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8.B. - Page 12 <br />Economic Vitality. EI Camino <br />} <br />Real has a history of ACTIVITY CENTERS <br />commercial uses, and the Plan <br />aims to embrace and support <br />this important aspect of the <br />corridor. The approach <br />promotes active ground floor <br />retail uses in clustered areas to <br />better serve surrounding <br />neighborhoods. This approach <br />would give residents living on <br />or near EI Camino Real more° <br />commercial options closer to lee <br />home. People driving to r' <br />commercial sites would haver;. / <br />the opportunity to park <br />conveniently and take care of a sar <br />few errands at once. In I� <br />addition, the Plan would better utilize existing parking for customers and employees, <br />promote existing businesses, and provide wayfinding signage to help customers find <br />their destination. <br />Housing. The corridor provides opportunities for housing. The City has heard strong <br />support for affordable housing and for increasing the immediate supply. To that end, the <br />Plan would include a strategy that provide incentives for projects that provide affordable <br />units onsite and exceed City requirements. Another strategy would be to provide <br />incentives for child care facilities, which would complement affordable housing. The <br />Plan also considers potential impacts of having an active commercial corridor adjacent <br />to single-family residential neighborhoods and recommends utilizing a residential <br />parking permit program, traffic calming, and development standards to protect and <br />retain the residential character of these areas. <br />The Plan also recommends revising the Mixed -Use Live/Work Zoning District (MULW), <br />which currently has regulations that prohibit construction of 100% residential projects <br />(market -rate or affordable housing). The goal in changing the MULW zoning is to <br />increase flexibility in uses, promote live/work units if feasible, retain and repurpose <br />existing buildings of character that contribute to the neighborhood context, improve the <br />jobs/housing balance, and consolidate and simplify zoning within the Corridor. City Staff <br />