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8.A. - Page 16 of 56 <br />Incorporating multiple uses with a single storefront, or creatively co -locating temporary uses <br />may help retail businesses increase sales and lease vacant space. Allowing temporary uses can <br />also assist retailers that want to shift from online sales to brick -and -mortar stores. Innovative <br />temporary approaches include: <br />• Providing opportunities for customers to interact with products before purchasing <br />them; <br />• Integrating eating, drinking and wellness into traditional retail stores; and <br />• Offering community -building activities such as classes, workshops, readings, lectures, <br />temporary displays of local art, and street walks with a theme such as wine or beer <br />walks. <br />The City of San Francisco adopted a pop up retail ordinance (see <br />https://sfbos.org/sites/default/files/o0285-18.pdf) that provides an expanded definition of "arts <br />activities" and "flexible retail" in order to allow these uses in specified areas of the City. A <br />flexible retail use must operate with at last two uses at any given time and is permitted in <br />specified neighborhood commercial districts in designated "Flexible Retail Zones" with a permit. <br />The ordinance also allows pop-up retail, which is defined as a temporary retail use permitted <br />within a space previously or currently occupied by a legally established commercial use, for a <br />period not to exceed 60 days. To qualify as a pop-up food vendor, a Health Permit to Operate <br />within the City and County of San Francisco must be obtained. A licensed caterer may operate a <br />Pop -Up at a licensed restaurant for no longer than three days per week if they obtain necessary <br />approval from the Health Department. (See <br />https://www.sfdph.org/dph/EH/Food/Permits/PopUps.asp) <br />The City of Oakland does not have a pop-up retail ordinance. These uses are allowed but must <br />conform to current planning and building requirements. <br />Recommendations: <br />1) The City should explore creating an ordinance to allow temporary retail uses to locate within <br />a vacant retail space for a 60-90 day period by right. <br />2) The City should explore creating an ordinance to allow temporary restaurant uses to locate <br />in approved restaurant spaces that are currently vacant as long as the operator is permitted <br />by the San Mateo County Health Department. Pop-up retail uses should be at the discretion <br />of the property owner. <br />3) The City should explore allowing streamlined review/permitting for pop-up retail and <br />restaurant uses if they meet specific requirements for pop-up uses. <br />6. Retail uses on ground floor spaces of historic buildings present design challenges. Consider <br />dealing with these on a case-by-case basis. (Task Force recommendation) <br />Analysis: Historic buildings are unique structures strictly regulated by local, state and federal <br />laws regarding modifications to the exterior of the structures that are often in need of major <br />retrofitting. <br />Recommendation: At this time, staff agrees that renovation of historic buildings should be dealt <br />with on a case-by-case basis. The City Council could consider assisting owners of historic <br />10 <br />236 <br />