Sec. 656.387. - Town center use.

(a) Land use. (1) The town center shall meet all requirements of the shopfront use category, except as modified below, and all other requirements of the TND, including requirements for parking lots if any part of the plaza is used for parking. (2) A minimum of 35 percent of the gross leasable building area (taken in sum) of the lots fronting the plaza shall be for residential use. (3) Town centers may include, in addition to Commercial Neighborhood (CN) uses, one grocery and/or department store use, each not exceeding 15,000 square feet of building footprint area. (b) Land allocation. (1) The town center buildings shall surround the plaza on at least 35 percent of its perimeter. (2) A maximum of 50 percent of the TND's allocation for shopfront use lots may be transferred to the town center. Any additional commercial area shall only be permitted where designated on the future land use map (FLUM). (3) There shall be no more than one town center in a TND. (4) A maximum of four lots fronting the town center plaza may be consolidated. (c) Lots and buildings. (1) Town center plazas shall extend no further than 600 feet along the through street from the centerline of the intersection and shall have a minimum area of 1,400 square feet per TND acre to a maximum of 200,000 square feet. (2) The town center shopfront uses shall be located no further than a 600-foot radius from other shopfront uses located on the mandatory square. (3) There shall be a direct street connection between the mandatory square and the town center plaza. (4) Colonnades are required on all shopfront use buildings fronting the town center plaza. (5) At least ten percent of the plaza shall be devoid of parking and developed with permanent architectural and/or water features as a focal point for the town center. Such focal point shall be in addition to other landscape requirements as provided in the TND. (d) Parking. (1) A portion of the town center plaza may be used for off-street parking. (e) Signage. (Ord. 94-607-773, § 1)