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Commissioner Brown asked if they needed a straw vote on the ground floor residential use definition between the February 26 and the City Council. Mr. Beaudin said he did not think staff had any additional open questions. Commissioner Brown said he wanted to clarify that if the Planning Commission makes a recommendation to forward this to the City Council, he asked if they would put in the February 26 Task Force recommendation of 50 feet or would they put in a recommendation around the downtown commercial, mixed use, transitional and have separate definitions for those three districts. Mr. Beaudin said it will be up the City Council unless directed otherwise. ACTION: Chair Allen took a straw poll in regards to ground floor, and by a vote of 2-1 she and Commissioner Brown voiced support for the City Council direction, and Commissioner Ritter voiced support for that of the Task Force. Chair Allen added one clarification on the first bullet on ground floor criteria. She referred to agenda report page 8 of 15 and the first criteria—"Is street-fronting commercial spaces required with a minimum depth of 50 feet?" She believes the 50 feet was interior or storefront space. It did not include setbacks or landscaping, and she asked to clarify that. Mr. Beaudin said the 50 feet was for the depth of the commercial space itself; including the storefront and not setbacks. Planned Unit Developments: Chair Allen noted there were a couple of questions from the audience about whether they were changing the process today and also how much a PUD costs. She asked what the process is today relative to PUDs including projects like Salt Craft, Spring Street and a number of their projects which have ground floor residential involved with them behind a commercial space. She wanted to verify those projects did have a PUD. And, if they required a PUD on something it would be ground floor residential like those in the future that met other standard requirements; that it is not a change from what they have been doing. Ms. Clark said there are some projects downtown that request PUD approval. This has come as a result of the applicant wanting to deviate from the development standards, such as with height, parking or setbacks. If no deviation is required, it is processed through a design review approval. Commissioners Ritter and Brown voiced their support for continuing this approach. Chair Allen asked if Spring Street came in and the project is two stories, theoretically, Commissioners Ritter and Brown would approve it. She said the reason she is asking is because there is a very subjective and important criteria that they have which is minimized visibility. Planning Commission Minutes Page 15 of 27 June 26, 2019 ner 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