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Chair Ritter: I'm willing to do that. Commissioner Allen: I'd like to see a number though. Beaudin: It may not be a number. Commissioner Allen: Pedestrian scale and consistent with downtown existing buildings. That feels okay because that's what we'd look at if it came to us, right? Beaudin: And it would still be a CUP if it's above a certain number. I will put a number on that but I just don't know tonight what that would be. A lot of our businesses downtown are between 7,000 and 10,000 square feet; but there are larger and smaller ones. I just don't want to pin a number on it tonight without doing a little bit more research. Chair Ritter: You still have the opportunity because it still has to go to the City Council. With the number you pin on it, it goes to the City Council. If we don't like it.... Commissioner Allen: .... I mean if we're in the 7,000 to 10,000 with that footnote, I mean that feels right. It feels a lot different than 80,000. Beaudin: Right and I think there are Trader Joe's models that fit into downtowns pretty well that are a little bit larger than that, so I'll do a little homework and we'll make sure the number works for the Commission. I'll make sure you get a copy of the staff report for Council. Commissioner Nagler: Do you happen to know the square footage of the hardware store? Beaudin: I can do a Google Earth outline of the building and try to get a rough estimate tonight, but I can't imagine it's more than 30,000 or 40,000 square feet. Bonn: Is that on the upper end of what the Commission is comfortable with just so we get a sense? Commissioner Allen: I'm comfortable with that. I'm comfortable with something like a Pottery Barn or Restoration Hardware; not a lot of them, but I would say that's within realm. Commissioner Balch: Could I ask for clarification maybe? I think we're asking and to make sure I'm following, I apologize Nancy —we're basically saying at what level is permitted and at what level does it become conditional? Commissioner Allen: Yes, that's the point. Commissioner Balch: So, frankly being lower isn't a major risk except that we catch more fish in our net and obviously we're trying to be efficient here, right? I would set it at 7,500 square feet. Commissioner Allen: That feels about right. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, December 14, 2016 Page 21 of 49