Chapter 18.35 — MIX, MIXED-USE DISTRICT

The purpose of the MIX district is to promote Downtown Guadalupe as a fully occupied commercial, civic, and cultural focal point for the City. Residential uses, primarily above first floor retail and commercial, is expanded in this zone district. Under certain conditions, ground floor units are permitted.

(Ord. 93-324 §1; Ord. 2023-509 §1)

• A. Uses permitted in the MIX zone include:

  1. Ambulance service, taxi stand and bus depot;

  2. Banks, offices, savings and loan, financial services;

  3. Butcher shops, bakeries and other food preparation for retail sale;

  4. Churches, meeting halls, theaters and auditoriums;

  5. Clothing stores;

  6. Department stores;

  7. Dressmaking, tailor, jewelry and other small handicraft establishments;

  8. Drug stores, pharmacies;

  9. Eating, entertainment and event center establishments;

  10. Grocery stores;

  11. Hotels and motels;

  12. Laundromats, laundry and dry-cleaning agencies;

  13. Medical, dental and similar offices or clinics;

  14. Mortuary;

  15. Nursery school, daycare;

  16. Physical fitness center, health clubs;

  17. Professional offices, public and administrative offices;

  18. Repair shops for small items;

  19. Retail stores offering new merchandise for resale to the general public;

  20. Restaurants and fast food establishments;

  21. Retail sale of auto parts, tires, batteries, etc.;

  22. Retail sale of furniture and appliances;

  23. Wine tasting;

  24. Residential development, up to 30 units per acre, including: (a) residences occupying second floors (e.g., above ground floor nonresidential uses) including single-room occupancies, boardinghouses, apartments, and stacked-flat style condominiums; and (b) attached two- and three-story residences occupying their own site. This second form of residential use is limited to townhouse-style condominiums, townhouse-style zero lot line single-family dwellings in a townhouse configuration. No ground level units are permitted north of Seventh Street on Guadalupe Street, consistent with the General Plan land use designation of Downtown Mixed-Use, and following the development standards of the design review provisions;

  25. Adult oriented business identified by Chapter 18.15 ;

  26. Electric vehicle charging station.

• B. The following uses are permitted outside a building:

  1. Carwash;

  2. Service station;

  3. Public and private parking lots and parking garages.

• C. Accessory buildings, only if constructed simultaneously with or subsequent to the main building on the same lot.

• D. Any other similar use which the City Council finds to be consistent with the purpose of the zoning district.

• (Ord. 93-324 §1; Ord. 2023-509 §1; Ord. 2023-511, 9/26/2023)

Uses permitted subject to obtaining a conditional use permit in the MIX district include:

• A. Bars, taverns, and liquor stores;

• B. Hospitals, convalescent homes, and family care homes or other group dwellings;

• C. Outdoor sales, including drive-in food and drive-through banking facilities;

• D. Employee housing as defined by Section 18.08.328 of this title, where accommodations are provided to seven or more employees in a dwelling unit;

• E. Retail (storefront) commercial cannabis business;

• F. Electric vehicle charging station, if the Building Official or delegee determines the charging station could have a specific adverse impact upon the public health or safety.

• (Ord. 93-324 §1; Ord. 2019-482 §5; Ord. 2023-509 §1; Ord. 2023-511, 9/26/2023)