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8.A. - Page 21 of 56 11. Ensure that other guidelines for activity on sidewalks and public right-of-ways in the Downtown --dining, use of outdoor promotional signs, personal transportation vehicles, (scooters, roller boards, etc.) accommodate the needs of restaurant and store patrons and are coordinated with any streetscape improvements planned for the Downtown. (Task Force recommendation) Analysis: Currently the City has not approved regulations for sidewalk dining. There is a plan with guidelines but it has not been formally adopted along with a program for permitting park - lets or sidewalk extensions for dining. Current sidewalk dining guidelines also do not specify the type and quality of materials for sidewalk dining furniture or other street accessories (planters, umbrellas, heaters, etc.). Note: The permanent closure of Theatre Way to vehicular traffic is planned for completion by end of 2019. Recommendation: 1) The City should consider completing the Redwood City Broadway Streetscape Preliminary Design Concepts, Sidewalk Dining Design Guidelines, sign guidelines and the development of a permanent sidewalk extension program to ensure they support a strong retail environment in the Downtown. Beginning with the 2600 block of Broadway. (Plans should be coordinated with the Redwood City Improvement Association and other organizations/departments involved in Downtown) 2) Ensure that plans to improve Downtown streetscapes and other infrastructure take into consideration the required parking for supporting retail and restaurant uses in the Downtown Core Area. 12. Ensure that retail space in new mixed projects is appropriately designed to meet the needs of retail tenants. (Task Force recommendation) Analysis: As noted in the analysis for policy consideration #3, long term vacant retail space in mixed use projects can be averted if the space is properly designed originally, and built to meet the needs of retail tenants. Recommendations: Consider developing the following standards as conditions for approval for retail space in vertical mixed use buildings throughout the City: 1) The City should focus retail space in vertical mixed use projects only at the intersections of two main thoroughfares or at identified retail nodes in the City where there is high visibility and pedestrian activity 2) Those retail spaces should be designed to be at least 55'deep (but no deeper than 60') and a minimum 16.5' wide. 3) The retail space should have venting designed into the vertical building allowing for the spaces to be available for restaurant tenant's consideration. 4) All the retail spaces should have access to a grease trap that meets health codes. This normally means one full sized (at least 1500 gallons) grease trap for about 4000 sf of retail space. 5) Celling heights should have a clear height of at least 15'. 6) Ideally parking for new mixed use projects should be provided on the basis of at least 2.5 spaces per 1000 s.f. of retail space and be easily accessible to retail businesses. 15 241