Land Development Code Update: 3. Commercial & Multifamily Zones

1. Downtown Uses Land Development Code Update Require ground floor commercial on designated Storefront Streets Allow small scale light manufacturing uses provided building frontages meet design standards and external impacts are minimized (truck traffic, noise, and smells)

1. Downtown Uses – Light Manufacturing? Land Development Code Update Considerations: Use is accessory to retail? Size appropriate to typical C-C uses No/minimal external noise No external odors Level of truck traffic/deliveries Visual impacts Other considerations?

2. Tourist Commercial Zone Land Development Code Update Open up to more general retail uses?

2. Tourist Commercial Zone Land Development Code Update

2. Tourist Commercial Zone Land Development Code Update Permitted Uses Restaurants Gas stations Hotel/motel Auto dealers Offices Com-recreation Retail – souvenir/gift NOT Allowed now: General retail* Personal/prof. services Residential * Regional Retail is a conditional use with special restrictions

2. Tourist Commercial Zone Land Development Code Update Pros More flexibility Available land Regional retail already approved for U-Way interchange Cons Locations further away from residents o More driving o Increased energy use

3. Highway Commercial Zone Land Development Code Update Open up to more general retail uses? Between Umptanum & Mountain View

3. Highway Commercial Zone Land Development Code Update Open up to more general retail uses?

3. Highway Commercial Zone Land Development Code Update Permitted Uses Restaurants Gas stations, auto dealer Hotel/motel Offices Repair/constr services Personal/prof. services Supermarket NOT Allowed now: General retail* Residential * Regional Retail is a conditional use with special restrictions

3. Highway Commercial Zone Land Development Code Update Pros More flexibility Available land Cons Locations further away from residents o More driving o Increased energy use Incompatibility with service related uses?

4. Light Industrial Zone Land Development Code Update a.Provide greater flexibility on allowing office & supporting retail uses b. Add design standards for landscaping, pedestrian access, and building design standards

4. Light Industrial Zone Land Development Code Update NOT Allowed now: General retail Residential (existing OK) Permitted Uses Light industrial uses Wholesale Equipment yards Auto dealer Restaurant (cond.) Offices (special size limitations)

4. Light Industrial Zone Land Development Code Update Permitted Uses G. Manufacture and assembly of light and small items made from previously prepared materials and including operations which do not create noise, smoke, odor, vibration or other objectionable nuisances to the extent that they are detrimental to surrounding uses;

4. Light Industrial Zone Land Development Code Update Pros More flexibility Available land Downtown sites difficult to develop for office Cons Impacts to downtown Locations further away from residents o More driving o Increased energy use Incompatibility with other uses?

4. Light Industrial Zone Land Development Code Update b. Update design standards for landscaping, pedestrian access, and building design standards

5. Height Limits in Downtown Land Development Code Update

5-6 stories outside the core?

6. Residential/Office Zone Land Development Code Update ADD PICS

6. Residential/Office Zone Land Development Code Update a.Allow greater flexibility on housing types & permitted density, provided they meet height, parking, setbacks, and design standards that limit perceived building size. b. Allow small scale neighborhood commercial uses on street corner if they have residential or office uses above and meet design standards.

6. Residential/Office Zone Land Development Code Update Current R-O Zoning: Multifamily – up to four units/building Offices & personal services No general retail 35’ height limit Max 12 dwelling units/acre

7. Residential-Medium Zone Land Development Code Update

7. Residential-Medium Zone Land Development Code Update Allow greater flexibility on housing types & permitted density, provided they meet height, parking, setbacks, and design standards that limit perceived building size.

6. Residential/Office Zone Land Development Code Update Current R-O Zoning: Multifamily – up to four units/building 35’ height limit Max 12 dwelling units/acre

8. Parking for Multifamily Uses Land Development Code Update

9. Parking for Commercial Uses Land Development Code Update Current Provisions:

9. Parking for Commercial Uses Land Development Code Update

1. Sign boards on façade – externally lit or not 2. Painted signs (if in the right place) 3. Individual letter sign 4. Awning signs, neon projecting signs Historically Appropriate Signs

11. Tall Pole Signs or Low Monument Signs? Land Development Code Update Should tall pole signs be allowed everywhere? Perhaps only by the freeway?

11. Tall Pole Signs or Low Monument Signs?