4-4-150 RESIDENTIAL MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS:

A. PURPOSE:

1. Ensure that all development is consistent with the goals, objectives and policies of the Comprehensive Plan.

2. Provide development standards for integrated residential and commercial development within the same building or on the same parcel or contiguous group of parcels. (Ord. 6029, 10-18-2021)

B. APPLICABILITY:

This Section shall apply to development in commercial zones wherein dwelling units are proposed. (Ord. 6029, 10-18-2021)

C. DESIGN:

1. Where allowed, townhouses or carriage houses shall be subject to the standards of RMC 4-2-115, Residential Design and Open Space Standards, applicable to the R-10 and R-14 Zones, in lieu of the Design District Overlay standards of RMC 4-3-100.

2. For vertically mixed-use buildings, the facade necessary for interior entrances, lobbies, and areas/facilities developed for the exclusive use of the building’s residents, or their guests (“lobby facade” for the purposes of this Section), is limited to thirty five percent (35%) of the overall facade along any street frontage or the primary facade. The Administrator may allow the lobby facade to exceed thirty five percent (35%) if the depth of the commercial space exceeds the minimum required by RMC 4-4-150E, provided the increased percentage of lobby facade is generally proportional to the increased depth of commercial space. (Ord. 6029, 10-18-2021)

D. GROUND FLOOR COMMERCIAL – WHERE REQUIRED:

1. A vertically mixed-use building with at least two (2) residential stories above ground floor commercial is required:

a. Along any street frontage in the CA Zone;

b. The CD Zone within the Downtown Business District; and

c. Along NE Sunset Blvd. for properties in the CV Zone abutting NE Sunset Blvd. east of Harrington Avenue NE.

2. A vertically mixed-use building with ground floor commercial is required in the UC-1 and UC-2 Zones. (Ord. 6029, 10-18-2021; Ord. 6089, 12-12-2022)

E. COMMERCIAL SPACE STANDARDS:

1. Commercial Area Requirement: Within the following zones, any development wherein dwelling units are proposed shall provide an amount of gross commercial floor area equivalent to a percentage of the building footprint(s) of all buildings on site containing residential dwelling units, as specified in the chart below. The following areas are exempt from commercial space requirements: CD-zoned properties outside of the Downtown Business District; and CV-zoned properties not abutting NE Sunset Blvd. east of Harrington Avenue NE.

 

CN	CV	CA	CD	CO	COR	UC-1	UC-2
40%	40%	40%	50%	40%	40%	40%	20%

2. Ground Floor Commercial Space Standards: At a minimum, the development shall include ground floor commercial space along any street frontage or, in the absence of street frontage, along the primary facade of the building in conformance with the following standards:

a. A minimum average depth of thirty feet (30') and no less than twenty feet (20') at any given point;

b. A minimum floor-to-ceiling height of eighteen feet (18'), and a minimum clear height of fifteen feet (15') unless a lesser clear height is approved by the Administrator;

c. ADA compliant bathrooms (common facilities are acceptable);

d. A central plumbing drain line; and

e. A grease trap and a ventilation shaft for a commercial kitchen hood/exhaust. (Ord. 6029, 10-18-2021; Ord. 6089, 12-12-2022)

F. MODIFICATIONS:

Subsections E2c through e of this Section, may be modified whenever there are practical difficulties involved in carrying out the provisions of this Section. Modifications may be granted for individual cases in accordance with the procedures and review criteria in RMC 4-9-250D. (Ord. 5899, 11-19-2018; Ord. 6029, 10-18-2021)