22407 62nd St Issaquah, WA 98027-8936

Mixed-Use - MU and Mixed-Use - Central Issaquah. 1. These zones intend to create medium-density, low-intensity retail use areas. Permitted uses include professional offices, personal services, restaurants, and general retail services. Multifamily residential is permitted in this district to promote proximity of jobs to housing and to provide the opportunity for mixed-use development. The following objectives apply to this zone: a. Establish and preserve areas for retail development to meet the shopping and service needs of the City’s local service area, as well as provide areas for retail uses and services that are a destination for the regional service area; b. Provide for the clustering of retail, financial, professional office, service businesses and entertainment activities to serve the City’s service area and extend to the regional service area; c. Emphasize improvement and enhancement of existing retail centers; d. Require that development and redevelopment of retail commercial uses be of compatible scale and design as defined by the design checklist; e. Provide usable open space and design amenities for employees and users of the district; and f. Provide opportunities for multifamily housing. 2. IMC 18.514.060 , Required affordable housing, makes provision for required affordable housing in the Mixed-Use - Central Issaquah zone. F. Urban Core - UC. 1. This zone intends to provide a dense, vibrant, pedestrian-friendly urban environment. Uses are mixed residential, commercial, and office with active first floors that provide pedestrian interest. 2. IMC 18.514.060 , Required affordable housing, makes provision for required affordable housing in the Urban Core zone. G. Village Residential - VR. This zone intends to provide a dense, vibrant, pedestrian-friendly urban environment. Uses are mixed residential, commercial, and office with active first floors that provide pedestrian interest. H. Mixed-Use Residential - MUR. 1. This zone intends to provide a residential zone that also permits compatible nonresidential uses. The following objectives apply to this zone: a. Provide a transition area where residential and limited scale commercial, office, and retail uses with limited impacts can coexist; b. Achieve compatibility of uses through design development standards; c. Provide opportunities for a range of housing, including senior housing, that is compatible with the existing, established neighborhood; d. Locate housing in close proximity to a range of urban services, to facilitate transportation alternatives and encourage pedestrian access; e.