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Chapter 17.14 MIXED USE ZONE DISTRICTS <br />Sec. 17.14.010. Purpose and intent. <br />Sec. 17.14.020. Applicability. <br />Sec. 17.14.030. Establishment of MU -R mixed use zone district. <br />Sec. 17.14.040. Adoption of design standards and guidelines, and relationship to existing regulations. <br />Sec. 17.14.050. Permitted uses and district specific regulations. <br />Sec. 17.14.060. Dimensional and bulk standards. <br />Sec. 17.14.070. Development and design standards. <br />Sec. 17.14.080. Incentives. <br />Sec. 17.14.090. Review procedures for development in the mixed -use residential or the commercial community districts. <br />Sec. 17.14.100. Definitions. <br />Sec. 17.14.010. Purpose and Intent. <br />Major improvements to State Highway 42 and the potential development of a commuter rail station in <br />Louisville are creating the conditions for significant development and change in the Highway 42 <br />Revitalization Area. In anticipation of such change, the City of Louisville hereby declares that it is the <br />purpose and intent of this chapter to: <br />A. Implement the Highway 42 Revitalization Area Comprehensive Plan; <br />B. Strengthen and enhance adjacent residential neighborhoods while protecting them from <br />potential adverse impacts associated with new development; <br />C. Complement and integrate the area with historic downtown Louisville through the <br />establishment of strong pedestrian, and multimodal connections; <br />D. Capture the potential for high quality, mixed use development that will serve adjacent <br />neighborhoods and the citizens of Louisville and enhance the city's long -term tax base; <br />E. Avoid incompatible industrial and large -scale or heavy commercial growth; <br />F. Adopt a regulatory framework which promotes and encourages redevelopment to integrate <br />principles of sustainable architecture and energy conservation; <br />G. Provide for design standards for the development of a commuter rail station which shall <br />promote the public health and safety, adequate ingress and egress, parking, and surface parking <br />which shall be decentralized. Surface parking shall be decentralized in a manner which does not <br />overwhelm the redevelopment area; and <br />H. Capture the potential for highway commercial development adjacent to State Highway 42 while <br />providing a restricted range of retail sales and services. <br />(Ord. No. 1524 -2007, 1, 9 -18 -2007) <br />Sec. 17.14.020. Applicability. <br />A. The regulations and requirements of this chapter shall apply to all new development, changes in <br />use, or a substantial alteration or expansion of an existing use within the boundaries of the <br />1 <br />