Why this package exists

East Bethel already has an MXU district. This package completes it with enforceable rules so major growth areas deliver the planned mix of housing, commercial land, infrastructure, and connected development instead of allowing residential phases to consume the site first.

Package standard: PUDs may change project design, but they may not increase density or create new development rights. Each MXU Master Development Plan must carry its own required land-use mix; unrelated land elsewhere in the MUSA cannot be used to satisfy a project’s commercial or high-density housing obligations. Master planning begins at twenty acres or fifty homes; MXU land follows the 72.5% low-density housing / 20% commercial / 7.5% high-density housing allocation; large housing-only plats are prohibited outside an approved Master Development Plan; commercial sites must be development-ready before housing permits exceed 50% of approved units; and urban infrastructure and recorded obligations are mandatory.

Implementation posture: ready for staff and City Attorney redline drafting.

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Ordinance proposals

• Complete the MXU District
  Strengthen the existing district rather than create a replacement.
• Limits on PUD Flexibility
  PUDs may change design standards, but may not increase density or create new development rights.
• MXU Project-Level Land-Use Requirements
  Each approved Master Development Plan must carry its own mixed-use obligations.
• MXU Land-Use Allocation Table
  72.5 / 20 / 7.5 allocation applied at the Master Development Plan level.
• Residential-Only Development Limits
  20-acre / 50-home trigger requires an approved Master Development Plan.
• Master Development Plan Requirements
  Mandatory before preliminary plat or detailed engineering at the threshold.
• Commercial / Residential Phasing
  Commercial site readiness required before more than 50% of housing units receive permits.
• Connected Street Requirements
  Full network required; exceptions only for documented physical constraints.
• Urban Infrastructure Standards
  City sewer/water, pedestrian connections, connected streets, and parks/trails required.
• Recorded Development Obligations
  Master-plan commitments become enforceable development-agreement terms.