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9/1 g' parcels adjacent to parcels with frontage on EI Camino. This FAR is consistent with neighboring communities' "zoning" for EI Camino Real. b) For property on Woodside. Road between EI Camino and Alameda de las Pulgas the maximum floor area ratio shall be 40 percent. Property "on" Woodside Rd. includes both parcels with frontage on Woodside Rd. and parcels adjacent to parcels with frontage on Woodside Road. This FAR maintains the suburban retail "feel" of this section of Woodside Road. c) For all other lots in the CG district not on Woodside Road or EI Camino the maximum floor area ratio shall be 70 percent. B. CBR - Central Business Retail District Changes 1) Rationale This is the downtown retail core district. Currently, offices are permitted on the ground floor as a primary use after first obtaining a conditional use permit. The intent was to permit office uses associated with retailing and the office portion of a retail bank. This has caused confusion and in the current market, an unintended push for office on the ground floor. The proposed amendments will clarify the intent of reserving the ground floor primarily for retail uses in the Central Business Retail District, and is consistent with an existing statement in Article 26 of the Zoning Ordinance which states, "First floor uses shall be primarily retail and shall enhance their immediate area in accordance with the purposes of this Article" (Section 26.10 (an. 2) Uses in the CBR The following changes are recommended to: . Permitted uses. Remove: offices or office-like uses at street level Add: Bail bond businesses above the ground floor Add: Automatic teller machines The following is added to: . Accessory Uses Incidental storage and incidental office uses on the ground floor. The following is added to: . Conditional uses. Ground floor dependent office. When an office is dependent on a ground floor location,2 it may be permitted after first obtaining a conditional use permit. C. CA - Central Administrative District Changes 1) Rationale The purpose of this district is to provide large scale office and administrative uses and buildings to promote the development of employment and administrative activities near the central business district. land zoned CA is located adjacent to the central business retail district near the County government buildings and along 2 "Ground floor dependent" is defined in Article 2, 4