(1) Intent. The downtown mixed use district is intended to provide for mixed use, pedestrian-oriented development in downtown. In order to promote walkability and to encourage street-level retail activity, auto-oriented uses and ground-floor residential uses are restricted. Building type options include live-work, single-story shopfront and mixed use shopfront. Downtown mixed use should be applied in areas where the existing or proposed land use pattern promotes the highest levels of pedestrian and mixed-use activity in the community and may be applied in areas designated commercial in the comprehensive plan.
(2) Building Types Allowed. The allowed building types are as follows:
(3) Lot Dimensions.
(a) There are no minimum or maximum lot sizes in the DMU district.
(b) There is no minimum lot width in the DMU district.
(4) Maximum hard surface coverage is 100 percent.
(5) Building Setbacks.
(a) Primary street: not applicable.
(b) Side street: not applicable.
(c) Side interior: not applicable.
(6) Build-to Zone.
(a) Building facade in primary street: 80 percent minimum (percent of lot width).
(b) Building facade in side street: 40 percent minimum (percent of lot width).
(c) Build-to zone percentages may be decreased (i) if a public pedestrian-oriented space is provided, if the reduction is no more than the minimum needed to accommodate the pedestrian oriented space, or (ii) for public civic buildings such as a community center or library.
(7) Parking Location. Parking shall be allowed as follows except where another standard is specified in Chapter
20.127 POMC:
(b) Corner yard: not allowed.
(e) For proposed buildings with frontage on all four sides, the director shall determine where parking shall be allowed, based upon (i) consistency with an adopted subarea plan; (ii) consistency with the city's critical areas and shoreline master program regulations; and/or (iii) traffic and circulation impacts of the proposed parking location(s), including vehicular and pedestrian safety.
(8) Building Height.
(a) Maximum height: three stories/38 feet unless an alternative maximum building height is specified pursuant to the downtown height overlay district (POMC §
20.38.600 through §
20.38.670).
(Ord. 011-19 § 4 (Exh. 1); Ord. 056-19 § 12; Ord. 030-21 § 5)