TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Marisa Lundstedt, Community Development Director
Quinn M. Barrow, City Attorney
Laurie B. Jester, Planning Manager
SUBJECT:Title
An Interim Ordinance Requiring a Use Permit for the Following Uses in the Downtown Commercial Zone: (1) Any Office, Business or Professional; Banks and Savings & Loans; Catering Services; or Communications Facilities, Proposed to be Located on The Ground Floor Streetfront; (2) Any Use Proposed to Have More Than 35 Feet of Tenant Frontage on Lots More Than 35 Feet In Depth; (3) Any Use Proposed to Have More Than 50 Feet of Tenant Frontage on Lots 35 Feet or Less In Depth; and (4) Any Retail Sales Use Proposed to Have More Than 1,600 Square Feet of Buildable Floor Area. (Community Development Director Lundstedt).
ADOPT URGENCY ORDINANCE NO. ORD 16-0009U
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council consider adopting an interim zoning ordinance (IZO) to require a use permit prior to the establishment of certain commercial uses in the Downtown.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
No fiscal implications are associated with the recommended action.
BACKGROUND:
Since mid-July 2014, the City has been studying the Downtown area. To facilitate that study, the City Council adopted an interim ordinance imposing a moratorium prohibiting the conversion of any commercial use to a different commercial use classification in the Downtown area, commissioned a study by the Urban Land Institute, engaged the services of an independent land use consultant team, and conducted extensive public outreach and engagement with community stakeholders, including residents, tenants and property owners, regarding appropriate uses for the downtown area. After numerous opportunities for the public to provide input, the City Council provided staff with direction on a...
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