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Policy Topic Area February 26 Task Force April 16 and May 7 City Council Recommendation Direction (compared to the February 26 Task Force recommendation) district, subject to certain provisions. Mixed Use-Transitional: Ground- floor residential may be located behind commercial development on properties within the district, subject to certain provisions. Mixed Use-Downtown: Prohibit ground-floor residential uses throughout the district. Property-Owner Incorporate a residential "overlay" 4212 First Street: No Change Initiated Requests or annotation on the DSP land 475/493 St. John Street: use map for 4212 First Street and Incorporate a map annotation to 475/493 St. John Street that note potential for a future Mixed would allow for consideration of Use-Transitional designation to be either standalone residential uses, applied to the property, subject to commercial uses, or a approval of a PUD rezoning/PUD combination of both, but would Plan (maintaining the existing require processing of a Planned single family residence). Unit Development application. Development Mixed Use-Downtown Mixed Use-Downtown Standards • Height: 46' max • Height: 46', 3-stories max • FAR: 300% max • FAR: no change Downtown Commercial Downtown Commercial • Height: 40' max • Height: 40', 3-stories' max • FAR: 300% max • FAR: no change Mixed Use-Transitional Mixed Use-Transitional • Height: 40' max • Height: 36', 2-stories max • FAR: 300% max • FAR: 125% max Residential Residential • Height: 30' max • Height: 30' max, 2-stories max with the ability to consider additional height through a PUD 1 City Council's direction was to maintain the existing development standards for the Downtown Commercial district. For clarity, a recommendation was made to the Task Force at the May 28, 2019, meeting, to retain Policy 1 from the Land Use Chapter of the 2002 Specific Plan that states, "new or remodeled buildings within the Downtown Commercial area should be limited to two stories, except that three-story buildings may be allowed on a case-by-case basis" and goes on to state a series of criteria for approval of such three-story buildings. Downtown Specific Plan Planning Commission 5 of 15 e Task Force on February 26, 2019, along with a series of options and recommendations on five specific policy topics: 1) Regulation of massage businesses; 2) Application of the Active Ground-Floor Overlay; 3) Ground-floor residential uses; 4) Treatment of property owner-initiated requests for re-zoning; and 5) Development standards within mixed use and residential land use districts. The Task Force considered and made recommendations regarding the policy topics based on community outreach results, some of which differed from that reflected in the November 2018 Public Review Draft Plan. The Task Force's February 26, 2019, direction is summarized in the meeting notes, Exhibit A, attached. Downtown Specific Plan Planning Commission 3 of 15