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City of Portsmouth Zoning Ordinance Article IL — Zoning Districts Sec. 40.2 -204 — Industrial Zoning Districts Neighborhood Mixed -Use (NMU) District 11/6/2020 (1) Provide appropriately located lands for the full range of commercial uses needed by the City's residents, businesses, and workers, consistent with the comprehensive plan; (2) Strengthen the city's economic base, and provide employment opportunities close to home for residents of the city; (3) Create suitable environments for various types of commercial uses, and protect them from the adverse effects of incompatible uses; (4) Create suitable environments for various types of mixed use development, where business, office, retail, and residential uses are designed and integrated in compatible ways; and (5) Minimize the impact of commercial development on residential districts and uses. (B) Neighborhood Mixed -Use (NMU) District The Neighborhood Mixed Use (NMU) district is established to accommodate a mix of residential and small - scale, low- intensity, and "convenience" retail and service uses that provide goods and services serving the residents of the immediately surrounding neighborhood (e.g., personal service uses, restaurants, and limited retail). Development in the district should not include uses of a size that are out of scale with a residential neighborhood. (C) General Mixed -Use (GMU) District The General Mixed -Use (GMU) district is established to provide a wide variety of professional offices and institutions and a broad range of light and moderate intensity commercial uses proximate to residential and more intense business districts so as to satisfy the demand for services. The district regulations are designed to encourage the formation and continuance of a compatible mixed -use environment that includes residential, commercial, and institutional uses. (D) High Intensity Mixed -Use (MU -H) District The High- Intensity Mixed Use (MU -H) district is established to accommodate a mix of residential and a diverse range of medium to high intensity retail, service, and office uses that provide goods and services serving the residents and businesses in the community at large. The district is typically located along major arterials or at the intersection of arterials. Sec. 40.2 -204 — Industrial Zoning Districts (A) General Purposes The industrial zoning districts are established for the general purpose of ensuring there are lands in the City that provide a wide range of industrial related uses to meet business needs, and more specifically to: (1) Provide appropriately located lands for the full range of industrial uses needed by the City's residents, businesses, and workers, consistent with the comprehensive plan; (2) Strengthen the city's economic base, and provide employment opportunities close to home for residents of the city; Page 10