Section 634. Mid-Rise District.
The Mid-Rise District is intended to be a special "overlay" district to allow greater building height and density within the designated urban village cores. The M-R district may be combined with the R-4, R-4A, R-5, C-O, C-1, C-2, C-3, A-1, A-2, Commerce Park, P-1, P-2, PSC, Resort, [and] RSC districts and shall control in those requirements which it sets forth. The provisions of this section shall apply only to those areas designated as urban village cores and such other areas as determined by the City Council. Through development review and village design guidelines, greater use, intensity and height will be encouraged at the core of urban villages as compared with the core edge.
A. Permitted uses.
1. As permitted in the district with which M-R district is combined.
2. The P-1 and P-2 districts only when contiguous to or on the same lot as any R-4A, R-5, C-O, C-1, C-2, C-3, PSC, [or] RSC district may be included in the total lot area for density purposes, but only when the P-1 and/or P-2 district is in combination with the M-R district.
B. Yard, height and area requirements.
1. For any site development not exceeding fifty-six feet, the yard and area requirements set forth in the district with which the M-R district is combined shall control.
2. For any site development in excess of fifty-six feet:
a. There shall be a front yard having a depth as provided in Section 701.D.
b. There shall be side yards as provided in Section 701.D, subject to the exceptions provided in Section 701.A.3.
c. There shall be a rear yard having a depth as provided in Section 701.D.
d. There shall be no maximum lot coverage.
e. No building shall exceed the height of one hundred ninety feet.
f. A site plan approved in accordance with Section 507 of this ordinance is required for all uses.
g. A minimum of thirty percent of a project’s total net area shall be open space with appropriate landscaping and other pedestrian-oriented amenities. This area shall be exclusive of setbacks, areas open to vehicular traffic and parking areas.
h. Reflection, traffic and utility studies shall be submitted as an integral part of the site plan submittal to demonstrate compatibility with surrounding uses.
i. All surface parking must be buffered by landscaping, regardless of whether located in side yards or rear yards.
(j) When M-R developments are adjacent to single-family residential districts or uses, then there shall be an additional setback of one foot horizontal for each vertical one foot in height from the adjacent residential property line. (Ord. No. G-5051, 2007)