A. Purpose. The purpose of the Mixed Use Town Center zone is to implement the Mixed Use Town Center sections of the comprehensive plan. The Mixed Use Town Center should strengthen the vitality of downtown Winslow as a place for people to live, shop and work, to provide a strong residential component, and to encourage a lively community during both the day and night. The Mixed Use Town Center zone includes five overlay districts that allow diverse types of housing, shopping, civic facilities, recreation and employment. The mix of land uses promotes a pedestrian atmosphere, enhances the viability of the town center, and allows development in a manner that is harmonious with the scale of the town center. Land uses that require outdoor storage or that have an auto orientation, such as drive-through establishments, are not permitted within the Mixed Use Town Center.

1. Central Core Overlay District. The central core overlay district is the most intense district within the Mixed Use Town Center. Within this overlay district, residential uses are encouraged, but exclusive office and/or retail uses are permitted.

2. Ericksen Avenue Overlay District. The purpose of the Ericksen Avenue overlay district is to preserve the unique and historical features of the Ericksen Avenue neighborhood and should provide for a mix of residential and small-scale nonresidential development. Retail development is permitted only on the ground floor, while residential or residential and office development is permitted in the upper floors. Historic (pre-1920) single-family residential structures on Ericksen may be converted to nonresidential use. However, any additions to the structure must be added to the rear and must be compatible with the character of the original structure.

3. Madison Avenue Overlay District. The purpose of the Madison Avenue overlay district is to provide for a mix of residential and small-scale nonresidential development. Within the Madison Avenue overlay district, all retail and office development shall include a residential component. Retail development is permitted only on the ground floor. Residential development is only required for buildings greater than one story in height.

4. Gateway Overlay District. The purpose of the gateway overlay district is to protect the ravine. The district permits low-intensity, tourist-oriented, commercial, multifamily and agricultural uses that will have limited parking and minimum traffic impact. Impervious surface coverage is limited. If critical areas are identified on a property, additional buffer requirements pursuant to Chapter 16.20 BIMC may be required.

5. Ferry Terminal Overlay District. The purpose of the ferry terminal overlay district is to provide an attractive setting for ferry and associated transportation-oriented uses and serve as the entry-point into Winslow. This district is also intended as a new pedestrian- and transit-oriented, mixed use neighborhood that complements the character and vitality of the core and serves the neighborhood and commuters.

B. Performance Standards.

1. Noise. No use shall exceed the maximum environmental noise level, established by Chapter 173-60 WAC, as adopted in Chapter 16.16 BIMC.

2. Air Quality Emissions. No use in this district shall produce emissions of smoke, dust and/or odors beyond the property boundary that may unreasonably interfere with any other property owners’ use and enjoyment of his/her property. In addition, all sources and emission units are required to meet the emission and the ambient air quality standards specified in Chapter 173-400 WAC, and administered by the Puget Sound Air Pollution Control Authority (PSAPCA), and shall apply to all air contaminants listed in that regulation.

3. Lighting. Lighting standards set forth in BIMC 18.15.040 shall apply to the mixed use districts. (Ord. 2011-02 § 2 (Exh. A), 2011)