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8.A. - Page 6 Clearly state that other than Building ID This won't actually change the regulations, but will make them signs, no signage is allowed on the 2nd much easier to understand for staff and applicants. Presently, floor or above. this rule is hard to find as it is only located in the Signage Regulations Chart legend. Move general Private Frontage Type Due to being embedded in the intro text, these rules are difficult rules from the intro of Section 2.8.4 to to identify. their own section called "2.8.3-F General Private Frontage Regulations". Allow "Common Entry" frontage to be The original DTPP inadvertently limited this to upper floor uses, used for upper floor and/or ground floor but it is also an appropriate way to access ground floor uses. uses. The specific text and chart edits, which carry out these changes, are provided in the proposed resolution (Attachment 1). Parking Although the proposed amendments do not result in revisions to the parking standard provided in the DTPP, the Planning Commission also recommended that the City Council consider the institution of incentives that would shift office related parking demands away from Broadway and other congested areas to the Marshall Garage and other areas with excess capacity. This recommendation will be considered and evaluated as a part of the overall and ongoing analysis of Downtown parking. Within the broader context of public parking there are issues to be evaluated, such as rates, additional locations for public parking facilities, and existing contractual commitments tied to development projects. Staff anticipates returning to the City Council with recommendations for the parking program in the fall. Code Enforcement Through conversation with both the Downtown Business Group and the Planning Commission the issue of storefronts that do not comply with the Downtown Precise Plan regulations was raised. Specifically, there are new office uses that have installed darkening film to their windows and heavy curtains, as well. The impact of these design treatments is to cut off the interior uses from the street, which is contrary to the regulations of the Plan. Additionally, there are numerous retailers who have also treated their windows to block the interaction of the interior space and the pedestrian zone outside. The City's Code Enforcement staff, working with the Economic Development Coordinator, has completed an evaluation of code compliance issues in the core downtown. The next planned step is to reach out to the building owners and tenants to gain voluntary compliance. Staff has spoken directly to some of the businesses that were identified in public testimony as being apparently non-compliant.