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permitted uses in the Office District and Central and Regional Commercial Districts of Title 18 (Zoning) of the PMC. The subject site received Planned Unit Development (PUD) zoning for commercial and office development (PUD-C-O) in 1982 (Ordinance 1035, Attachment :2, Exhibit D). The City Council adopted a list of permitted and conditionally permitted uses for the shopping center in 1985 (Resolution 2691 approved under Ordinance 1215, Attachment 2, Exhibit E). Specifically allowed uses include "Barber shops and beauty shops" and conditionally allowed uses include "Beauty shops including massage services" and "Gymnasiums and health clubs including massage." Staff notes that these conditional uses were similar to what was conditionally allowed for non-PUD districts (e.g., Office and Commercial Districts) in the PMC at the time of PUD approval; however, the PMC has since been amended to allow beauty shops and gymnasiums and health clubs that include massage with three or fewer technicians at any given time as a permitted use. The list of PUD uses does not distinguish the number of technicians or address massage establishments as a stand-alone use. Meadow Plaza's Commercial-Office zoning designation lists uses that are consistent with those found in a non-PUD district, such as the Office or Central-Commercial zoning district. Adding massage establishments as a permitted use where three or fewer massage technicians provide massage services at any one time as a permitted use and massage establishments where four or more massage technicians provide massage services at any one time as a conditionally permitted use would be consistent with the Office and Central-Commercial zoning districts. Parking The PUD was approved and constructed with 237 on-site parking spaces. Meadow Plaza's approved development plan provided an overall parking ratio of one parking space per 223 square-feet of floor area. Should a massage establishment where three or fewer massage technicians provide massage services at any one time locate within Meadow Plaza Shopping Center, it would generate a parking demand similar to other permitted retail and personal service uses within the Center and could be accommodated by the 1/223 parking ratio. The parking demand for a massage establishment where four or more massage technicians provide massage services at any one time would be reviewed on a case-by-case basis through a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) to ensure that there is adequate parking for the use. PUBLIC COMMENT Notice of this application was sent to surrounding property owners within a 1,000-foot radius of the site, published in a newspaper of general circulation, and posted on the City website prior to this hearing (please refer to Attachment 2, Exhibit F for the location and notification maps). Other than Mr. Ho's comments, staff has not received any additional public comments. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT This proposed amendment to the list of uses for Meadow Plaza Shopping Center are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), per regulation 15305 Class 5. Therefore, no environmental documentation accompanies this report. Page 5 of 6