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6.4.A. - Page 2 Allow"Banks and Financial The Plan is too restrictive. Also, this might help fill Institutions" in the Entertainment vacancies. These uses will still not be allowed on District (blue) zone "typical" area. Broadway and other streets where active frontages are required (heavy black line). Allow bars in the Downtown Core The Plan is too restrictive. Bars exist and work well on the (red) zone, subject to a Use Permit. 2600 block of Broadway and on Main Street. New bars should be allowed to be established there, subject to a Use Permit. This would maintain the current restriction on nightclubs in these areas, however. Allow beverage vendors in the The Plan is too restrictive. This change would allow a Downtown General (orange) zone. small smoothie or coffee place to locate in the orange zone, which would not detract from the critical mass of retail along Broadway. Allow convenience stores, cafes, This would allow convenience store, laundromats, and laundromats, etc. to be located in other uses in this group to be established in the middle of mid-block spaces in the the block in the blue and red zones. The corner restriction Entertainment District (blue) and was only intended for the outer areas of Downtown, where Downtown Core (red) zones. we want retail to be very limited. Change the "Maximum This rule limits most businesses to a narrow frontage Establishment Length" from a (usually 25') in order to have active sidewalks. It is a good standard to a guideline. rule, but it needs flexibility. Wrapped garages, shallow lots, or utility rooms make this rule difficult to meet. Specify that mandatory ground floor The Plan is too restrictive. The purpose of this rule was to retail only needs to be 20' deep along have active sidewalks, and the shops do not need to be the heavy black line, and that offices the depth of the entire block to accomplish that. or other 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 storefront pilasters. of the pilaster width. This can make storefront design very difficult. Twelve inches provides adequate surface relief. Change the limit on inactive Currently, inactive frontages (areas with no public frontages from a standard to a entrance) are limited to 25% of the total frontage. This is a guideline. good rule, but it needs some flexibility. Garages, narrow lots, emergency exists, and other special conditions can make this rule difficult to meet. -. - . . Description of Change Reason for Change Make the appeal process for This caused unnecessary confusion to have slightly Downtown consistent with the Zoning different processes for appeals within Downtown relative Ordinance's appeal process. to all other parts of the City.