6965 Ridgetop (-6967) Dr NE, Keizer, OR 97303

Mixed Use Zone

The Mixed Use MU zone promotes development that combines differing uses permitted or special permitted in a single building or complex. This zone will allow increased development on busier streets without fostering a strip commercial appearance. The zone encourages the formation of neighborhood nodes of activity where residential and commercial uses mix in a harmonious manner. This development type will support transit use, provide a buffer between busy streets and residential neighborhoods, and provide new housing opportunities in the City.; The Mixed Use zone is intended to include a variety of uses identified in this section in relative close proximity to each other as compared to a traditional zone district in which differing uses are segregated. Vertical mixed use is a building in which significant amounts of differing uses are located in the same building with different uses on different floors. While mixed use development is primarily intended to consist of retail or other businesses on the ground floor with housing or office uses on upper stories it is not required that every building within a mixed use area is developed with different uses within it. Clusters of residential and commercial uses around landscaping features or parking areas will also occur. Development is intended to be pedestrian-oriented with buildings close to and oriented to the sidewalk. Parking may be shared between residential and commercial uses.; The Mixed Use zone is suitable for the Medium Density Residential, Medium-High Density Residential and Mixed Use Comprehensive Plan designations.