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Item 3—Recommendation on Adoption of Downtown Specific Plan and Related Amendments • Right-to-do-Business Ordinance: Use other methods (i.e., project conditions of approval) to address potential conflicts between downtown residential and commercial uses. Additional Recommendation(s) In light of the significant amount of City Council and public comments and concern around this topic; staff recommends a further provision be included in the DSP, to make any project in the Downtown Commercial and Mixed Use-Transitional Districts that includes residential uses, subject to approval of a Planned Unit Development (PUD) plan. And, it is recommended that a clarification be made to require a PUD development plan (or similar legislative approval, such as a Master Development Plan) to be approved prior to development of any project within the Mixed-Use Downtown District (existing Civic Center and adjacent City-owned (former SFPUC) parcel) that would represent a change in use from those existing today. This approach allows for additional review and scrutiny of such project, including aspects such as configuration and amount of commercial space, site plan and parking, and off-site visual impacts for new residential uses. And, for the Civic Center site, makes it clear that Planning Commission and City Council approval will be required (in addition to voter approval) before any redevelopment of this area can proceed. Policy Topic 4: Property-Owner Initiated Requests During the course of the DSP update, two separate property-owners (i.e., owners of 4212 First Street and 475/493 St. John Street), expressed interest in residential development on their lots. The properties currently have commercial land use designations. At the February 26 meeting the Task Force supported an approach suggested by staff, to reflect the interest and potential for residential uses at 4212 First Street and 475/493 St. John Street by placing a residential "overlay" or annotation on the DSP land use map. The overlay would clearly allow for consideration of either standalone residential uses, commercial uses, or a combination of both, but would require processing of a Planned Unit Development (PUD) application, so that the legislative (re-zoning) change would require review and approval by Planning Commission and City Council. April 16/May 8 City Council Direction The City Council considered the two properties separately and provided direction on each as follows: • 4212 First Street: Retain the existing Downtown Commercial land use designation, with a map annotation to note potential for a future residential-only project, subject to approval of a PUD rezoning/PUD Plan. A workshop will be required prior to a formal application. • 475/493 St. John Street: Retain the existing Downtown Commercial land use designation, with a map annotation to note potential for a future Mixed Use- Transitional designation to be applied to the property, subject to approval of a PUD rezoning/PUD Plan. The map annotation will only be applied to the Prepared for the May 28,2019 Downtown Specific Plan Update Task Force Meeting Page 4 of 11 Force Meeting Page 2 of 11