The purpose of the mixed use zone (MU) is to encourage the development of areas as a mix of compatible residential and commercial uses. The district is to provide for commercial use opportunities while preserving the attractiveness of the area for residential use and to ensure compatibility. The district is intended to provide a higher level of control over nonresidential uses to ensure that the use and enjoyment of residential properties is not substantially diminished by nonresidential redevelopment. The intent of this district shall be achieved by designating development and redevelopment to comply with established standards for compatibility and buffering as set forth in this article. It also encourages the assembly of properties in a unified plan to create a coordinated and harmonious development. This will promote outstanding design without unsightly and unsafe development. Specific measures to mitigate negative impacts of mixed use developments include standards for fencing, landscaping, lighting, noise, odor, screening, signage, vehicular access and design consideration which will be required at the time of design and site approval.

1. All uses in a mixed use zone shall be reviewed or considered by the city council. Uses deemed inappropriate because of being adverse or having a potential negative impact on people, uses or property in the development area shall not be allowed. Possible potential uses would include:
   
   Accessory retail sales and services when located within a principal building.
   Adult daycare centers.
   Amusement enterprises (including Bowling alley, Dance studio, Gymnasium, Park and playground, Recreation facilities (private and public), Roller skating rink, Theater, Indoor movie, Performing arts production facility with live performance).
   Animal service (including Doggie daycare, conducted in a completely enclosed building, Grooming for cats and dogs, Hospital, small animal only and services conducted in a completely enclosed building).
   Art galleries.
   Assisted living facility.
   Bed and breakfast.
   Car wash, manual and professional.
   Child daycare/preschool centers.
   Church, place of worship.
   Cleaning (Dry cleaning/laundromat).
   Clinics (Medical and dental offices/clinics, Optometrist, optician or oculist, Physician or surgeon).
   Community gardens.
   Day spa (bath and massage establishment).
   Dwelling unit above first floor commercial or office.
   Financial institutions with or without drive-through facilities.
   Hotel/motel.
   Library.
   Multi-family dwellings (condo/townhouse).
   Museum.
   Nature preserves/conservation areas.
   Nursery school and preschool.
   Office, research related.
   Offices (Accountant, Employment agency, Government offices, Legal, Medical, Professional, Real estate agency, Travel agency).
   Parking (park and ride lots not allowed), (Off-site parking, Structure).
   Public/private utility buildings and structures.
   Public/private utility transmission wires, lines, pipes and poles.
   Reception center/wedding chapel.
   Restaurant (with or without drive-through facilities) (Cafe or cafeteria, Catering establishment, Delicatessen, Ice cream parlor).
   Retail goods establishments.
   Retail service establishments.
   Single-family attached/detached dwellings.
   Transportation terminals (bus and rail).
   Vending carts on private property.
2. Not permitted in this zone would be sexually oriented business (SOB) per subsection of this code or clubs, lounges, taverns or any establishment whose primary propose is the sale of alcoholic beverage.
   

1. Residential uses shall conform to minimum lot sizes, setbacks, heights and coverage as set forth in the R-2 Combined Residential zone.
2. Commercial uses shall conform to minimum lot sizes, setbacks, heights and coverage as set forth in the C-1 Commercial zone.
3. Industrial uses shall conform to the minimum lot sizes, setbacks, heights and coverage as set forth in the M-1 Light Industrial Zone.

1. Per the City Council discretion, at the preliminary review stage commercial and residential ratios may be imposed for the uses on the property.
2. Per the City Council discretion open space and trail connections throughout the project site may be required.
3. Approval of uses shall be reviewed and approved by the City Council prior to issuance of a business license.
   

Hours of operation are to be set by the City Council after considering the impact to surrounding areas. General guidelines could include, but are not limited to, businesses not to be open before six o'clock (6:00) A.M. or after eleven o'clock (11:00) P.M.

(Ord. 647, 7-19-2005)

The uses in this article shall be permitted only under the following conditions: no outside storage except for two (2) business delivery vehicles, three-quarter (3/4) ton or smaller (unless otherwise specified by the City Council).

Fencing may be required per the City Council discretion for use as a buffer to adjacent properties. Fences shall be decorative, durable and of a height set forth in the site plan approval.

(Ord. 647, 7-19-2005)

All front, corner side, and rear (that abuts a public street) yards shall be maintained as landscaped yards. Twenty percent (20%) of the total site excluding parking area shall be landscaped with landscaping plans approved by the City Council.

1. Parking area landscaping shall be ten percent (10%) of the parking surface with plans approved by the City Council.
2. All landscaped areas planted with live plant material shall include an appropriate automatic irrigation system. The owner, tenant and any agent shall be jointly and individually responsible for the maintenance of all landscaping in good condition and free from refuse and debris so as to present a healthy, neat and orderly appearance.

(Ord. 647, 7-19-2005)

Lighting shall be low intensity, shielded from uses on adjoining lots and directed away from adjacent property in a residential zone or an adjacent residential use. Lighting cannot impact residential uses. All parking luminaries except those required for security must be extinguished one hour after the end of business hours. The exception for security lighting applies to twenty five percent (25%) of the total luminaries used. A higher percentage of security lighting may be approved at the discretion of the City Council.

The noise level emanating from any use or operation shall not exceed the state health department standards of the area measured at the property line.

No use shall be permitted which creates an objectionable odor in such quantity as to be readily detectable beyond the boundaries of the site.

Screening shall be approved by the City Council to minimize noise and visibility from on-site parking areas, adjacent public streets and adjacent residentially zoned property.

Signage shall be approved by the City Council.

The number of access points along public streets shall be minimized by sharing and linking parking areas with adjacent properties. Reciprocal ingress and egress, circulation and parking agreements shall be required to facilitate the ease of vehicular movement between adjoining properties. On corner sites, access points shall be located as far from the corner as reasonably possible per discretion of the public works director from the point of intersection of the property lines. Vehicular circulation shall be designed to limit the intrusion of traffic in to residential areas and minimize access on streets used by schoolchildren.

(Ord. 647, 7-19-2005)

Per the City Council discretion, the development shall provide on-site amenities and appropriate buffering to adjacent properties and uses. The scale of the development shall be in character with the surrounding land uses and the development shall have a residential character if adjacent to residential areas. Any properties currently abutting a residential street or residents shall create and maintain the residential nature.