890 Thomas St Memphis, TN 38107-2542

C. Mixed Use (MU) The MU District is intended to accommodate physically integrated uses. Permitted land use types include commercial, townhouses, apartments, and institutions. The ideal model consists of building(s) with retail or restaurant uses on the ground floor and office and/or residential uses on the upper floors. D. Commercial Mixed Use (CMU-) The commercial mixed use districts are intended to accommodate retail, service and commercial uses and to ensure that commercial-zoned areas are compatible with the character of existing neighborhoods. While the districts primarily accommodate commercial u ses, apartments and upper -story residential are allowed in order to promote live/work and mixed use opportunities. To provide for additional housing choice, single -family detached is permitted in the CMU - districts. The CMU- districts are not intended to p rovide for areas exclusively dominated by any one particular use but provide for neighborhoods that successfully integrate several types of compatible uses together. 1. Commercial Mixed Use - 1 (CMU-1) The CMU -1 District is intended to provide for neighborhood serving commercial, office, and employment uses. Residential uses are encouraged above the ground floor. Compatible nonresidential uses should be located within walking distance to the established residential neighborhoods they are designated to serve. Auto-oriented uses are not appropriate in this district. Typical retail uses vary from 1,000 to 15,000 square feet of ground floor area. 2. Commercial Mixed Use - 2 (CMU-2) The CMU-2 District is intended to provide for commercial, office, and employment uses that serve through traffic as well as surrounding neighborhoods. Residential uses are allowed on the ground floor but upper -story units are encouraged. Typical centers may include anchor tenants up to 80,000 square feet of ground floor area. Uses in this district are intended to be located within convenient traveling distance from the multiple neighborhoods they are designated to serve. 3. Commercial Mixed Use - 3 (CMU-3) The CMU -3 District is intended to accommodate a very broad range of high intensity commercial, office and employment uses that require highly visible and highly accessible locations with direct access to arterials. Residential uses are allowed on the ground floor but upper -story units are encouraged. Typical uses in this district serve regional needs. The permitted uses are generally uses not of a neighborhood or general commercial type, but serve large areas of the City and County.