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6.4.A. - Page 1 RE PO RT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the Cit Mana er April 8, 2013 SUBJECT Comprehensive 2013 Zoning Ordinance Amendment RECOMMENDATION Waive second reading and adopt an Ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance to establish the Mixed-Use Neighborhood District under Article 54, establish the Mixed- Use Live/Work District under Article 55, establish the Light Industrial Incubator District under Article 17A, establish the Emergency Shelter Combining District and repeal the Pedestrian Shopping Combining District under Article 25, modify the Commercial Park District under Article 16, repeal Article 16A in its entirety, modify the Commercial Office District under Article 29, amending the Zoning Map to designate the boundaries of the newly established districts, and making corresponding revisions to Articles 2, 3, 30, 31, and 53. BACKGROUND The Planning Commission held a public hearing on this item on January 29, 2013 and February 5, 2013 and recommended that the City Council adopt the proposed General Plan Amendment and Comprehensive 2013 Zoning Ordinance Amendment. This item was introduced by the City Council on March 11, 2013. ANALYSIS Article 41, sections 41.5 and 41.6, of the Zoning Ordinance establishes the process for amending the Zoning Ordinance. Pursuant to that, staff recommends that the City Council adopt the Comprehensive 2013 Zoning Ordinance Amendment. The zoning regulations proposed in the Comprehensive 2013 Zoning Ordinance Amendment are a continued implementation of the new General Plan as discussed on pages BE-60 and BE-61. Implementation will guide development with respect to land use, form, setbacks, height, parking, and other zoning standards in the affected parts of the City. More specifically, the amendment would implement four of the General Plan's new land use designations that were proposed in the Urban Form and Land Use section of the Built Environment chapter, as follows: • Mixed Use — Neighborhood. • Mixed Use — Live/Work. • Light Industrial Incubator Overlay. • Commercial Office Professional/Technology.