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General Plan Land Use Designation: Mixed Use - Downtown The Mixed Use-Downtown category applies to Redwood City's historic Downtown core, and is established to create a vibrant city center with offices, theaters, retail businesses, and restaurants serving the daytime business and night-time entertainment populations and residences. In Downtown, open spaces are primarily public and urban in nature, with extra emphasis on high-quality public spaces and traditional urbanism. Parking is primarily in the form of shared public facilities. Uses specifically prohibited in Downtown, due to their incompatibility with a pedestrian-oriented mixed-use district, include vehicle sales and repair, industrial and manufacturing businesses, and wholesaling activities. Development forms reflect the use of buildings, with retail and service uses generally occupying lower-scale buildings of modest height (three to four stories). Office buildings and mixed-occupancy structures that integrate office, residential, and other compatible uses reflect a more urban form, with building heights of five to 12 stories deemed appropriate; eight-story structures represent the most commonly envisioned form. Zoning Districts As the New General Plan nears completion, Redwood City has initiated the process to update the zoning regulations and other land use regulatory documents to reflect the New General Plan land use designations and policy direction. At this time, the current Zoning Ordinance corresponds to the existing 1990 General Plan and does not reflect the vision and long-term policies that were developed during the General Plan update. Current zoning on the Motor Pool Site is PF - Public Facility. Zoning District: Public Facility Purpose: To accommodate governmental, public utility, and educational facilities Permitted Uses: The following structures and uses are permitted in the Public Facility District: A. Facilities owned, leased, operated, or occupied by governmental or public bodies, and used for governmental purposes; B. Public colleges or universities and facilities incidental or appurtenant thereto; C. Public uses not otherwise specified hereinabove; D. Family child care homes, within residential structures. Long-Range City Policies and Vision for Downtown Redwood City has spent the past several years identifying the long-range vision, goals, policies, and implementation measures for its Downtown. Numerous meetings and workshops with residents, property owners, businesses, and the community at large have contributed to a consistent and innovative vision for Downtown Redwood City in two City-prepared documents: the Redwood City New General Plan and the Redwood City Downtown Precise Plan. 14 Site I nformation for Alternative Locations for the Proposed Replacement Jail September 2, 2009