An MRA includes a variety of residential land uses mixed throughout the neighborhood or within a block. In addition, offices, retail stores, and cafes are permitted in residential areas under strict scale, architectural building design, and land use controls. The MRA may include open spaces consisting of small squares, pocket parks, community parks, and greenbelts. All areas of an MRA are designed in a manner to promote pedestrian activity through a system of interconnected streets and varied streetscapes that also provide safe and efficient movement of vehicular traffic. Residential densities are higher than conventional single-family subdivisions.

• Minimum allocation: all areas within an N District designated as a “Mixed-Use Residential” future land use category in the Comprehensive Plan.

A CA serves as the neighborhood focal point. It contains commercial, civic, and public services to meet the daily needs of neighborhood residents. A wide mix of neighborhood-oriented uses are encouraged for a CA, such as small scale retail shops, restaurants, offices, banks, hotels, post offices, governmental offices, churches, community centers, and attached residential dwellings. Vertically mixed-use buildings are permitted in order to create a greater mix of people and activities. A CA is pedestrian-oriented, with on- and off-street parking and loading areas behind buildings. The CA is designed to encourage pedestrian movement and interaction with the adjacent MRA.

• The CA must contain at least twenty-five (25) percent of the gross land area, including all areas designated as a “Community Commercial Center” or “Neighborhood Center” future land use category in the Comprehensive Plan.

The district may include commercial, light industrial, large office and low-impact manufacturing uses on a limited basis. These uses are subject to siting, scale and building design controls to ensure that they do not disrupt the district’s character. This gives applicants the flexibility to incorporate these uses as anchors or supportive uses, while maintaining the appearance and function of a compact neighborhood.

• Supportive uses are limited to “B” streets designated on the preliminary development plan or site development plan.

• “B” streets are limited to ten (10) percent of the linear street frontage of the application.

• The land area occupied by supportive uses is limited to fifteen (15) percent of the total land area of the N district.

Civic uses can complement the social and physical fabric of a neighborhood. These include government offices, libraries, museums, schools, churches, and other prominent public buildings. These uses are sited and regulated to create focal points and landmarks for the community. The locations of these major public civic uses are designated on the preliminary development plan or site development plan.

• No minimum allocation applies.

• Civic uses are limited to twenty-five (25) percent of the land area within the N district.

Formal and informal civic spaces can provide areas for community gatherings, landmarks, and as organizing elements for the neighborhood. Examples include squares, plazas, greens, preserves, parks, and greenbelts. The regulations provide for functional yet compact spaces that are appropriately sized for the relatively urban context of these areas, and allow for their joint use for buffering, transitions to surrounding neighborhood, and stormwater management.

• Minimum allocation: five (5) percent of the land area within the MRA, and two (2) percent of the land area within the CA.

• Maximum allocation: twenty (20) percent of the land area within the MRA, and fifteen (15) percent of the land area within the CA.

• Any use permitted in the R-2, R-3, R-4, and C-1 districts

• Single-family residences are limited to eighty (80) percent of the gross land area within the MRA.

• Any use permitted in the C-1 or C-2 district

• Any multifamily residence permitted in the R-4 district

• Multifamily or townhouse uses must occupy at least twenty (20) percent of the floor area in the CA.

• Any use permitted in the C-4 district, subject to the design standards in this section

• See subsection A, above.

• Any civic assembly (such as a church or meeting hall – see Use Matrix)

• See subsection A, above.

• See Section 18.30.170 (Parks/Open Space/Civic Space Standards)

• See subsection A, above.