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The purpose of this chapter is to provide standards for the NC zone to ensure compatibility with adjacent uses. This chapter supplements the requirements in MLMC 18.30, Commercial Zones.

The NC zone provides for small-scale shopping areas that offer retail convenience goods and personal services for the daily needs of nearby neighborhoods. This zoning district is designed to reduce trips by providing convenient shopping. The allowed uses serve the neighborhood. Uses that tend to draw traffic into the neighborhood are not allowed. NC zones are located on transit routes and near pedestrian facilities and bike paths to encourage transit use, walking, and biking. NC zones should not be located within one (1) mile of another NC zone. Each neighborhood commercial area is compact to prevent strip commercial development. Buildings are located so customers can walk from building to building to meet their daily needs. Neighborhood commercial sites are limited in size to keep them in scale with nearby uses and the neighborhoods they serve. In addition, high quality design and landscaping is used to make the area attractive and functional and to minimize negative impacts on nearby uses. Other measures, such as buffering requirements and limits on hours of operation, may be used to reduce impacts to nearby residences. Mixed use and above-ground-floor residential uses are encouraged. The decision to place a Neighborhood Commercial Zone and its specific location and size begins with a recommendation from the Planning Commission to the City Council for final decision and is subject to public review. (Ord. 2949, 4/14/20; Ord. 2144, 12/9/03)