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Overlay district in an effort to protect and enhance vibrancy. However, limiting the exception to only one use per block is too restrictive. There should be greater relief and he urged the Task Force to modify the exception to expand it to more than one business per block. The other comment highlighted the importance of supply and cautions the City about over regulation. There was a recommendation to encourage property owners to update buildings to avoid vacancy as opposed to adding restrictions. Additionally, he noted parking should be regulated downtown in terms of time limit enforcement and safety (e.g., parking lot lighting). Task Force Recommendation Based on the discussion, staff recommends adding an additional bullet to the staff recommendation to provide broader relief to the exceptions of the Active Ground Floor Overlay. The Task Force moved and voted to support staffs recommendation as written in the report (not including the additional recommendation made above) that is-to not modify the extent of the ground floor overlay to the side streets, not include personal services in the "active use" definition, allow exceptions to be acted on by the Community Development Director, and include an exception for existing purpose-built bank buildings with the following modification: on the first bullet for"exceptions", delete the portion after"and" (e.g., to allow exceptions on the same side of the street on the same block) (7 in support, 2 in opposition). Ground Floor Residential Staff summarized the Task Force direction to date to prohibit ground floor residential uses in Commercial and Mixed Use districts and prohibiting street fronting residential entries in these districts. However, given some of the direction in the public outreach as well as public comments received, staff is looking for direction from the Task Force and suggests potentially allowing ground floor residential in Commercial and Mixed Use Districts if said ground floor residential is setback behind commercial that is at least 50-feet deep and allowing street fronting residential entrances given certain standards. Task Force Direction, Comments, and Questions One Task Force member questioned the 50-foot depth as it seems it may be overly restrictive and deep. They questioned if we knew how deep current commercial is and confirmed staff looked at range of depths and determined 50-feet seems appropriate so that "token" commercial is not provided. The Task Force confirmed that this minimum depth would not apply to all commercial buildings- it would only apply to properties that want to build residential on the ground floor. The Task Force discussed the minimum depth and if it would work for side streets that may have less deep lots. One Task Force member questioned if we should really allow housing behind commercial in the Commercial district. We should have a right-to-do business ordinance to protect the vitality of the downtown. The Task Force agrees that commercial behind commercial on Main may not make sense and residential may make sense, however, this may result in a large increase in housing. Public Comments and Questions The Task Force opened up the meeting to the public. Six members of the public commented. One comment noted that he does not support the 50-foot depth as requiring ground floor commercial may not always be appropriate. Another member of the public questioned how vitality of downtown and the interrelationship of the community would be furthered if mixed use is permitted at entry of downtown. Additionally, one member of the public requested confirmation that this plan is actually still a draft, particularly the layout of the Civic Center, and the plan will require additional public review. Summary of February 26, 2019 Downtown Specific Plan Update Task Force Meeting Page 4 of 7