention to the building's contribution to the public realm—through massing, form, materials, and its relationship to the street—is required.

(2)

All facades of a building shall provide a level of finished architectural quality and be designed to a human scale. Each facade shall contain at least one change in color or texture. Additional detail should be incorporated into the facade design by the use of at least three of the following methods:

(i)

Reveals;

(ii)

Belt courses;

(iii)

Cornices;

(iv)

Expression of a structural or architectural bay;

(v)

Articulation of windows and doorways, which may include sills, mullions, or pilasters that create a three-dimensional expression;

(vi)

Change in material; or

(vii)

Variation in rooflines.

(3)

All facades of a building that face a street or a public space shall have at least one variation in plane depth of at least one foot for every fifty linear feet of the length of the facade.

(4)

Street facing facades shall include windows or glass doors of not less than 25%, all other facades shall include windows or other translucent cladding materials that closely resemble windows of not less than 15%.

(5)

All other facades shall have one variation in plane depth of at least one foot for every 100 linear feet of the length of the facade. Any portion of a facade that is a glass curtain wall shall be exempted from this requirement.

(6)

Adequate snow storage shall be provided on site.

(7)

All rooftop and ground mounted mechanical equipment shall be fully and permanently screened, and all rooftop projections such as pipes and vents shall be painted to match the roof surface color.

(8)

If a roof apparatus is not fully enclosed and is above the height of the parapet or is visible from adjacent roadways or public trails, open lands or open space, then the mechanical equipment will be concealed in a painted screen to match the roof color. Roof protrusions of lesser height will be painted to match the roof color.

(9)

Electrical distribution panels shall be contained within the building, service enclosures or screened from view.

(10)

Gas meters shall be screened from view and painted to match the building.

(11)

All refuse (trash) and recycling areas shall comply with Chapter 17-34-060 B.M.C.

(Ord. No. 2222, § 5, 7-30-2024)

(A)

The reviews, procedures, submission requirements, recording requirements, and other requirements of Title 16 and Title 17 shall apply to all properties designated as MU-2, except as modified in this chapter.

(B)

Prior to the submittal of any site development plan, the applicant shall submit a concept plan for initial concept review consistent with the requirements of Chapter 17-38, Article I, B.M.C.

(C)

An approved site development plan, consistent with the requirements of Chapter 17-38, Article III, B.M.C., is required prior to the issuance of a building permit for a use permitted in this Chapter.

(Ord. No. 2222, § 5, 7-30-2024)