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For the purposes of this Plan, all permitted and conditionally permitted uses have been classified into Use Categories. Descriptions and special requirements for each category, including aspects of their development such as size and location, are established in the text below. Use Category Charts include permitted and provisional uses for each category. Uses listed as permitted are defined as those uses permitted by right. Uses listed as provisional are defined as those uses which require special consideration either of their impacts on the neighborhood/land uses in the vicinity and/or of their physical organization and design. A provisional use shall be considered for approval if the proposed use conforms with the vision, goals and regulations of the Plan and any relevant requirement of the Bothell Municipal Code. All permitted uses for a single District are allowed either alone or in combination with any other permitted uses within a parcel. Any proposed use not listed in the Use Category Charts shall be classified by the community development director as permitted, provisional, or not permitted, based on the listed use to which the proposed use is most similar. If the community development director determines that the proposed use is not similar to any use in the table, the proposed use shall not be permitted. The determination of the community development director shall be appealable to the hearing body.

A. Retail. Description: Shopping including retail anchors, eating & drinking establishments, specialty goods/foods, entertainment & recreation, convenience uses, services, and commercial goods.

Definition-Anchor: A large commercial development that generates significant pedestrian traffic and that increases the traffic of shoppers at or near its location. Consumers, attracted by the anchor store, are likely to visit the location, and thus nearby stores’ sales and profits are increased by the presence of the anchor.

Definition-Cluster: A cluster is made up of two or more abutting retail establishments.

Special Conditions: Minimum interior height for ground level retail of all types is 14 feet from floor to ceiling. Use conversions in an existing building are not required to meet this requirement.

1. Pedestrian Oriented Retail. Description: Pedestrian oriented and activity-generating retail uses that are appropriate and desirable in a downtown core environment environment and that are open to the street providing visual interest to the streetscape. Chairs and tables for outdoor dining and carts for merchant display may be permitted in the public right-of-way (i.e. in sidewalk areas) provided that:

a. The use maintains a minimum five-foot wide unobstructed portion of sidewalk corridor which is clear and unimpeded for pedestrian traffic;

b. The use keeps the full width of the building entrance clear and unimpeded for building access.

2. Neighborhood Center Retail. Description: Convenience uses, small-scale shopping and personal services to serve nearby residential neighborhoods in Neighborhood Center Overlay.

a. A maximum size of 5,000 square feet per nonanchor use.

b. A maximum size of 2,500 square feet per eating and drinking establishments.

c. A maximum size of 25,000 square feet total per unanchored center.

d. A maximum size of 65,000 square feet per medium to large-scale grocery store or similar community-oriented anchors.

e. Provisional: Neighborhood serving retail & services exceeding 5,000 square feet per use.

f. Provisional: Unanchored Neighborhood Centers exceeding 25,000 square feet.

g. Provisional: Community oriented anchor exceeding 65,000 square feet.

h. May be free-standing buildings or incorporated into mixed use building.

3. Business & Personal Services. Description: Small to medium sized businesses providing services to local businesses and households.

There are no special conditions for Business & Personal Services.

4. Auto-Oriented Retail. Description: Medium to large scale shopping, entertainment and service uses that are best suited to an auto-oriented environment.

Provisional: Uses featuring outdoor sales or outdoor storage not clearly ancillary to use.

5. Corner Store Retail. Description: Small scale, convenience shopping and personal service uses to serve the immediate community.

a. A maximum size of 2,500 square feet per use.

b. A maximum size of 5,000 square feet total per cluster.

c. Corner store shall be integrated into a larger building on the corner of a block.

d. Corner Store Retail must be located on the corner of a block, and the entrance must face a public street, square, or plaza space.

e. Provisional: Individual uses larger than 2,500 square feet provided that the use is unique and not already provided within one mile trade area.

B. Civic & Cultural. Description: Services (including education and utilities), cultural institutions and recreational facilities made available to the general public for free or at a reasonable cost.

Provisional: Public and private utilities, including pipelines, utility lines, water and wastewater facilities, substations, and telephone.

C. Office. Description: Workplace uses including professional, administrative, medical, research and development, financial and educational activities for businesses, individuals and nonprofit organizations.

D. Lodging. Description: Short-term commercial lodging facilities including all hospitality uses, such as hotels, bed and breakfasts, and motels.

E. Residential. Description: All owner- and renter-occupied dwelling units, including multifamily with common entry, multifamily with individual entry, detached single-family, manufactured homes, and home occupation.

1. Multifamily with Common Lobby Entry. Description: Buildings designed as residence for multiple households where some dwelling units are accessed through a common lobby, shared hallway, or shared stairwell.

2. Multifamily with Individual Entry. Description: Individual or attached buildings designed as a residence for multiple households where all dwelling units have a dedicated entrance accessed directly from the sidewalk or publicly accessible open space.

3. Detached Single-family Homes. Description: A detached building designed as a residence for one household.

4. Manufactured Homes. Description: A dwelling unit, manufactured whole and designed to be transported to a site and installed on a relatively permanent basis (see BMC 11.02.050 “M”).

5. Home Occupation. Description: A dwelling unit in which the occupant conducts a home-based business or enterprise.

a. Provisional: Work activities that require hazardous assembly, including fabrication, manufacturing, repair or processing operations such as welding and woodworking.

b. The maximum number of employees not including the owner/occupant is limited to two per unit.

c. Once established, Live-Work may not be converted to a solely commercial or business use. However, Live-Work units may revert to solely residential use.

F. Academic. Description: All principal and accessory uses that relate to and support instruction and research and the needs of students and faculty, including, but not limited to, classrooms, labs, faculty and administrative offices, lecture halls, museums, theatres, libraries, faculty/staff/student services, student housing (including dormitories and married student/family housing); transportation (including parking); open space; support facilities such as bookstores, food services, faculty club; athletic/recreation facilities; and facilities supporting maintenance of the campus.