A. A live/work unit may be located only in mixed-use areas or on the fringes of residential areas in groups of dwellings that border commercially zoned areas;

B. Live/work units shall not exceed twenty percent of an MPD and shall be designated as live/work units on the final plat;

C. Vehicular access to live/work units/areas must be planned in a way that mitigates the impacts from additional commercial traffic to neighboring residential-only units;

D. In addition to the parking spaces required by the residential needs, live/work units must have an additional two parking spaces adjacent to and dedicated for the commercial portion of the occupancy. Parking may be shared when five or more live/work units are adjacent to each other but no less than one and one-half parking spaces per unit must be provided. Parking may also be shared with primarily retail/office/flex uses at the discretion of the planning commission;

E. Commercial uses shall be limited to the ground floor of the live/work unit;

F. Live/work units shall not include outdoor storage, outdoor display of merchandise, or parking/storage of any vehicle in excess of twelve thousand pounds gross vehicle weight;

G. Live/work units shall not include identifying signage in excess of a four-square-foot name plate attached to the dwelling;

H. Live/work units are limited to the on-site employment of immediate family who occupy the dwelling and up to one employee that does not occupy the dwelling (this criteria is not intended to limit the number of employees who are engaged in business but conduct all work activities off-premises);

I. Live/work dwellings shall be designed to reflect their status as primarily residential units;

J. Live/work units shall not cause a demand for municipal services in excess of that associated with normal residential use;

K. Live/work units shall be enclosed within a structure in complete conformity with current building, fire, electrical and plumbing codes; and

L. Live/work units are limited to professional office, nonindustrial artistic, architectural/engineering office, real estate office, mail/internet supply offices and other similar uses. Retail uses are prohibited except that architectural, artistic, engineering, drafting, and similar on-premises products may be displayed and sold by appointment only. Other prohibited uses include animal related uses, auto related uses, medical offices, sexually oriented businesses, and any use prohibited in the applicable zoning district. (Ord. 6/6/2006O-6 § 1 (part))