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property wide along the east side of Peters Avenue and is shown in Attachment 4. <br /> Commercial Guidelines and Standards <br /> In the Draft DHG are two tables summarizing the proposed standards and process for <br /> music, entertainment and bars. As proposed, the guidelines and related PMC <br /> amendments would: <br /> • Create a new Downtown Hospitality Area with two new hospitality zoning districts <br /> (Downtown Hospitality Central Core Area and Downtown Hospitality Transition <br /> Area) <br /> • Create a new use category — special downtown accessory entertainment use — <br /> for music and entertainment accessory uses in the Downtown Hospitality Area <br /> (see definition of special downtown accessory entertainment use in Attachments <br /> 2 and 3) <br /> • Establish guidance for music entertainment as an accessory use in the <br /> Downtown Hospitality Area (to limit noise, loitering, litter, etc.) <br /> • Establish guidance for bars in the Downtown Hospitality Area (to limit noise, <br /> loitering, litter, etc.) <br /> • Create a "good neighbor policy" emphasizing that Downtown businesses with <br /> music, entertainment, and/or alcohol service are expected to be respectful of <br /> neighboring properties and residential neighbors and implement certain "good <br /> neighbor" measures related to noise, parking, litter, loitering, etc. <br /> • Encourage music and entertainment accessory uses in the Downtown Hospitality <br /> Area by allowing a business owner to have music and entertainment as a <br /> permitted accessory use in the Downtown Hospitality Area, if the accessory use <br /> adheres to the applicable guidelines <br /> • Modify the existing noise standards for music and entertainment in the Downtown <br /> Hospitality Area, the primary changes being a higher allowable noise level (from <br /> 70 dBA existing, up to 74 dBA proposed) in the Downtown Hospitality Central <br /> Core between 8:00 am to 10:00 pm or 11:00 pm, depending on the day, and a <br /> quieter noise level at other times (from 70 dBA existing, to 60 dI3A proposed for <br /> the Hospitality Transition Area) as measured at the business property line <br /> • Encourage restaurants to stay open later by changing the hour when a CUP is <br /> required for restaurants serving alcohol from 10:00 pm to 11:00 pm (City-wide) <br /> • Direct staff to endeavor to capture the bar guidance as standard conditions of <br /> approval and to expedite the CUP process for new bars willing to adhere to the <br /> guidance <br /> Page 6 of 11 <br />