3550 Downing St Denver, CO 80205-2482

C-MS-5 Main Street 5 C-MS-8 Main Street 8 C-MS-12 Main Street 12 C-CCN-3 C-CCN-4 C-CCN-5 C-CCN-7 C-CCN-8 C-CCN-12 Cherry Creek North 3 Cherry Creek North 4 Cherry Creek North 5 Cherry Creek North 7 Cherry Creek North 8 Cherry Creek North 12 SE CTION 7.2.2 MIXED USE DISTRICTS (C-MX-3, -5, -8, -12, -16, -20) 7.2.2.1 General Purpose A. The Mixed Use zone districts are intended to promote safe, active, and pedestrian-scaled, diverse areas through the use of building forms that clearly define and activate the public street edge. B. The Mixed Use zone districts are intended to enhance the convenience, ease and enjoyment of transit, walking, shopping and public gathering within and around the city’s neighborhoods. C. The Mixed Use zone district standards are also intended to ensure new development contributes positively to established residential neighborhoods and character, encourages affordable housing, and improves the transition between commercial development and adjacent residential neighborhoods. D. Compared to the Main Street districts, the Mixed Use districts are focused on creating mixed, diverse neighborhoods. Where Main Street districts are applied to key corridors and retail streets within a neighborhood, the Mixed Use districts are intended for broader application at the neighborhood scale. E. In the Urban Center Neighborhood Context, the Mixed Use zone districts require the same level of pedestrian enhancements as the Main Street zone districts. In the Urban Center Neighborhood Context, the primary difference between the Mixed Use zone districts and the Main Street zone districts is Main Street districts mandate shopfront buildings at the street edge. F. Mixed use buildings have a shallow front setback range. The build-to requirements are high. 7.2-2 |