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Table 2: November 2018 draft Specific Plan Development Standards Proposed Specific Plan I Maximum Height ' Maximum FAR Land Use District Downtown Commercial 40-feet 300-,ercent Mixed Use- Downtown 40-feet 150-•ercent Mixed Use- Transitional 36-feet 125-•ercent Residential Districts 30-feet, including in future Not identified in Specific PUDs (per proposed DSP Plan4 Policy LD-P.46) During the November/December outreach, and in subsequent comment letters provided by PDA and the Chamber of Commerce. concerns were raised that the proposed height and FAR limits for the Mixed Use- Downtown and Mixed Use- Transitional districts were overly restrictive and should be increased. Commenters also suggested that the 30-foot height limit language for residential PUDs, should be eliminated. Task Force Discussion and Recommendation At the February Task Force meeting, the Task Force voted 6-3 to support relaxation of the previously proposed development standards in the Mixed Use- Downtown and Mixed Use- Transitional districts, including: • In the Mixed Use- Downtown district, increasing the proposed height limit from 40-feet to 46-feet, and maximum FAR from 150-percent to 300-percent. • In the Mixed Use- Transitional district, increasing the proposed height limit from 36-feet to 40-feet and increasing the maximum FAR from 125-percent to 300- percent • Amending the language from Policy LD-P 46, to generally require residential height limits to be limited to 30-feet, but not precluding heights in excess of this limit through consideration of a PUD. Staff Recommendation/City Council Direction Staff recommends that the proposed development standards revert to those included in the November 2018 draft DSP (see Table 2), with the exception of the height limit and FAR for the Mixed Use- Downtown district, which are recommended to be set at 46-feet and 300-percent, respectively. Additionally, staff recommends allowing residential development in PUDs to be in excess of 30-feet as modified by the Task Force in its February 26 meeting. Staff's recommendation is based on several considerations; many of these same items were discussed in a memorandum prepared for the April 2018 Task Force meeting, at which development standards for the DSP were discussed (See Attachment 5)- 'Residential Zoning district maximum FARs range from 25-50 percent Page 13 of 15 al uses, may be considered for these two sites Staff further recommends inclusion of policy language in the DSP that clearly specifies such consideration would be discretionary and would necessitate a legislative review and approval process, through a PUD application, and would be subject to site-specific California Environmental Quality Act review and analysis. Page 9 of 15 properties are included on a "Map B" of the draft DSP. Page 8 of 15 lding height in PUD's to be 30-feet which may need to be removed if the goal is to allow additional flexibility in PUDs. Public Comments and Questions The Task Force opened up the meeting to the public. Three members from the public provided comments. One comment noted we should maximize value and volume of use we can get on the land of this downtown (MU-D) area. Construction today tends to have higher plate heights and limited this area to 40-feet will only yield two-stories and really restrict any additional height/floors. However, given the right location and design, the Council may want to allow three-stories in some instances. Another comment agrees with the Task Force recommendation in terms of allowing additional heights so the projects can be reviewed on an individual basis. The final comment requested the note about limiting PUDs to 30-feet be stricken from the DSP to allow additional flexibility especially given modern construction. Summary of February 26, 2019 Downtown Specific Plan Update Task Force Meeting Page 6 of 7 c Plan Update Task Force Meeting Page 5 of 7