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Establishment of new zone districts and application of those districts to specific geographic areas of the City has occurred recently in order to implement the General Plan (adopted in 2010). In 2011, The City established the Mixed Use Corridor zone districts and in 2013 established Mixed-Use Neighborhood, Mixed-Use Live Work, Light Industrial Incubator, and Emergency Shelter districts. As a result, the areas re-zoned to these new districts became compatible and consistent with the General Plan. The Mixed Use Waterfront zoning was not adopted with the 2011 and 2013 actions, in that the IHSP intended to establish the land uses and development regulations for many waterfront areas that would otherwise receive the MUW zoning. The new MUW district, intended to be consistent with the Mixed Use Waterfront neighborhood General Plan land use designation, would allow primary uses such as housing, marinas and commercial uses that support residents and visitors to the waterfront. Commercial uses that do not support waterfront uses would be generally considered secondary and would be located away from the waterfront, behind the primary uses. Public access and open space amenities would be required along the waterfront. Maximum residential density would be 40 dwelling units (du)/acre and maximum commercial intensity is 0.4 floor area ration (FAR). Buildings would be limited to 40 feet in height. Developments would be required to provide common useable open space. Parking shall meet the standards of the Article 30 (Parking) of the zoning ordinance, with additional flexibility in mixed-use districts for tandem-oriented parking spaces and shared use parking. Site development regulations include requirements to address sea level rise where appropriate. The District also includes a community benefits program that allows certain regulations to be relaxed in exchange for community benefits, as described in more detail below. Summary of MUW Regulations: · Permitted Uses include: multi-family residential, retail sales, personal service, small heath/fitness club and restaurant · Conditional Uses include: single family residential, live/work, rooming house, animal- related uses, large health/fitness club, marina, water-borne vehicle equipment service, repair, rental and sales, entertainment establishments, outdoor recreation, hotels, child care centers, and civic uses including schools and meeting facilities · Marinas are limited to 50% coverage of water area and are required to provide public access to the water. · Development standards include: 40% standard FAR and 60% FAR with bonus, standard residential density of 20 units/acre with bonus up to 40 units/acre, standard height limit of 40’ with bonus up to 55’ and standard creek setback of 45’ minimum/55’ average with bonus creek setback of 35’ minimum/40’ average. · Measures to address sea level rise · Parking regulations based on existing parking standards described in Article 30 of the Zoning Ordinance (Off-street Parking and Loading) 7.A. - Page 5