The multiple use district MU is a classification providing for the development of commercial establishments such as retail and wholesale outlets and high-density residential housing such as condominiums, townhouses, and apartments.

(Ord. 698(part), 1979).

Permitted uses in the MU district are as follows:

(1)

Retail and wholesale business;

(2)

Professional and consumer services, offices, shops, and clinics;

(3)

Financial institutions;

(4)

Entertainment facilities, except for drive-in theaters;

(5)

Restaurants, cafes, fast-food shops, taverns, and lounges;

(6)

Automotive and marine repair shops and filling stations;

(7)

Dry-cleaning and laundry facilities;

(8)

Parks (recreational and beautification);

(9)

Churches, private and commercial schools;

(10)

Day care centers;

(11)

Municipal buildings and utility buildings;

(12)

Motels and hotels;

(13)

Undertaking and funeral parlors;

(14)

Warehousing in conjunction with a commercial use;

(15)

Condominiums, townhouses, and multiple-family dwellings;

(16)

Industrial supplies and services;

(17)

Miniwarehouses;

(18)

Single or multifamily living units attached to or within approved businesses listed under permitted uses.

(Ord. 830 § 1(part), 1985; Ord. 698(part), 1979).

Secondary uses in the MU district are:

(1)

Parking lots and garages;

(2)

The development of landscaped areas for beautification;

(3)

On-site hazardous waste treatment and storage facilities as an accessory use to any activity generating hazardous waste and lawfully allowed as a permitted or conditional use in this zoning district; provided, that the hazardous waste treatment and storage facilities meet the state siting criteria adopted pursuant to the requirements of RCW 70.105.210.)

(Ord. 894 § 2, 1988: Ord. 698(part), 1979).

Conditional uses in the MU district are:

(1)

Light manufacturing and warehousing; provided, that no excessive noise, smoke, dust or odors are produced;

(2)

Carnivals, revival tents, etc. (see Section 18.52.060);

(3)

Mobile home parks or high-density single-family residential planned unit developments (see Section 18.32.060);

(4)

Any commercial use not listed as a permitted use;

(5)

Single-family dwellings; provided, they comply with the provisions in Chapter 18.20 of this title;

(6)

Residential planned developments.

(Ord. 1047 § 8, 1997: Ord. 698 (part), 1979).

Off-street parking shall be provided in the MU district in accordance with the requirements of Section 18.68.020.

(Ord. 698 (part), 1979).

(1)

Businesses. In any MU district there shall be no minimum yard requirements, except that the lot size shall be adequate to satisfy other sections of this title.

(2)

Multiple-Family Housing, Four or More Units. Minimum lot area for each dwelling unit shall be one thousand three hundred square feet. Minimum yard requirements shall be as follows:

(a)

Front yard, twenty feet;

(b)

Side yard, ten feet;

(c)

Rear yard, ten feet;

(d)

Landscaping, see Section 18.32.120.

(3)

Dwellings, three units or less, see Section 18.20.060.

(Ord 698 (part), 1979).

(1)

Businesses. There is no limitation on lot coverage, provided all sections of this title are satisfied.

(2)

Multiple-Family Housing, Four or More Units. There is no limitation on lot coverage, provided all sections of this title are satisfied.

(3)

Dwellings, Three Units or Less. All buildings including accessory buildings or structures, exclusive of patios with open lattices or similar roof construction, shall not cover more than thirty-three percent of the area of the lot.

(Ord. 698 (part), 1979).

No building in the MU district shall be more than three stories or forty feet in height.

(Ord. 698 (part), 1979).

Signs in the MU district will comply with Section 18.52.140.

(Ord. 698 part), 1979).

Access to and from streets to parking areas shall be limited to one two-lane driveway for each street on which the property abuts. Sidewalks and curbs shall be preserved elsewhere along the streets. There shall be no limitations of access to and from alleys.

(Ord. 698(part), 1979).

No less than five percent of the total property area shall be devoted to well-maintained hedges, plants, trees or other greenery along the street frontage. Further landscaping may be adjacent to buildings or border the property, or may serve to channel traffic within the required off-street parking and a layout plan shall be submitted to and approved by the building department.

(Ord. 1066 §2, 1998: Ord. 698(part), 1979).