Laserfiche WebLink
<br />Page 1 of 14 <br />ATTY/RESO.0082/CC RESO DTPP AMENDMENT TO PRESERVE AND EXPAND ACTIVE GROUND FLOOR USES <br />REV: 09-08-16 RL <br />RESOLUTION NO. __ <br /> <br />RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />REDWOOD CITY AMENDING PORTIONS OF THE DOWNTOWN <br />PRECISE PLAN TO PROMOTE ACTIVE GROUND FLOOR USES IN <br />DOWNTOWN <br /> <br />WHEREAS, this proposed DTPP Amendment is comprised of the various parts: <br /> <br />a) Modify the Use Regulations Map (2.2) to require active ground floor uses <br />on Main Street between Broadway and Middlefield; and <br />b) Modify the Use Regulations Chart (2.2) to expand where active uses are <br />permitted and reformat the table to make the regulations more user friendly; <br />and <br />c) Modify the Historic Resources Preservation Chart (2.1) to remove reference <br />to the Use Concessions Provisions for Historic Buildings; and <br />d) Remove all references to the Use Concessions Provision for Historic <br />Buildings (2.1.2, 2.2.2, A1.2.1.A); and <br />e) Revise the Nonconforming Section (2.0.1) to establish a 3-month timeframe <br />to continue ceased nonconforming uses; and <br />f) Develop requirements for inactive uses to locate on the ground floor (2.2.1) <br />to be used when processing Use Permits; and <br />g) Relocate Permitted Use Groups (2.2.3) to the Use Regulations Chart (2.2) <br />to make the regulations more user friendly; and <br />h) Relocate Maximum Establishment Lengths from Use Regulations Chart <br />(2.2) to guidelines (2.2.4); and <br />i) Remove reference to eliminated Use Groups in regulations governing <br />permitted Private Frontage Types (2.8.4). <br /> <br />WHEREAS, on March 28, 2016, the City Council held a public hearing to discuss <br />whether to initiate a DTPP Amendment to require active ground floor uses on Main Street, <br />between Broadway and Middlefield, based on concerns raised by the Downtown <br />Business Group and residents. The Council supported initiating the amendment and <br />asked that staff address non-conforming uses and incentivizing retail uses Downtown; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, on August 16, 2016, the Planning Commission held a public hearing <br />to discuss the proposed DTPP amendments to activate ground floor uses Downtown. <br />The Commission was supportive of the proposal with modifications: (1) General Retail be <br />allowed in the Downtown General DTPP district through approval of a use permit; and (2) <br />nonconforming uses cannot be re-established after three-months of ceased operations. <br />The Commission recommended that the City Council adopt the amendments upon finding <br />7.A. - Page 11