The Town Center (TC) District is intended to provide for a mix of office, residential and supporting retail and service uses, as well as other related uses. The TC District should include areas at a scale sufficient to allow master planning of activity centers and should be located adjacent to Interstate 25 and related transit facilities. The TC District should be interconnected with transit stations, parks, open space, plazas and bicycle and pedestrian paths to deemphasize the use of automobiles.

(Prior code 15.38.010, 15.52; Ord. 32 §1, 2011)

Uses by right are as follows:

(1)

Offices, including general offices, medical and dental offices, pharmacies, computer facilities, warehousing and storage of any commodity when enclosed within a building, and research laboratories;

(2)

Light assembly and manufacturing within general office space in a building not containing any residential uses, confined to one (1) floor per enterprise, not involving outdoor storage and provided that all activities producing noise, odor, smoke, heat, glare, air pollution, fire hazards and noxious emissions are confined entirely within the building, and any external effects resulting from such activities cannot be observed, felt, heard, smelled or otherwise perceived at the property line;

(3)

Support uses, including retail and service establishments which are designed to service the daily needs of the Town Center concept;

(4)

Accessory uses, including parking lots and parking structures (consistent with the ground coverage and open space requirements), parks, trails and open space, and transportation centers and systems;

(5)

Theaters and recreation facilities;

(6)

Public buildings and facilities; and

(7)

Any other use consistent with the uses set forth in this Section.

(Prior code 15.38.030; Ord. 32 §1, 2011; Ord. 04 §1, 2012)

Uses permitted in accordance with an SUP are as follows:

(1)

Public buildings and facilities other than general office;

(2)

Public utilities;

(3)

Dwelling units, including detached single-family dwelling units and multi-family dwelling units; and

(4)

Light assembly and manufacturing requiring more than two (2) commercial truck (over twenty-six thousand (26,000) pounds GVW) deliveries or pickups per week, or located in a building with residential uses.

(Ord. 32 §1, 2011; Ord. 04 §2, 2012; Ord. 22 §4, 2015)

To be eligible for rezoning to TC, the following eligibility requirements shall be met:

(1)

Size.

a.

The minimum gross land area of a parcel shall be two hundred fifty (250) contiguous acres with a minimum of sixty percent (60%) zoned other than residential at the time of the application. Such parcel may be divided by vehicular ways but shall be so located, dimensioned and arranged as to permit unified planning and development.

b.

A parcel with less than two hundred fifty (250) acres in gross land area may be added to an existing area with TC zoning, if it is directly adjacent to an existing parcel with TC zoning.

(2)

Transportation. A parcel being rezoned TC shall directly abut and be surrounded by major arterials and freeways existing and planned in the Comprehensive Plan and joint regional planning program regional plan. A parcel can be added to an existing area with TC zoning that directly abuts and is surrounded by major arterials and freeways existing and planned, if the parcel to be added is directly adjacent to an existing parcel with TC zoning.

(3)

Utilities. The utility systems serving the proposed TC District shall have major service capabilities. All utilities shall be underground.

(4)

Comprehensive Plan. The location of the TC District shall comply with the Comprehensive Plan.

(Prior code 15.52; Ord. 14 §1, 2010; Ord. 32 §1, 2011)

(a)

A minimum of thirty percent (30%) of the gross land area shall be open space.

(b)

For the purposes of this Article, open space is the gross land area which is not devoted to building, parking structures, paved streets and parking area improvements, but includes such areas as pedestrian ways, courtyards and other landscaped exterior space other than medians, islands and peninsulas, whether public or private.

(Prior code 15.38.060; Ord. 32 §1, 2011; Ord. 04 §3, 2012)

(a)

Building ground coverage shall not exceed forty percent (40%) of the gross acreage in the TC District.

(b)

Surface parking and the surface area of structure parking within the TC District shall not exceed forty percent (40%) of the gross acreage in the TC District. Parking spaces shall be provided in quantities sufficient to contain all parking within the TC District boundaries without surface use of public streets.

(c)

The NFA shall not exceed three (3) times the maximum building ground coverage.

(d)

Lighting shall be designed and located so as not to produce excess glare or illumination beyond the exterior boundary of the TC District.

(e)

Commercial vehicle (over twenty-six thousand [26,000] pounds GVW) deliveries shall be restricted to the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.

(Prior code 15.38.040, 15.38.050, 15.38.070, 15.38.080; Ord. 32 §1, 2011)

All structures shall be set back at least twenty-five (25) feet from the exterior boundary of the TC District.

(Prior code 15.38.080; Ord. 32 §1, 2011)