The provisions of this article apply to the MU-1 Mixed Use Districts.

The following are permitted principal uses:

(1)

Artist live/work units.

(2)

Nursing homes, assisted living and hospice facilities.

(3)

Two-family dwellings.

(4)

Multiple-family dwellings.

(5)

Any retail businesses, personal or business service establishments or wholesale businesses.

(6)

Art studios and galleries.

(7)

Banks, business and professional offices.

(8)

Bed and breakfast inns.

(9)

Boat docks, fishing piers and boat launches.

(10)

Child care facilities.

(11)

Churches and other religious institutions.

(12)

Colleges, universities, technical schools, and training centers.

(13)

Commercial indoor recreation and amusement.

(14)

Dance halls, bars, cocktail lounges, night clubs, bowling alleys and similar enterprises.

(15)

Essential services as defined in section 34-11, and municipal administrative or public service buildings or properties, except such uses as storage yards, warehouses, garages, or other uses customarily conducted as gainful business.

(16)

Farmers market.

(17)

Hotels and lodging.

(18)

Laundry and dry cleaning shops.

(19)

Marinas.

(20)

Medical and dental offices and clinics.

(21)

Meeting halls, clubs or fraternal organizations.

(22)

Museums, theaters, and similar private cultural and entertainment uses.

(23)

Printing, publishing, engraving or lithography shops.

(24)

Plumbing or similar shops.

(25)

Public libraries, museums, art galleries, and similar public cultural uses.

(26)

Public parking lots subject to the applicable provisions of section 34-427.

(27)

Public parks, playgrounds, recreational areas and community centers.

(Code 1990, § 16-210; Ord. No. 2012-2085, § 1, 11-20-2012)

The following are permitted accessory uses:

(1)

Drive-through and drive-ups.

(2)

Outdoor dining.

(3)

Outdoor entertainment.

(4)

Service, repair, light assembly and fabrication accessory to on-site retail.

(5)

Communication antenna (which does not require support by a new communications tower), free standing or attached to an existing commercial, professional, institutional or residential structure, or to an existing communication tower, provided:

a.

The free standing structure does not exceed 50 feet in height;

b.

Communication antennas located on an existing structure shall not extend more than 25 feet above the top of said structure;

c.

The communication antenna complies with all applicable FCC and FAA regulations;

d.

The communication antenna complies with all applicable building codes;

e.

The communication antenna complies with all other requirements of this article.

(6)

Communication towers not exceeding 150 feet in height, provided that application for special use thereof shall have been made, and that recommendation shall have been made by the zoning board of appeals, all pursuant to the provisions of section 34-540(f)(1)d.

(7)

Home occupations in any residential unit subject to the applicable provisions of section 34-426.

(8)

Private garages or parking areas subject to the applicable provisions of section 34-427.

(9)

Outdoor residential swimming pools.

(10)

Signs (but not including billboards/off-premises signs).

(Code 1990, § 16-211; Ord. No. 2012-2085, § 1, 11-20-2012)

The following are permitted temporary uses:

(1)

Construction trailers and sales offices subject to the applicable provisions of section 34-482.

(2)

Outdoor display of merchandise.

(3)

Vending carts.

(4)

Special events.

(Code 1990, § 16-212; Ord. No. 2012-2085, § 1, 11-20-2012)

No structure shall exceed four stories or 60 feet in height, except as provided in section 34-476.

(Code 1990, § 16-213; Ord. No. 2012-2085, § 1, 11-20-2012)

The following minimum and maximum requirements shall be observed, subject to the additional requirements, exceptions and modifications in sections 34-477 through 34-479, inclusive.

Footnotes:

⁽¹⁾ Where a side yard or rear yard adjoins a residential district, the minimum setback shall be the same as the adjoining district.

⁽²⁾ Up to 25 percent of the width of the front wall may be setback further as necessary to accommodate a plaza, outdoor activity area or similar feature other than vehicular parking, circulation and loading.

⁽³⁾ Buildings must either have no separation or a minimum separation of ten feet.

⁽⁴⁾ A five-foot minimum setback is required except where a parking lot or drive aisle adjoins a parking lot, drive aisle or building, in which case no setback is required.

(Code 1990, § 16-214; Ord. No. 2012-2085, § 1, 11-20-2012; Ord. No. 2013-2125, § 3, 9-17-2013)

Parking requirements shall be the same as those for the B-2 district.

(Code 1990, § 16-215; Ord. No. 2012-2085, § 1, 11-20-2012)

Signs are permitted subject to the provisions of chapter 24 that are applicable to commercial districts, except that billboards and off-premises signs are prohibited.

(Code 1990, § 16-216; Ord. No. 2012-2085, § 1, 11-20-2012)