The regulations set forth in this article, or set forth elsewhere in this ordinance when referred to in this article, are the regulations for the "MXD-1" Mixed Use District.

The purpose of this district is to permit a diversity of compatible uses which may include a mixture of residential, retail, shopkeeper and commercial uses which may include a mixture of residential, retail, shopkeeper and commercial office uses.

There regulations are intended to:

(a)

Encourage the preservation, rehabilitation and restoration of structures of historic or architectural merit in the district;

(b)

Encourage economic revitalization of the area in general and those properties with combined residential-commercial characteristics;

(c)

Encourage compatibility of existing and future land uses.

(Ord. No. 82-111, 12-7-1982)

Within the "MXD-1" Mixed Use District, the permitted uses are as follows:

(a)

Residential:

(1)

Single-family and two-family residences;

(2)

Residential townhouses.

(3)

Redevelopment and adaptive reuse of existing structures, originally designed for ground level commercial use and upper floor residential use, to multiple-family dwelling designed to be operated as a unit by an individual, partnership, corporation or cooperative. Such redevelopment/adaptive reuse shall not exceed four dwelling units. Off-street parking regulation as per article 19 of this zoning ordinance shall apply.

(4)

Short-term rental of an existing dwelling, subject to the provisions of Article 39, Short-term rental regulations.

(b)

Retail, shopkeeper, commercial office:

(1)

Business and professional offices;

(2)

Retail shops offering the following or similar sales and services:

a.

Food products (maximum size 2,500 square feet);

b.

Apothecary shop;

c.

Drugstore (maximum size 2,500 square feet);

d.

Florist;

e.

Card and gift shop;

f.

Crafts and hobby shop (including instruction classes);

g.

Bookstore;

h.

Jewelry store, clock and watch repair shop;

i.

Antique furniture store;

j.

Bicycle repair shop;

k.

Leather goods shop (not including tanning);

l.

Sporting goods store;

m.

Restaurant, tea rooms, cafes, delicatessens (not including drive-in establishments);

n.

Artist's studio;

o.

Auto parts sales;

p.

Carpentry and cabinet shop (no outside storage);

q.

Plumbing and heating shop (no outside storage);

r.

Small appliance repair (no outside storage);

(3)

Entertainment, cultural and recreational uses (including theatres, art galleries, libraries, museums, private clubs, lodges, amusement centers and other recreational facilities);

(4)

Church or other places of worship;

(5)

Banking offices and other financial institutions;

(6)

Parking areas and lots (greater than ten spaces must be screened);

(7)

Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental and clearly subordinate to uses permitted in this district.

(Ord. No. 82-111, 12-7-1982; Ord. No. 11-06, 1-18-2011; Ord. No. 2025-RES-041, Exh. A, 6-17-2025)

All other uses not specified in Section 2 of this article are not permitted in the "MXD-1" Mixed Use District, said uses to include, but are not limited to, the following or similar uses:

(1)

Animal hospital or veterinarian;

(2)

Commercial car wash;

(3)

Chemical manufacturing, storage and distribution;

(4)

Auto body repair and painting;

(5)

Automobile service station;

(6)

Material salvage;

(7)

Outdoor advertising or billboard structures;

(8)

Rendering facility;

(9)

Automobile, truck and motorcycle sales and service.

(Ord. No. 82-111, 12-7-1982)

(a)

Dwelling structures, existing as of the adoption date of this ordinance, which may be used for retail, shopkeeper or commercial office purposes shall maintain a valid certificate of residential occupancy for a portion of the structure.

(Ord. No. 82-111, 12-7-1982)

(a)

For single- and two-family residents [residences] and townhouses for sale, refer to Article 22 of the Zoning Ordinance.

(b)

For commercial and shopkeeper uses, there shall be a height limitation of two and one-half (2½) stories not greater than thirty-five (35) feet above grade; minimum lot area the same as "R-5" and a maximum bulk not greater than seventy-five (75) percent of the lot.

(Ord. No. 82-111, 12-7-1982)

(a)

Front yards. No front yards shall be required (Article 25, Section 33, Paragraph 5).

(b)

Side yards and rear yards. For residential dwellings, townhouses for sale, commercial, retail and shopkeeper uses, refer to Article 22 of the Zoning Ordinance.

(Ord. No. 82-111, 12-7-1982)

The regulations contained in this article are supplemented or modified by regulations contained in other articles of this ordinance, especially the following: Article 19, Off-street parking regulations; Article 20, Off-street loading regulations; Article 22, Height, area and bulk regulations; Article 23, Supplementary use regulations Article 25, Supplementary height, area, and bulk regulations; Article 35, Historic zoning regulations.

(Ord. No. 82-111, 12-7-1982)

(a)

For commercial, retail and shopkeeper uses:

Where a side or rear lot line abuts a residential property, there shall be a continuous evergreen vegetative or opaque structural fence or screen not less than six (6) feet in height erected along such lot line, but not within fifteen (15) feet of any street line.

(Ord. No. 82-111, 12-7-1982)