TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Anne McIntosh, Community Development Director
Nhung Madrid, Senior Management Analyst
SUBJECT:Title
Ordinances Nos. 18-0019-U and 18-0019 to Regulate: (a) Banks, Catering Services, Offices, Communication Facilities, Veterinary Services and Optometrists; (b) Retail Store Sales Floor Area; and (c) Second-Floor Outdoor Dining, In the CD Downtown Commercial District, Consistent with the Downtown Specific Plan (Community Development Director McIntosh).
a) CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING
b) ADOPT URGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 18-0019-U
c) INTRODUCE ORDINANCE NO. 18-0019
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Conduct a public hearing;
2. Adopt Urgency Ordinance No. 18-0019-U regulating certain uses in the (CD) Downtown Commercial District to take effect immediately upon adoption, and
3. Introduce Ordinance No. 18-0019, containing the identical Municipal Code regulations contained in Urgency Ordinance No. 18-0019-U.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are no fiscal implications associated with the recommended action.
BACKGROUND:
Since mid-July 2014, the City has been studying the Downtown area, and directed staff to draft a Downtown Specific Plan (DTSP). After public hearings before the Planning Commission and the City Council, the City Council adopted the DTSP in December 2016. Staff submitted the DTSP to the California Coastal Commission for certification in March 2017. As of the date of this staff report, the Coastal Commission has not yet certified the DTSP.
DISCUSSION:
On June 19, 2018, the City Council discussed options for the Downtown area and directed the City Attorney and staff to prepare an ordinance consistent with key regulations from the adopted 2016 Final Downtown Specific Plan. Staff has prepared two ordinances: (1) an urgency ordinance that, if adopted by a 4/5th vote...
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