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would indicate that uses that are subject to the AGFUO are required to follow the procedures for zoning certificate approval outlined in the PMC. Although some members of the Chamber of Commerce suggested personal services (e.g. barbershops, salons) be treated as an active use, staff does not support making this change, since it was a deliberate and explicit policy decision to exclude such businesses from the definition at the time the DSP was adopted. Staff notes that this exclusion is reflected in the PMC's definition, but not in the DSP, and so proposes to add this to the DSP for consistency. The Planning Commission, however, recommended that as a future item, City Council direct the Commission to consider and evaluate allowing personal services (and potentially select other uses) as permitted ground-floor uses in the AGFUO after the six-month vacancy period has lapsed, with the intent that these additional uses (versus any use whatsoever), be allowed to be established. The draft changes to the definition of active ground-floor use are shown in PMC Section 18.08.017; the procedures for zoning certificate approval are identified in a new section, PMC Section 18.81.040, which is also discussed further below. LD-P.18, Active Ground Floor Use Requirements for Multi-Use Spaces As recommended by the Planning Commission, the draft changes proposed to Policy LD-P.18 consist of deleting text that allows a portion of the tenant space to be dedicated to non-active uses and instead indicating that tenant spaces accommodating multiple uses must consist of all active uses.4 These modifications are proposed to be carried forward to draft changes to PMC Section 18.81.020. LD-P.19, Exceptions to the Active Ground Floor Use Requirement The draft_changes to Policy LD-P.19 are summarized as follows: • As recommended by the Planning Commission, the 6-month "vacancy" period would commence with the end of the lease for the existing use. • The term, "vacancy," is proposed to be replaced with "abandonment" and "discontinuation" of use, to align with terminology used in the Nonconforming Uses chapter of the PMC.5 4 This would allow, as it does today for any active use, areas for ancillary and supportive functions typically associated with a generally permitted active use (e.g. merchandise storage, "back office" area, kitchen area for a restaurant or bakery)within the ground floor space. 5 This change is proposed to address the relatively common occurrence where a tenant will stop paying rent or discontinue its public-facing business operation, followed by a period during which it needs time to liquidate merchandise or clear fixtures from a space; during such a period it could be argued that the space is not technically "vacant." Page 5 of 7