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ORDINANCE 2013- 006 Building Design and Setbacks (14) Within mixed use P.D.s, common architectural themes, common hardscape and signage themes, and multiple pedestrian connections shall be provided to integrate nonresidential uses with residential uses. Common architectural themes shall apply to both commercial and residential areas of the project. (15) Within mixed use P.D.s, no individual commercial building shall exceed twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet in commercial floor area. Lodging uses are exempt from this limitation. (16) Where a nonresidential building in a mixed use P.D. is situated adjacent to residential buildings located outside the project, the nonresidential buildings shall be designed to be compatible with nearby residential buildings. The scale of such nonresidential buildings may be minimized by articulating the building's mass, using sloped roofs instead flat roofs, and/or by planting canopy trees around the building's perimeter. Perimeter buffers may be waived where residential uses within a mixed use P.D. are situated adjacent to similar residential uses located outside the project. Street Network (17) Each mixed use P.D. shall offer alternative routes and connections between destinations within the project, and to appropriate uses on adjacent sites, by designing and constructing a street network that consists of a grid or modified grid pattern and stub -outs or connections to adjacent sites. (18) The project shall contain a network of interconnected streets, sidewalks, and pathways. Streets shall be designed to balance pedestrian and automobile needs, to discourage high automobile speeds, to effectively and efficiently accommodate transit systems, and to distribute and diffuse traffic rather than concentrate it. Sidewalks shall be provided on both sides of project streets. (19) Street trees shall be provided so as to shade sidewalk areas and buffer sidewalk areas from automobile traffic. Timing of Construction (20) In each mixed use P.D., no construction of no more than 3 acres or fifty (50) percent of the total commercial area allowed, whichever is greater, mal bttilding area shall be meted constructed until at least twenty-five (25) percent of the proposed residential development (units or lots) has been constructed , and no certificate of occupancy shall be issued for commercial btfildi"g area exceeding 3 acres or fifty (50) uercent of the total commercial area allowed, whichever is greater, unless at least twenty-five (25) percent of the total residential development has received a certificates of occupancy or certificate of completion, r „l building area nstfuee fi,,., �I,.,ll not be e 1,,,nd -e (00) p nt_I. ui t (Ord. No. 2012-021, § 1, 7-10-12) Bold Underline: Additions to Ordinance 3 Steib Deleted Text from Existing Ordinance F:\Community Development\CurDev\Ordinances\2013\2013-_ 915.20(mixeduses)952traffic.doc