§ 20.75.020. MS main street districts.

A.

Applicability. The MS main street districts as established by Section 20.10.060 shall be applicable only to properties located within the Alum Rock Neighborhood Business District, as that district is described and identified in the general plan (as the same may be updated and/or amended from time to time).

B.

Purpose. The MS main street districts are intended to provide a pedestrian-oriented commercial shopping district with ground-floor retail along the main street in a configuration that supports transit and other alternative travel modes including bicycles, car share and vanpools. The MS districts require transparent storefronts at the ground level to accommodate active commercial uses and orient buildings to a wide pedestrian zone that connects businesses along the street, allows for outdoor cafés, accommodates bicycle parking facilitates, provides access to transit and connects with pedestrian and bicycle facilities in the surrounding neighborhood.

1.

MS-G main street ground floor commercial district. The MS-G main street ground floor district is intended to provide a mix of commercial and residential uses integrated in a pedestrian-oriented design with a focus on active commercial uses at the ground level along the main street frontage.

2.

MS-C main street commercial district. The MS-C main street commercial district is intended to provide a concentration of primarily commercial uses within a pedestrian-oriented design, and allows a mix of commercial and residential uses only where such uses can be integrated on a large site in a pedestrian-oriented design that maximizes commercial opportunities.

C.

Street designations.

1.

Street designations. The following street designations shall apply to streets within the main street districts:

a.

Main street. The main street designation shall apply to the commercial street or streets which provide primary public access to the business district. Lots with frontage on and direct access to a main street shall be considered to have a main street frontage.

b.

Major cross street. The major cross street designation shall apply to an arterial street that intersects the main street or to any other street that is primarily nonresidential in character and where commercial uses would generally be expected to front onto the street. Lots with frontage on and direct access to a major cross street shall be considered to have a major cross street frontage.

c.

Minor cross street. The minor cross street designation shall apply to a neighborhood or neighborhood collector street that intersects the main street or to any other neighborhood street where commercial uses are appropriate. Lots with frontage on and direct access to a minor cross street shall be considered to have a minor cross street frontage.

d.

Residential street. The residential street designation shall apply to a street that is primarily residential in character that does not intersect the main street. Lots with frontage on and direct access to a residential street shall be considered to have a residential street frontage.

2.

Street hierarchy. The street designations in this section are related to each other in a hierarchical manner as indicated below:

a.

First priority - Main street.

b.

Second priority - Major cross street.

c.

Third priority - Minor cross street.

d.

Forth priority - Residential street.

For a parcel with two or more street frontages, the higher priority street shall be considered the primary street and those regulations shall govern as identified in this chapter.

(Ords. 28858, 29011.)