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Title 17 — Zoning›Division 5 — MIXED-USE ZONES

Palmdale Municipal Code Ch. 17.53 Mixed-Use 3 (mu 3)

Palmdale Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Palmdale

Cite as: Palmdale Municipal Code Chapter 17.53 · Text as of 2026-10-04

§ 17.53.010. Intent – Description.

This zone is intended to create a high-intensity concentration of commercial businesses and civic amenities mixed with multifamily housing along major corridors and/or near major transit. This zone is located at key nodes including near the future Education District on Palmdale Boulevard and 47th Street East, along East Avenue Q, and Rancho Vista Boulevard. MU 3 areas provide employment, shopping, and living in a horizontal or vertical mixed-use format. Ground floors are primarily office and retail with housing above or behind. Stand-alone residential and nonresidential development is allowed on any parcel, except parcels fronting Palmdale Boulevard must have nonresidential. This zone allows both horizontal and vertical mixed-use developments at a density range of 30 to 50 dwelling units per acre and a maximum FAR of 3.0. This zone implements the Mixed-Use 3 General Plan land use designation.

(Ord. 1603 § 4 (Exh. I), 2023)

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