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PROJECT DESCRIPTION Staff has attached proposed redline amendments to the PMC which would modify Sections 18.08 Definitions (Exhibit B), 18.44.090 Permitted and conditional uses (Exhibit C), and 18.88.030 Schedule of off - street parking space requirements (Exhibit D). These proposed Code amendments would allow businesses and /or individuals, which are not associated with the building or its uses, to rent commercial basement space within buildings located within the Downtown, Central Commercial zoning district only. Storage items would be limited to non - hazardous materials only, as classified by the Livermore - Pleasanton Fire Department (LPFD). Furthermore, prior to allowing public storage within a commercial basement space, the building owner would be required to demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the Community Development Department and the LPFD, that the basement space is adequately constructed to allow storage and that the space meets access and operational requirements, wall separation, sprinkler systems, etc. of the California Building and Fire Codes. Staff proposes the following text amendments: Definition (18.08.057 Definitions) Those uses located within a building that have a basement space likely have access and /or "storage rights ". Accordingly, the following definition is intended to clarify commercial basement storage. Basement Commercial Storage - public: "Basement" means any floor level below the first story in a building. "Commercial storage" means storage within the basement of a commercial building. "Public" means a business and /or member of the general public, not associated with the buildings' primary use. Proposed Standards Staff proposes the following standards be required to be met as a part of the amended Code (18.44.090 Permitted and conditional uses and 18.88.030 Schedule of off - street parking space requirements). Basement storage for the public in conformance with these standards would then be a permitted use in the Central Commercial (C -C) zoning district. 1. Basement storage shall be limited to the Central Commercial (C -C) zoning district within the Downtown Specific Plan area and limited to commercial buildings only. 2. Basement storage shall be limited to non - toxic, non - hazardous materials only. It is the responsibility of the storage space operator to prepare a list of prohibited storage items, to have the list approved by the Livermore Pleasanton Fire Department, and PRZ -56, Basement Commercial Storage Planning Commission Page 2 of 4