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• Street-Fronting Residential Entries: Permitted on Main Street. but should be designed to minimize their prominence, as outlined in the recommendation. • On-Site Ground Floor Parking for Residential Uses: Permitted in all districts, provided that it does not include habitable space. • Right-to-do-Business Ordinance: Use other methods (i.e project conditions of approval) to address potential conflicts between downtown residential and commercial uses. Development Standards. The City Council provided the following direction with respect to development standards within various land use districts: • Mixed Use-Downtown: Height: 46-foot maximum height. and a maximum of 3 stories; Floor Area Ratio: 300 percent. • Mixed Use-Transitional: Height: 36-foot maximum with a maximum of 2 stories; Floor Area Ratio: 125 percent. • Downtown Commercial: Height: 40-foot maximum; Floor Area Ratio: 300 percent, consistent with the existing development standards. • Residential Height Limits: 30 feet maximum. with the ability to consider additional height through a Planned Unit Development (PUD). Private Property Owner Initiated Requests. The City Council also considered whether and how requests for changes in land use designation made by two individual property owners (4212 First Street (Shell Station property). and 475/493 St. John Street (Barone's property)) should be incorporated into the DSP update process. After discussion, on a 2-3 vote the City Council rejected a motion to include the properties among land use map changes to be adopted with the Specific Plan. Following the vote, Councilmember Narum. who was among the three Councilmembers voting in the majority, requested the opportunity to reconsider her vote at the next City Council meeting. Discussion of this item is therefore provided below DISCUSSION Property Owner-Initiated Land Use Requests During the Council's April 16 discussion. staff was questioned about how the two properties (4212 First Street and 475/493 St. John Street) would be re-designated in the Specific Plan, the relationship of that action to other actions, such as rezoning, and to required CEQA review, and the related question of density assumptions for the two sites. Specific Plan Amendment If the Council were to support inclusion of the requested land use changes in the DSP, staff recommended doing so by including an annotation or other map notation for each property on the DSP Land Use Diagram (Figure 4-2) to indicate the possibility of being allowed to proceed with a residential-only project. in addition to the commercial and mixed-use options available in the current DSP. The notation and a related policy would Page 3 of 5 ding owner- initiated land use requests. Motion failed by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmember Pentin, Mayor Thorne Noes: Councilmembers Brown, Narum, Testa Absent: None In response to Mayor Thorne's question regarding the conclusion regarding this matter, Director of Community Development Beaudin reported they will need to submit their applications, go through the process of changing the Specific Plan and do their own environmental review. Excerpt: City Council Minutes, April 16, 2019 Page 7 of 8 er site, adding residential to downtown commercial properties. Director of Community Development Beaudin asked whether Council would support parking on the ground level for self-parked residential. Excerpt: City Council Minutes, April 16, 2019 Page 5 of 8 ide; felt a small residential development would generate fewer vehicle trips than the gas station; and urged Council to support staffs recommendations. Mayor Thorne closed the public hearing. Excerpt: City Council Minutes, April 16, 2019 Page 4 of 8 the original proposal and the draft plan. She stated people have a sense of pride in the downtown area because of its quaint, small-town feel and spoke in opposition to adding residential there. She urged Council to consider a plan where everybody can continue to be proud of downtown. Laureen Green referenced a letter she submitted to the City and felt the survey and felt the plan has diverted from it. Excerpt: City Council Minutes, April 16, 2019 Page 3 of 8 g and the State's intent on reducing costs and staff has not reduced or waived parking requirements as part of this update. He added that under SB 50, the corresponding issue will be the BART Station. Mayor Thorne opened the public hearing. Excerpt: City Council Minutes, April 16, 2019 Page 2 of 8 residential units in the back, Director of Community Development Beaudin reported there is a policy in the draft plan that prohibits new curb cuts and staff will ensure access is provided without impacting Main Street. In reply to Excerpt: City Council Minutes, April 16, 2019 Page 1 of 8