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9A/2 The Central Business District (CB), which is designated as "mixed use" on the General Plan Land Use Map, is generally located surrounding the Central Business Retail District in the downtown. (Land on Redwood Shores Parkway between Twin Dolphin Pkwy. and Turks Drive is zoned CB but is not designated as "mixed use" on the General Plan Land Use Diagram, and thus will not have the R Combining District attached to it). The purpose of the CB district is to promote the orderly development of the downtown business district as a central shopping facility for the whole City. Currently housing is permitted above the first floor in this district; the height limit is 100 feet; and there is no limitation on lot coverage. The "-R" designation will permit housing on the first floor of a building in this district. If the Housing Production Ordinance is adopted, the housing required by the ordinance will not be counted as part of the allowable floor area ratio when the housing is located on the same site as the use triggering the requirement. Joint use of parking space will be determined in accordance with Section 30.11 of the Zoning Ordinance. This change will take place by adding the R designation to the CB district on the zoning map, CB-R. Alternative for Grocery Outlet Site Staff is concerned about potential redevelopment of the Grocery Outlet at the corner of Broadway and Maple. This is a very large site which is currently under developed. The site is currently zoned CB and with the action stated above would have the residential overlay applied. Even with this measure, the site could develop, under CB regulations, as office, with no floor area ratio, to a height of 100 feet. A Work Force Housing Production Ordinance, may be a sufficient disincentive to office on this site. If a Housing Production Ordinance is not adopted, the recommendation to rezone the site to CB-R (residential overlay) will not protect the ground floor from office development. The Council may therefore wish to consider alternative rezoning options (shown on Attachment 3). . Rezone the parcel from CB to CBR (Central Business Retail). This option would retain retail on the ground floor, but not prohibit office above the ground floor. . Rezone the parcel from CB to R-5 (High Density Residential). This option would be consistent with the zoning of the adjacent parcel fronting Maple. Neither retail or office would be permitted. Redwood Shores Shoppinq Center The Redwood Shores shopping center (the Market Place) was a long awaited development in the buildout of Redwood Shores. The General Plan Land Use designation for the site is Neighborhood Commercial. Neighborhood shopping centers should reinforce neighborhood character with appropriate scale and services, such as small-scale shopping and services that are a convenience to the immediate neighborhood. Indeed the Planned Development Permit for the site has resulted in a shopping center that clearly meets the intent of a neighborhood commercial site. However, the zoning designation for the site is Commercial Business (CB), a zoning which typically occurs downtown and is intended for intensive commercial development. Leaving this inconsistency in place creates a risk to the shopping center of office creep. If 8