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8.A. - Page 4 Make massage, tanning, and waxing The current DTPP is very restrictive for massage, tanning, and uses conditionally permitted in the waxing businesses. These uses can fit into the blue and red Downtown Core use zone and the zones fine, but are in the "Restricted Uses" category simply Entertainment District use zone "typical" because they require a use permit. A new use group category area. was created for these uses so that they could be regulated differently from bail bonds and liquor stores. Allow the "Workshop" use group in the The current DTPP is too restrictive. Also, this might help fill Downtown General (orange) use zone. vacancies. Allow the "Live/UVork" use group in the The current DTPP is too restrictive. Also, this might help fill Downtown General zone, as well as the vacancies. These uses will still not be allowed on Broadway and Entertainment District (blue) and other streets where active frontages are allowed (heavy black Downtown Core (red) "typical" areas. line). Allow "Banks and Financial Institutions" The current DTPP is too restrictive. Also, this might help fill in the Entertainment District (blue) zone vacancies. These uses will still not be allowed on Broadway and "typical" area. other streets where active frontages are allowed (heavy black line). Allow bars in the Downtown Core (red) The current DTPP is too restrictive. Bars exist and work well on zone. the 2600 block of Broadway and on Main Street, and new bars should be allowed to be established there. This would maintain the current restriction on nightclubs in these areas, however. Allow beverage vendors in the Downtown The current DTPP is too restrictive. This change would allow a General (orange) zone. small smoothie or coffee place to locate in the orange zone, which wouldn't detract for the critical mass of retail we are seeking along Broadway. Allow convenience stores, cafes, This would allow convenience store, laundromats, and other laundromats, etc. to be located in mid- uses in this group to be established in the middle of the block in block spaces in the Entertainment District the blue and red zones. The corner restriction was only intended (blue) and Downtown Core (red) zones. for the outer areas of Downtown, where we want retail to be very limited. Change the "Maximum Establishment This rule limits most businesses to a narrow frontage (usually Length" from a standard to a guideline. 25') in order to have active sidewalks. It is a good rule, but it needs some flexibility. Wrapped garages, shallow lots, or utility rooms can make this rule difficult to meet. Specify that mandatory ground floor retail The current DTPP is too restrictive. The purpose of this rule was only needs to be 20' deep along the to have active sidewalks, and the shops don't need to be the heavy black line, and that offices or other depth of the entire block to accomplish that. permitted uses can go behind that. Add design flexibility for the design of Currently, pilaster depth is required to ne no less than 1/2 of the storefront pilasters. pilaster width. This can make storefront design very difficult. Twelve inches provides adequate surface relief.