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doors facing streets, and he was not keen on wrapping around on Peters Avenue of commercial and having impractical residential behind. Chair Allen said her read of some comments from staff and the City Council was that the streets including the east side of Peters Avenue are in the defined area and residential is not on the street front. She stated Mr. Beaudin had answered that twice when asked by Councilmembers Narum and Brown if there could be a residence in front. The answer was "no;" commercial has to be in front and the residence is in back. Mr. Beaudin confirmed this is correct. Commissioner Brown said in talking about Salt Craft with houses behind, those houses behind are oriented towards the street which is in line with the design guidelines that say you want a front door facing the street. He is saying that should not be prohibited on Peters Avenue to have housing "in behind" but facing the street and maintaining a commercial presence because they are trying to maintain vitality. But, he would not want to see that on Main Street, someone putting residential in the front and commercial behind. Chair Allen said it sounds as if they are in agreement with Main Street that residential has to be behind and they are not in agreement with the transition district and side streets where there is a corner and whether there can be residential in the front of one of the sides of the corner. She thinks this is a big question because there are a number of lots on Peters Avenue that are long. If they say they can have more townhouses like those behind Salt Craft, there could be a lot of long lots that end up taking up two-thirds of a block that are mainly townhouses. The east side is zoned transitional and not residential. Commissioner Brown said the purpose of creating a transitional zoning district is to drive investment in commercial as well as residential in that area. He did not know it made sense to force commercial on both streets of a long piece of property as long as they are getting commercial on one side, which creates the transitional district. Chair Allen suggested voting on this. She said the residential could still go on the second and third story in a transitional zone. It could be a use similar to Salt Craft if it was a brand-new building and it could have residential at the top. Commissioner Brown said he prefers the City Council recommendation around defining it according to the three districts. It does not say anything about corner lots. The Task Force did not vet on this and he did not want to give the City Council advice. Chair Allen asked if Commissioner Brown wanted to vote on this. Commissioner Brown said he thinks trying to regulate corner lots is being overly restrictive, and Commissioner Ritter concurred. ACTION: Chair Allen took a straw poll which resulted in a vote of 2-1 to not move forward with including additional regulation for corner lots, with Chair Allen opposed. Planning Commission Minutes Page 14 of 27 June 26, 2019 cing the street, because that is in alignment with the Downtown Design Guidelines. They want front Planning Commission Minutes Page 13 of 27 June 26, 2019 ties side by side could have very different requirements. He also asked that outdoor seating be a Zoning Administrator (ZA) decision and not a Planning Commission decision. Lastly, requiring commercial to wrap around the corner seems like overkill where this is an issue that can be resolved by the ZA. Planning Commission Minutes Page 6 of 27 June 26, 2019 ne 26, 2019