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aVl~ 41~~~ ~ <br />~L <br />I "' <br />/~N ~R~ENANCE O~ THE CfTY OF FtED-~l00~ CI~I AfVtENDING <br />AFt~"lCLE 26 ~2F THE ~3E~l~6d0~l~ ~ETY ZOlV[hVG BODE TO ~~L~~J11 ~~R <br />GROUND FL~~Ft ~FF~CE I~~ES AS PERMi~ T~'~~ tJSE~ IN T'HE <br />CENTRAL BUSINESS RETAIL (CBR) ZONING DISTRICT <br />T~~ ELF T~' ~D ITY~ ~IN FLL~: <br />~~~~~~ ~~ Findin ~ Tho it ~ounai~ ~ir~d and dolar~ that: <br />~~ In order to addro al~al~no faain~ the dovunto~rn buin~ com~ur~ity, <br />the pity nut irr~pier~ont n~oaar to rodeo vaaanoi on tho grand floor of highly <br />vllbl blocs in and ~~~ the o~ntor of tov~n. <br />fib} dad on staff ostar~atos of do~rnt~~r~ rotail vacana rates, thorn are <br />appro~irnatel~r ~ ,gig square feet ~aoant t this dime, o~ appro~in~ately t~rent~~eiht <br />p~~enf of are ~tirnatd 40,gg0 square feat ground floor ~etaol pnventary. "his high ieval <br />of vacanoi i earbat~d by the ourr~nt eoonar~~o dov~nturn~ <br />~o~ Prn~~tt~n dditiana~ t~rpes ofoffioe uses on the ground flaarfar portions of <br />the ~ ~onir~ distriot gill decraase ~raoanoie in that there are appro~in~ately 4:~Oa <br />square feet of vacant ground flog ~~ ire the portion of the ~R ~rhiah oould become <br />occupied by office uses, for~uhich dr~and is higberthan for retail uses, <br />~d} ~fl=ice ~ ~n the ~ contribute to the day tine orntov~n population <br />~uhich consists of employees mho wild bava access to transit well a to existing and <br />future ~ov~ntav~n restaurants, service and retail uses and are thus an~patible Frith and <br />supporti~re of a vital retail environment. <br />~~ This cede n~ndn~ent rid not apply to the primary retail streets and <br />centers of the ~R including ~roada, portions of Middlefield Road also knov~n a <br />"~"haatre ~„}, and sequoia tatian and thus gill not diminish tie potential far <br />concentrated retail vitality in these fey areas <br />~f~ This ~onir~ arnendn~nt hay been established v~ith input from multiple <br />points of public con~n~unication including the Dov~ntan business group and direct <br />contact ~r~rith properly avuners and prospective businesses vuha are interested in <br />occupying ground floor space vuithin the BR as a result cf this an~er~dn~nt, <br />~~ ~"he zoning an~endrnent is consistent pith llov~ring for and encourain a r~ix <br />of urban uses in a do~rnto~rn setting that includes afl"ice, houir~: retail and servica <br />oppounitie. <br />o~~a ~o~~~~ ~~~~ ~~ <br />